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Your favourite politicians 18:02 - Jul 5 with 6971 viewsgtsb1966

Past or present. We've made it pretty clear who we detest over the last few weeks but what about your favourites. For me it's John Smith. Robbed of being our prime minister . We'll never know but I think he would've been brilliant for this country.
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Your favourite politicians on 18:27 - Jul 5 with 4413 viewsCrayonKing

Super Kier Starmer. He knows exactly what we need!

Well he’s not yet, but I hope he’ll end up being one.

Mo Mowlam and Robin Cook are the first two that spring to mind for me.
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Your favourite politicians on 18:35 - Jul 5 with 4391 viewsWhos_blue

Your favourite politicians on 18:27 - Jul 5 by CrayonKing

Super Kier Starmer. He knows exactly what we need!

Well he’s not yet, but I hope he’ll end up being one.

Mo Mowlam and Robin Cook are the first two that spring to mind for me.


Good call on those two (and John Smith in the OP).
I'd add Tony Benn to that list too. I caught him a couple of times on his speaking tours in his later life. Always a good listen.
I'd never accept his policy of closing down the pirates in the 60s though.

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Your favourite politicians on 18:39 - Jul 5 with 4374 viewslowhouseblue

neil kinnock. and even better with age.

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

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Your favourite politicians on 18:39 - Jul 5 with 4372 viewsbluelagos

Always liked Shirley Williams. Whenever she spoke on am issue I always seemed to agree with her. (On Question time or whatever)

Same with Caroline Lucas now.

Edit. Appreciate Shirley Williams and the gang of 4 effectively guaranteed Thatcher's 83 and 87 election wins by splitting the left vote.
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Your favourite politicians on 18:41 - Jul 5 with 4356 viewsBlueBadger

Tony Benn. Great speaker, passionate, committed and a genuine gentleman on the one occasion I’ve met him.

I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
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Your favourite politicians on 18:50 - Jul 5 with 4315 viewsWhos_blue

The list so far is quite left leaning (no problem with that of course), but to provide a bit of balance, I quite like listening to Baroness Warsi these days.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Your favourite politicians on 18:51 - Jul 5 with 4310 viewsLord_Lucan

Your favourite politicians on 18:41 - Jul 5 by BlueBadger

Tony Benn. Great speaker, passionate, committed and a genuine gentleman on the one occasion I’ve met him.


I'm confused.

You never tire of spouting how all Brexiters are thick racists

Yet Tony Benn is the original Brexiter

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Your favourite politicians on 18:59 - Jul 5 with 4240 viewsblueasfook

Your favourite politicians on 18:51 - Jul 5 by Lord_Lucan

I'm confused.

You never tire of spouting how all Brexiters are thick racists

Yet Tony Benn is the original Brexiter


It's almost like he doesn't really know what he's talking about.

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Your favourite politicians on 19:00 - Jul 5 with 4224 viewslowhouseblue

Your favourite politicians on 18:51 - Jul 5 by Lord_Lucan

I'm confused.

You never tire of spouting how all Brexiters are thick racists

Yet Tony Benn is the original Brexiter


KAPOW!

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

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Your favourite politicians on 19:02 - Jul 5 with 4206 viewsIndependentlyBlue

Not in any particular order but

Neil Kinnock - heard him speak once and he was excellent
Shirley Williams
Barbara Castle
Dennis Skinner - loved his barbed comments in the House, particularly his call of ‘Resign’ to an obviously nervous John Major standing to make his first speech as PM to the House

Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt

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Your favourite politicians on 19:08 - Jul 5 with 4149 viewsBlueBadger

Your favourite politicians on 18:51 - Jul 5 by Lord_Lucan

I'm confused.

You never tire of spouting how all Brexiters are thick racists

Yet Tony Benn is the original Brexiter


I didn’t agree with them, but his reasons were a lot sounder than the ‘boo foreigner, vote for us and there’ll be fairies and unicorns’ that the Very Real Concerns crowd went for’. I presume that as a fan of Banter Boris, you weren’t keen on the bigotry, corruption, incompetence or criminal behaviour?

I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
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Your favourite politicians on 19:10 - Jul 5 with 4128 viewsJ2BLUE

Barack Obama

What we would give for him to come back for a couple more terms (I know he can't)

I always thought Nick Clegg was decent. I know many will disagree.

Andy Burnham.

Truly impaired.
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Your favourite politicians on 19:24 - Jul 5 with 4029 viewsbluelagos

Your favourite politicians on 19:02 - Jul 5 by IndependentlyBlue

Not in any particular order but

Neil Kinnock - heard him speak once and he was excellent
Shirley Williams
Barbara Castle
Dennis Skinner - loved his barbed comments in the House, particularly his call of ‘Resign’ to an obviously nervous John Major standing to make his first speech as PM to the House


My fave Dennis Skinner comment was something like.

"Half of that lot are crooks"
"Please withdraw that comment"
"Ok. Half of that lot are not crooks"

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Your favourite politicians on 19:39 - Jul 5 with 3972 viewsGlasgowBlue

Your favourite politicians on 19:24 - Jul 5 by bluelagos

My fave Dennis Skinner comment was something like.

