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T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 04:46 PM Nov 2019

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson stands down

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50325666

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson is stepping down from his role and will not run as an MP in the December election.

He says he will continue to campaign for the party, and the decision was "personal, not political".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn thanked Mr Watson for his service, adding: "This is not the end of our work together."

Mr Watson has often been at odds with the leadership and faced an attempt to oust him at Labour's conference
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Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson stands down (Original Post) T_i_B Nov 2019 OP
The Wrong Guy Stepped Down in my Opinion - It Should Have Been Corbyn Indykatie Nov 2019 #1
A lot of the Mumentum wing loathe Tom Watson T_i_B Nov 2019 #2
Fucking hell Soph0571 Nov 2019 #3

Indykatie

(3,687 posts)
1. The Wrong Guy Stepped Down in my Opinion - It Should Have Been Corbyn
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 05:06 PM
Nov 2019

He's the reason Labour isn't wiping the floor with the Tories. The electorate sees Corbyn as being scarier than the Tories.

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
2. A lot of the Mumentum wing loathe Tom Watson
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 05:28 PM
Nov 2019

He's seen as being a bit too "off message" and not loyal enough to Corbyn.

To be honest though, he would have been a much much better Labour leader than Jeremy Corbyn.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
3. Fucking hell
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 06:31 PM
Nov 2019

That is it for the moderate wing. I don't blame him, I am quite sure that he has problems with the manifesto and if by some miracle Labour gets in he would have to support it - but shit. I am sure this will make moderate Labour think carefully about their election choices.

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