throws a party..... I can tolerate Shearer but I think he needs to use everything and everybody he has to the maximum capacity not sledge likely supporters. I don't think Shearer has "the fire in the belly" (I was going to say, balls, but QOT would then have mine) or the inclination, to lead Labour both into reversing the neo-liberal crap which has failed us to date, and deal with the third way advocates in Labour. 1. Have a punt at the MSM " Labour values all forms of discourse and social media has a big place in forming and voicing emerging opinion and preventing complacency and the status quo from ruling as the Nacts would like" 2. and keeping the heat off himself " this may not mean that we agree with everything said but respect right to say it , and of course I've been voted in as the man for the job by the party" [small smile on face] Yes, he could have shown good political judgement. Except -- he hasn't got any. He is only listening to those he wants to hear, which is usually the kind of thing that happens when politicians have been in power for ages and have lost touch. But -- incredibly -- Shearer is showing the same disconnect from reality at the start of his leadership. And that's why he's doomed. You know, from a purely tactical point of view, I would say of everything Shearer has been saying lately about