Is Andy Burnham the new Ed Miliband ? - Post 2015 Election

Daily Mail: Reports " 'I can unite this country': Andy Burnham bids to be Labour leader with appeal to John Lewis shoppers and zero-hours workers..Seen as left-wing contender, he insists 'challenge is not to go left or right' "

Lets Get Real:

The Conservative Party will be supporting Andy Burnham for the Labour Leadership, Mr Burnham has his chance in 2010 and failed to get the leadership, the Labour Party needs a new face with no connections to the old battle between supporters of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.   The duration of the fight should allow Labour to see what problems it has with Middle Class voters, why did is miss read the voters so badly.   As to whom this blog supports for Labour leader, it does not matter, its never going to vote Labour, the only chance of that happening was under Tony Blair and this blog did NOT fall under the Blair spell, its  a pity that Blair was not a Conservative, then this blog would have voted for him, it seems that Blair is quite toxic with the Labour Party and this is before we have the report on Iraq that will be published either this year or next.    This blog will follow the Labour contest and be quite objective, none of the runners and riders has really taken its attention, this is a developing story! 

Jeb Bush and Iraq - 2016 Election

Telegraph: Reports  on Jeb Bush and Iraq, and a recent remark by Jeb Bush, " Asked on Fox News if he would have backed the war – knowing what is known now about the non-existence of weapons of mass destruction – Mr Bush appeared to reply in the affirmative.  "

Lets Get Real:

Governor Bush should have said that he was not going to be critical of his brother, and thus as far as Iraq was concerned the information at the time stated that Iraq had WMD, this was the general view of the West, you do not get repeats in history, end of the matter, lets talk about the future,  etc.  The Bush Camp needs to get Jeb Bush ready for major interviews with the liberal press, they will try to blame Iraq on Jeb if they can, thus Jeb Bush has to be firm but also state given the problems today in the Middle East a different decision would have been taken with the information the West found after the War.   The Liberal media will not get him chances to explain some long argument, he has to be ready and able to make the message short and to the point.    The liberal media does not want to cover the problems of Hillary Clinton, they will go after any story that is negative to the Bush family and a Bush run in 2016. 

The BBC and the Conservative Party - Post 2015 Election

Guardian: Reports " Tory officials threatened BBC during election, says Miliband's strategist...Tom Baldwin says senior BBC executives faced repeated threats of far-reaching reforms if they didn’t change election campaign coverage "

Lets Get Real:

The BBC has to be watched, for it the objective view of something is to the left of Lenin.  The Conservative Party only seeks a fair review of the news, not some Guardian editorial view of the days events.   The BBC should be scaled back, there is no reason for the BBC to have a regional news, that could be done by ITV, also the BBC should take adverts in its most popular shows, also the BBC website should not cover regional events in the UK, as stated above ITV can do that area.    The BBC has gotten to big for its boots, needs to make its own shows pay, at the end of the day the BBC has to change, the taxpayer can no longer be expected to pay in this modern IT age. 

The Labour Leadership Contest - Post 2015 Election

BBC News: Reports " Labour will select its new leader in mid-September, ahead of the party conference, its ruling National Executive Committee has announced. "

Lets Get Real:

The Labour Party needs a tough debate about the losses in 2015, it has to discover how to connect to the middle class, to those in the UK that want to get on, not be seen as the Party of the welfare state, being the Party of the NHS is one thing, being seen as supporting those that want to spend forever on welfare is something else, its a major negative.   The present candidates are on the right of the Party and be called from the Blair section of the Party.    The Labour Party has tried the left route with Ed Miliband, it did not work, time to go back to the agenda of Blair and winning elections. 

The Conservative Government vs. The BBC - Post 2015 Election

Telegraph - Politics Live: Reports " Tories 'declare war on BBC' with John Whittingdale appointment..All the latest as the Prime Minister forms his government, with John Whittingdale, the former chair of the DCMS committee and critic of the BBC, is appointed as Culture Secretary "

Lets Get Real:

It is about time that the BBC was taken down a peg or two, its always anti Conservative, the problem for the BBC is what they consider objective is more left wing than most people would consider normal.    The BBC should take adverts, it should have to sell in an open market.   The BBC is to big, you need a cut down BBC, less money spent reality shows, with the exception of the Lord Sugar show, in that you learn something about business, it was good to hear that Lord S had resigned from the Labour Party.   The BBC should be doing more shows like Doctor Who and Torchwood.    Who watches snooker for god sake!! Does there have to be Golf on, its a man hitting a ball at the end of the day, lets not even start on football or tennis!.    About time that a true Conservative Government dealt with the BBC. 

The Labour Leadership Election - Post 2015 Election

Guardian - Politics Live: Reports in its 6.29pm post the following, "  Harriet Harman is reportedly explaining the new leadership election rules to the PLP. She says the party needs to listen long and hard to the candidates who lost and draw on what they were told by the electorate. "

Lets Get Real:

The question is will the Labour Party ask the RIGHT questions, will understand in the real world why it lost, does it want to understand.   The old left arguments do no work, well in the UK they don't, we are all Thatcher's children in that sense.   The Ed Miliband agenda was attacking the rich, more welfare, the UK debt would have gone up, and the trade unions would have had more power.    The Blair agenda was the reverse of the above, the Labour Party under Blair got the UK voter, while modern Labour does not even understand itself, never mind the voter.    The soul searching will take time, lets hope Labour understands the question before the answer. 

The Miliband Brothers at WAR - Post 2015 Election

The Daily Mail: Reports " David Miliband's revenge: Former foreign secretary slams younger brother Ed for 'backwards' Labour campaign which failed to woo the middle classes "

Lets Get Real:

THE Labour Party is in a state of civil war, there are those in THE Blair Camp that see that Labour has to support people that want to get on in life, it can not go back to attacking the rich and expect to win, a] there are never enough rich people to tax, and b] the middle class want to own their own houses and see their family getting ahead. The left wing agenda of Ed Miliband was all about attacking the rich, creating the impression that it was wrong to want to get ahead.    The Labour Party should hire Tony Blair or the Dark Prince himself, Lord Mandelson to set a new road for Labour, the Labour Party needs BLAIR more than Blair needs the Labour Party.