"Half of that lot are crooks"
"Please withdraw that comment"
"Ok. Half of that lot are not crooks"


Another Brexiteer.

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Your favourite politicians on 19:42 - Jul 5 with 3954 viewsbrazil1982

Your favourite politicians on 19:39 - Jul 5 by GlasgowBlue

Another Brexiteer.


...but he's labour so it doesn't count.
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Your favourite politicians on 19:45 - Jul 5 with 3943 viewslowhouseblue

Your favourite politicians on 19:42 - Jul 5 by brazil1982

...but he's labour so it doesn't count.


if they're labour it's a principled position - if they're not then they're thick racists. you need to learn these simple rules.

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

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Your favourite politicians on 19:58 - Jul 5 with 3876 viewsNthQldITFC

Your favourite politicians on 19:24 - Jul 5 by bluelagos

My fave Dennis Skinner comment was something like.

"Half of that lot are crooks"
"Please withdraw that comment"
"Ok. Half of that lot are not crooks"


That's flaming funny, that is. Never heard that before. Ta.

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Your favourite politicians on 20:18 - Jul 5 with 3836 viewsChurchman

Barbara Castle. A ground breaking politician for her time. But for that odious fool Callaghan’s vaulting ambition, In Place Of Strife industrial relations legislation would have gone through in the late 60s and the turmoil of the 70s/80s might possibly have been avoided.

Alastair Darling. Came in when Brown became PM and was far more able than his predecessors and successors

Clement Attlee - oversaw the creation of the Welfare State. Before the war he saw the threat of the Nazis long before his appeasing colleagues and changed his mind. Flexible, far sighted, intelligent.

One for the now finished Tories - Michael Heseltine. I used to see him tottering around in the Treasury in the early years of the tories in the 2010s. Sour and miserable old duffer he was too. But my dad spent months working with him in the late 60s on the Third London Airport enquiry - the Roskill Commission and he reckoned he was a really nice bloke, fearsomely clever and completely ‘on it’ at all times. I respect his view on that.

Honerable mentions to Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper and Nicky Morgan. They ran the Select Committees on work I was involved in and they were truly excellent.
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Your favourite politicians on 20:21 - Jul 5 with 3820 viewsacj

Your favourite politicians on 19:24 - Jul 5 by bluelagos

My fave Dennis Skinner comment was something like.

"Half of that lot are crooks"
"Please withdraw that comment"
"Ok. Half of that lot are not crooks"


Ha! Skinner would be one of my favourites for sure, proper character.

I quite like Rory Stewart too, even if he is a tory.

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Your favourite politicians on 20:23 - Jul 5 with 3797 viewsgtsb1966

Your favourite politicians on 20:21 - Jul 5 by acj

Ha! Skinner would be one of my favourites for sure, proper character.

I quite like Rory Stewart too, even if he is a tory.


Rory Stewart is a good shout.
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Your favourite politicians on 20:52 - Jul 5 with 3654 viewsVic

Paddy Ashdown

Would love to have seen what John Smith could have done as PM.

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Your favourite politicians on 20:59 - Jul 5 with 3635 viewsVic

Your favourite politicians on 20:21 - Jul 5 by acj

Ha! Skinner would be one of my favourites for sure, proper character.

I quite like Rory Stewart too, even if he is a tory.


Actually yes, Rory Stewart is a great shout. Love his ‘The rest is politics’ podcast with Alistair Campbell who was a spin Dr I couldn’t stand, but ac5ually like the 2 of them together.

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Your favourite politicians on 21:20 - Jul 5 with 3575 viewsmonkeymagic

Your favourite politicians on 20:18 - Jul 5 by Churchman

Barbara Castle. A ground breaking politician for her time. But for that odious fool Callaghan’s vaulting ambition, In Place Of Strife industrial relations legislation would have gone through in the late 60s and the turmoil of the 70s/80s might possibly have been avoided.

Alastair Darling. Came in when Brown became PM and was far more able than his predecessors and successors

Clement Attlee - oversaw the creation of the Welfare State. Before the war he saw the threat of the Nazis long before his appeasing colleagues and changed his mind. Flexible, far sighted, intelligent.

One for the now finished Tories - Michael Heseltine. I used to see him tottering around in the Treasury in the early years of the tories in the 2010s. Sour and miserable old duffer he was too. But my dad spent months working with him in the late 60s on the Third London Airport enquiry - the Roskill Commission and he reckoned he was a really nice bloke, fearsomely clever and completely ‘on it’ at all times. I respect his view on that.

Honerable mentions to Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper and Nicky Morgan. They ran the Select Committees on work I was involved in and they were truly excellent.


I was a Hezza fan boy, always liked David Owen too. Until drink got the better of him, I was quite fond of Charles Kennedy as well.
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Your favourite politicians on 21:24 - Jul 5 with 3565 viewsFoghornGleghorn

Frank Field.
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Alan.... on 21:29 - Jul 5 with 3539 viewsBloots


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