Recent content by Major Smith

I stopped this timeline last year with the intention of finishing it in my first year at uni; then well life happened as it always did. In the magical ways that only the Labour Party knows we're back at another leadership election, and I've spend the last couple of days doing a stack load of New...

He'd lose, but it would be interesting to see if Prescott still stands as the 'token' union candidate. Brown would run on economic experience and on being a younger modernizing Smith. Blair would run a pretty ruthless campaign backed by the majority of the Shadow Cabinet and PLP. Blair from...

Funnily enough, the part about all 5 leadership candidates being put together a day before the result actually happened in 2010-hence why David was still recovering when the result was announced.

I can't take credit for David's speech, it was the opening lines of his planned speech that got leaked in 2011 by his wife. It's actually a good read

Chapter 4: The Red Flag So raise the scarlet standard high, Beneath its shade we'll live and die, Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer, We'll keep the red flag flying here The Labour Party had some strange traditions. One of these was forcing four men who had been competing against each...

was planning on uploading tonight, but stupidly decided to do it on here rather than on word first so I lost a very long update. Stay tuned for a hopeful update tomorrow which will cover Conference and Leadership Results, along with the Shadow Cabinet

Yeahh, I've realized I need to do much longer updates to actually get any substance done. Just felt like a chore doing the leadership battle. I'm loving FWOAP, just picked out this Miliband esque quote

Authors Note: I've dragged on/ruined the leadership election because I want this to be about Miliband in opposition rather than Miliband v Miliband in 2010. This is a dabble chapter-I've got the next one, a biggun drafted already. I just wanted to add some human to Miliband, bring his wife in...

Chapter 3: Dave speaks human 'Everything about my Politics has been about the Future' David Miliband 25th September, 2010 They say that after a while every hotel room begins to look the same. But for David it was the only place that provided any comfort during conference season. Not many...

There goes any chance at me being impartial. The sad thing is in 2010 I would have supported David Miliband- I was only 13 at the time so I wasn't into politics at all but for a couple of years I was a dyed in the wool Blairite. I watched some of the 2010 leadership debates this morning for...

I've only met one of the Miliband brothers-the much more attractive and human one. Make of that what you will ;)

Chapter 2: Cain and Un-Able ''The embarrassing thing that none of us wanted to admit was that we’d offered Ed a deal, but he turned us down flatly. If it wasn’t for Ed being so goddam righteous we could have got through this. That’s when it starting going downhill. Sadiq's Story, 2018. '’...

too easy ;)

Just writing the next chapter, any thoughts on quality?

I seem to remember some comment by Hillary about his weight/heart/diet in 2000. Would be interesting to see if Gore would stick around for a third term doing nothing