Labour Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle who should go

[Jeneral2885]

http://www.leftfutures.org/2013/02/a-shadow-cabinet-reshuffle-worth-having/

What do you think of this list--esp knocking how the Iraq War MPs

[LeftishBrit]

1. I think a few of these could well be replaced...

especially Liam Byrne, who ties with Frank Field for the title of 'Labour MP whom I most dislike'.

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about most of the newer MPs to have a good feel for who would do best. In my experience, effective politicians rarely have the right ideas and aims, and politicians who have the right ideas and aims are rarely very effective. I hope there turn out to be a few people who can combine both!

[T_i_B]

2. We can all think of who the useless ones are.....

....The question is, which Labour MP's would be an improvement?

It's all well and good removing somebody like Liam Byrne, but if he's replaced by somebody like Simon Danczuk then we are back where we started or even going backwards.

[Jeneral2885]

3. what do people think of

Douglas Alexander and Ivan Lewis

[LeftishBrit]

4. Not a great fan of Ivan Lewis, due to his remarks discussed in the thread below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php/www/depts.washington.edu/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=191x33396

but admittedly I don't know a great deal about his record otherwise.

Alexander? Didn't like him at first due to his support for the Iraq War, but he was IMO a pretty good shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions. As Shadow Foreign Secretary, he seems to have been surprisingly invisible.

[Jeneral2885]

5. For me

the shadow ministers need to take degrees in the post they hold.