EXCLUSIVE : 
The indefatigable John Hemming has sent round an email to LibDem MPs throwing his hat in the ring! Yes!
I am one of the few Members of Parliament who have the practical experience of having successfully led a political group from opposition to a position of power (in Birmingham). On issues of diversity I have delivered. As far as extra parliamentary considerations are concerned I am almost certainly the only successful entrepreneur in the parliamentary party that is also a member of a Trades Union. I will be taking soundings following this position statement.
Lynne Featherstone isn't running.Timetable:
31st October: nominations close.17th December: the new leader will be announced.
Nick Robinson has got the first Ming interview.
But remember, leading the LibDems isn't just for Christmas....
29 comments:
Oh, fuck me this is going to be exciting.
John who ? Never heard of him...
"Leading the Lib Dems isn't just for Christmas..."
...With any luck you'll still be in post by Easter.
Leading the LibDems is just till Christmas
According to his blog
http://johnhemming.blogspot.com/
He likes Kitten pictures.
What a fucking cunt!
Where do they find these people and why do people vote for them?
This is so exciting!
I saw John Hemming's cat pictures ... he really does strike me as a statesman one can look up to.
Oh good the LidDem leadership contest has begu......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
John's union membership meant that he had a vote in Labour's deputy leadership contest. A true king (or queen) maker.
Hitch, here's one for Hemming.
Not this time, Hitch. Search on his name and look a little deeper.
Hemming is barely a Lib Dem at all. He has private-sector money which he made in the 1980s in technology, and has a background in physics, which he puts to use crunching shoddy government statistics to spot the errors.
He also has been sticking his neck out against social services departments and took on board the deeply-unfashionable cases of parents who have been falsely accused of child abuse. It is a thankless task because he has been threatened with prison by local authorities for attempting to call them to account.
I've been watching him for some time now and come to the conclusion that he is honestly altruistic, even if he is wrong about some things.
Will post more if you want it, but if ever a politician deserved to be cut a little slack, this is the one.
Will anybody notice who become's the LibDum leader it's too close to Xmas,sorry our winter holiday time.
saw clegg on news outside his country pad with beaming missus, its a tony blair clone vs hulne competition.
i listend to mings best speech at conference , and his "age isnt an issue" they have actually made it on radar that age does matter in public views.
never stab a gentile good man in the back , is basic rule of life never mind politics.they should have made a transition offer , on anaylsis this is heartless cynical coup.
any grass roots lib dems that arnt party lemmings must be furious, they put out so much care about the community crap and then publicly go and do this.
you go and consult with your friends clegg (or should that be co conspirators) i am conviced you now have fewer friends than before this public humiliation.
ps slippery poisonous v stalinist ruthless you are a troll and i claim my £1 (not much bounty for trolls these days)
thanks
red despot spotter
OK
Woman on a raft I take it back
He may be one of the good guys like Norman Baker, Frank Field Or Kate Hoey.
People with whom I may disagree with on certain matters
But accept as good people.
the Hitch seal of approval.
Who is Lynne Featherstone?
He'll need some dental work, chin liposuciton a new pair of specs and a toupee first. I won't be holding my breath.
I love the fact that he applied to be Britain’s first astronaut, and that his former wife accused him of having had 26 affairs... sounds perfect for the Lib Dem leadership... dream ticket of him, with Lembit as his deputy!
The Hitch said...
According to his blog
http://johnhemming.blogspot.com/
He likes Kitten pictures.
Looking at Kitten pic #2 I hope his brain is better wired than his soud system.
Such a relief that somebody's volunteered for leader at last - I was worried they might have to call the Party off, or force Ming back into harness.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/2accountabilty/
"On issues of diversity I have delivered" ... says the great man.
And what an uplifting image of diversity the Liberals present. They're so diverse you can hardly find a white man among them.
Except, obviously, Ming, Simon, Vince, Charlie, Nick, Chris, Mark ... err ... shall I go on?
"On issues of diversity I have delivered."
Who gives a stuff about "diversity". It's been nothing but a cancer in our society. I thought race and gender have fuck all to do with ability. Clearly, New Lab and the Lib Dems think differently.
One wonders, having a look on the Beeb's website which summarises the potential leaders, whether it is possible at all to become a party leader (never mind prime minister) without having been to oxbridge, save in a very select minority?
And no, I didn't go there - much as I'd wished. My political career dies when the letter saying "no" came through.
Hitch: the kitten pictures on Hemming's website are a code. The bottom picture shows a ginger kitten sucking greedily on its mother's teat - obviously a reference to Charles Kennedy's drink problem. The next shows a kitten about to bite though cables (Vince Cable - geddit). The top shows a blue eyed kitten sitting in front of the rest - a bit cryptic this one but I think it refers to Clegg, the blue-eyed boy, current LIBDem favourite.
Or it could be that he just likes kittens.
This is the John Hemming whose personal life on election in 2005 was, er, colourful to say the least?
Bet that Nick Robinson is chuffed with his scoop, although why he's interviewing Ming - now that he is history - heaven knows. It's a bit like interviewing the Elgin Marbles. In fact it's a sideshow. The real action is in the cut and thrust of the leadership race. Still, is Robinson now the official LibDem spokesman in much the same way as Marr is for NuLab?
Who is the official Conservative spokesperson then?
I'd like to nominate Sarah Tether, it would be such a laugh seeing McBroon being challenged by a garden fucking gnome.
Sarah Tether aint a gnome she looks like one of them giant guinea pigs a capybara the profile is so close and the intelect.she should be stuffed but not mounted.
Hemming is personally the only candidate that is just about tolerable. Featherstone would have been a plus - definitely worth a quirt. All the others are unmitigated arseholes.
i just find this "i will consult with friends" thing really wonk.
its like being at an assasins wine tasting evening.
can i offer you this goblet of friendship , you first , no i insist you first, no no blue eyes before brown , ahh but protocol is based on surname first letter etc etc.
i just want to know what there policies are , also how will they draw a manesfesto , by post??
i just dont know what they stand for and what bits i do understand they stand for i think are wonk and disease inducing.
if they can hold a leadership election and not end up having a handbag fight 2 months later would be nice for once. cant say much about leaders as i dont know what they think.
good news millibands had a rogering in european scruiteny commitee, it was said he gave a robust defence of his red lines , but chairman said there were still major concerns.
gordo signs on thurs in lisbon , but i suspect some late deal making will be forced and they are bullying us by definitely , the one about not helping us with terrorism was rather chilling i thought , "join us or die" EU cybermen have arrived.
thanks
red despot spotter
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