Could Chuka Umunna be Britain's Barack Obama?

[barryqwalsh]

Mr Umunna has suggested Labour failed to fully reach out to middle-income voters during the election campaign, a criticism echoed by senior figures on the right of the party including Alistair Darling and Lord Mandelson.

The unmarried 36-year-old Streatham MP entered Parliament in 2010 after a career as a solicitor for a city law firm.

The son of a Nigerian businessman, who settled in the UK, he was privately educated at St Dunstan's College, in South London, and studied law at Manchester University.

Chuka Umunna to run for Labour leader - BBC News

 

[Hossfly]

Mr Umunna has suggested Labour failed to fully reach out to middle-income voters during the election campaign, a criticism echoed by senior figures on the right of the party including Alistair Darling and Lord Mandelson.

The unmarried 36-year-old Streatham MP entered Parliament in 2010 after a career as a solicitor for a city law firm.

The son of a Nigerian businessman, who settled in the UK, he was privately educated at St Dunstan's College, in South London, and studied law at Manchester University.

Chuka Umunna to run for Labour leader - BBC News

Ask Phoenall what he thinks. He's up to date on British politics.

 

[barryqwalsh]

Can an unmarried 36-year-old be Prime Minister?

 

[HenryBHough]

Can an unmarried 36-year-old be Prime Minister?

Now he IS articulate.

And he DOES clean up nice.

But all is not love and kisses in Labour Land:

Labour Party Leadership Now A Battle Between Left And Right Old And New

Earlier today there was whining from the unions that Umunna was not nearly leftist enough but as evening fell the rhetoric was moderating.

A little:

".....figures on the left of Labour have insisted the party must move further to the left to counter the surge in support for the SNP in Scotland. Labour lost 40 of its 41 Scottish MPs to the nationalists at the election."

Before Britain can have a Communist-leaning PM of any colour the party formerly known as "Labour" must win some elections.

Fat chance.

 

[barryqwalsh]

 

[barryqwalsh]

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has withdrawn from the Labour party leadership contest, he has announced.

Chuka Umunna Drops Labour Leadership Bid LBC

 

[HenryBHough]

Yup.

Chuka has chucked it in.

Can't blame him - he cited the disruption the feral Brit Press would rain down on his family.

I think more because, despite his party affiliation, he might be a decent, relatively normal person.

 

[barryqwalsh]

I can't help but think he is hiding something!

What could it be?