Tessa to run for London Mayor?

[Bic Basher]

On the Sunday Politics show, one of the political journalists reported that Labour want Dame Tessa Jowell to run for London Mayor at the next election in preference to Tooting's Sadiq Khan.

If this happens, it's very likely that she'll resign her parliamentary seat here, which would lead to a new Labour MP here, although it could become a high-profile seat if Labour put in a name.

[KalamityKel]

oh dear... well i guess theyre all just as bad as each other so no probs there!

[buddug]

She'll never become mayor of London. She's married to a man who's been convicted twice of accepting a bribe to commit perjury in an Italian court. It was finally overturned because his third appeal proceedings ran out of time. As the Daily Mail reported on 18 Sept last year:

"She was dragged into her husband?s controversial financial affairs in 2006 when it emerged that she had signed papers for a loan secured on their London home ? which was subsequently paid off with the help of the alleged bribe."

[spanglysteve]

Bic Basher Wrote:

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> although it could

> become a high-profile seat if Labour put in a

> name.

This is a possibility given that labours current majority is over 30,000 against their nearest rival.

[Lord Danny Poppins]

Hope this is the beginning of a transition to a safe Tory seat. Can't come soon enough.

[Jessie]

soon enough for what?

[StraferJack]

Safe enough for large furry creatures to live under wooden bridges

[Jessie]

ah

[RosieH]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Safe enough for large furry creatures to live

> under wooden bridges

Furry???

[Horsebox]

RosieH Wrote:

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> StraferJack Wrote:

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> > Safe enough for large furry creatures to live

> > under wooden bridges

>

>

> Furry???

Furry...and possibly with sharp teeth?

[StraferJack]

Yeah the furry thing was... A hasty comment. But I reckon fur is involved?

[davidh]

tessa is in her sixties. she has left front bench politics. a term as london mayor is a reasonable next step. sadiq khan would, I think, have his eyes on a cabinet post if labour win the next election which seem likely at the moment.

[treehugger]

I like Tessa.

[minder]

Oh well, bang goes something I sent to her recently if she's due to run for LM!

[uncleglen]

A safe Tory seat? Won't happen- all the medics who live in the Village and send their kids to the private schools always vote Labour for a start- can't imagine how enough votes could ensure a Tory MP next time. And as for the Lib-Dems- mansion tax, heirloom tax.... tantamount to Communism. Nobody is interested in doing what's right for the realm any more.

[DuncanW]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> A safe Tory seat? Won't happen- all the medics who

> live in the Village and send their kids to the

> private schools always vote Labour for a start-

Doubtful - unless the residents of Dulwich Village vote differently in general elesctions to how they vote in local council elections.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/viewelection.php?pollid=14

[El Pibe]

I suppose if you're hairy enough you can be described as furry.

They are hairy aren't they?

[Loz]

treehugger Wrote:

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> I like Tessa.

Well, she's better than Mad Hattie. But that's not hard.

[????]

There is too much ambiguity between trolls and wolves ITT for my liking