Earlier this week the Labour Deputy Leader election heated up again as incumbent DL, Maroiogog, resigned from their post. The resignation leaves two open spots to the eleven candidates, a mix of familiar faces and rising stars. This paper has obtained the names of all the candidates and all their manifestos. The manifestos are linked and are given short breakdown and a rating, the ratings do not take into account commons policy of ideology. In order of estimated perceived political heavy-weightness they are:

Sam-irl

Click here to open Sam’s manifesto. Experience: Ex-leader and ex-deputy leader.

Achievements: Oversaw collapse of sunrise.

Aims: More press activity and will work to foster a friendly and fun environment.



Bid in a nutshell: Experienced, dedicated, unifies party and wants to serve again.



Manifesto rating: A 6.5/10. Nice, brief and friendly but lacks real reforms and aims. +1 for the pun at the start and +1 for the BrexitGlory reference.

HKNORMAN

Click here to open HK’s manifesto. Experience: Shadow home secretary.



Achievements: They have been in lots of cabinet positions and Labour party, no mention of materialsed achivements however…

Aims: Democratise party decisions, more transparency and make press more “aggressive” with “spin tactics” (the Telegraph does not approve of dishonest press). HK admitted he would move towards what they called “gutter politics”.



Bid in a nutshell: Experience in all things but leadership, will represent grass roots in leadership and make the party open to members.



Manifesto rating: A solid 8.5/10. Well designed, unique bid for leadership, +1 for BrexitGlory mention.

Trongle

Click here to open Trongle’s manifesto.



Experience: Ex-leadership member



Achievements: Created current whipping system.



Aims: No nationalism, no republicanism, will tackle any hate, support coalition with LPUK and even the LL.

Bid in a nutshell: Experienced and blue Labour.

Manifesto rating: A decent 7. Clearly outlines objectives and how they will be achieved. +1 for having no shame in being blue.

Youma

Click here to open Youma’s manifesto.

Experience: Scottish Labour leader.

Achievements: Merging with SNP.

Aims: Make DL position in charge of all three areas of devolution.



Bid in a nutshell: Focus more on devolution.

Manifesto rating: eh, I will give it a 5/10. No graphics or design. Not much to it. DL for devo is an interesting proposal.

Thepootispower

Click here to open Pootis’ manifesto.



Experience: Labour front bencher.



Achievements: None mentioned in the manifesto.



Aims: More press, reactive legislation tracking, analysis of election results and form a better strategy.



Bid in a nutshell: Was very very sad at the election result and wants to do better.



Manifesto rating: A solid 8/10. Lot’s of focus on what actually went wrong for labour, including the recognition of TPM denying them seats. +1 for BrexitGlory mention.

Chairman Meeseeks

Click here to open CM’s manifesto.

Experience: Courageous survivor of Sunrise coalition rooms.



Achievements:



Aims: I counted a whopping 16 different reforms and ideas to improve the party. From creating a PLP chair to creating an election stockpile of national camapign events. CM has lots of ideas but some were rather lackluster and uninspired.



Bid in a nutshell: Similar to HKNorman, ChairmanMeeseeks has presented themselves as experienced in the rank and file but an outsider of the leadership contest. Is there space for both of these candidates, or will Labour members back the experience of candidates like Sam?



Manifesto rating: The best of the bunch. 9/10. Good focus on real systematic reforms that have the potential to really help the party. CM is allegedly favoured by Labour leader Akko and prominent backbencher JGM. +1 for focusing on giving us information on ideological views, -1 for views being Trotskyist.

Captainographer

Click here to open Captainographer’s manifesto.



Experience: Current labour press officer and used to be the “real” Secretary for the DfiD.



Achievements: Active campaigner and led a landslide in their constituency.



Aims: Get new members debating to raise polls and ally with TPM, the DRF and the Lib dems. (The later one is already been done.)



Bid in a nutshell: Quite similar to Pootis’, in that their bid is based off of the disappointing election result and outlining how they would do better.



Manifesto rating: 6/10. Standard, not many real reforms and mostly politician talk; something that Labour politicians will likely see through.

Butterlands

Labour campaigners

Click here to open Butterlands’ manifesto.



Experience: Elected as an MP but no other party positions.



Achievements: Becoming minister of State for Climate Change, but no relevant policy passed is cited in the manifesto.



Aims: Better coordination of visit posts, strong relationships with left wing parties and updating labour records.



Bid in a nutshell: Long-time Labour member and helper but never had a party position, and would be a fresh face.



Manifesto rating: 6.5/10. No graphics and pretty standard, probably correct about the visit posts. A good bid from a less-prominent member. +0.5 for liking admin work.

David

Click here to open David’s manifesto.

Experience: Not a lot, but that is ok.



Achievements: Ran a huge campaign in Cambridgeshire and turned a Conservative safe seat into a marginal.



Aims: Very vague and no real solutions to anything, including “keeping the praty together” and going for a “landslide strategy”.





Bid in a nutshell: Talking points.



Manifesto rating: 3/10. Not really a manifesto, more of a photoshoot. Doing it as a slide show is a good idea, but Labour needs solutions and strategy. (-1 for Blair facesteal)

Rinarchy

Click here to open Rinarchy’s manifesto. [M: A page has been removed to sidestep the self-dox, it included irl experience of things and how it could be applied to mhoc.]



Experience: Little politics experience but did mention out of politics experience and what that could bring to the table.



Achievements: Again, not a lot in politics but instead in business and outside of Westminster.



Aims: Incentivise/gamify activity, analyze the election loss in depth and prepare for the next election now.



Bid in a nutshell: While new to Westminster and new to Labour, they still brought a unique perspective to the party.



Manifesto rating: 8/10. This was a really good effort from a rising star who has a lot to give, nice graphics and design and some good ideas. They did a good job of having a relatively unique bid while not having much politics experience. +1 for inserted humour.

Analysis

Unfortunately with such a crowded race, the lesser-knowns and newbies: Butterlands, David and Rinarchy, are not likely to get far despite their good effort. Lady_Aya is also running but apparently failed to answer direct questions in hustings and did not submit a manifesto, so is also unlikely to get places.

Captainographer, the current press officer, is also not expected to be a close contestant with the crowded race. It is unclear how Labour member’s feel about his success as press chief, with multiple manifestos recognising the need for change in strategy at least to keep up with Conservative party press.

With there being two spots up for grabs, members may be more inclined to take a risk with a rising star rather than just voting for the most experienced member. Add to that the fact that members are still in mourning over the election, members are ready for change. Candidates like Pootis, Chairman Meeseeks and HKNorman, are fighting out for this unique opening in the deputy leader spectrum. All three have offered substantial solutions to the party’s issues, Pootis in particular criticising the election failure in detail.

Members with lots of leadership experience; Sam, Trongle and Youma, could be feeling threatened by the above as they themselves offer little to the table in reforms. Trongle could also find themselves victim to having the wrong ideology, where as Sam has consistently positioned themselves as a unity candidate.

While it is said that Akko and prominent backbench JGM favour Chairman Meeseeks and their plurality of ideas, HKNorman is said to be backing Pootis as his second choice for deputy leader to form a rival alliance.

Labour members took to the polls earlier today to cast their votes after attending hustings. An unofficial exit poll put the race too close to call, but favoured: Sam, HKNorman and Chairman Meeseeks.

BrexitGlory is a political pundit, analyst and journalist active in Westminster and Holyrood. For inquiries, tips and leaks: Klobucharge#0830

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