I'd rate her chances of succeeding with eg. Ian Austin at somewhere below zero.
The idea of forming a temporary government of national unity purely to hold an election is farcical in itself (why not legislate first if an election is your desired outcome and you have a majority?) but it's fascinating watching everyone pinning their preferred tail to the unicorn.
Are you still saying this despite it being answered numerous times?
Once again: the goal of forming a GoNU is not "purely to secure an election", it's not to secure an election all, and I can't see why you keep saying this. The goal is to prevent a cliff edge crash out on Oct 31 which Johnson and his government have
stated they will cause to happen. Maybe they are lying, maybe they are involved in some kind of brinkmanship, who knows? But they have stated that they will facilitate a No Deal crash out so that has to be taken seriously.
No one wants to form a GoNU to prevent a No Deal crash out. That is proper sledgehammer to crack a nut territory, and we all know it. Every sane person would rather that the government would stop such a calamity of its own accord, because it is run by sensible people. But that very government has bragged and crowed about its intention to allow No Deal to happen. So everyone else has little choice but to try and wield a sledgehammer , i.e a GoNU and all the hassle it will entail just to stop a No Deal, just to do something the government could do with a single breath.
And General Election shortly afterwards is NOT a
goal of the GoNU - I mean it might be any given individuals' goal, such as Corbyn's, but not the goal of the collective. Rather a GE will be a
consequence of the government being defeated in a VoNC, and there almost certainly being no majority for either revoke or referendum in the House. An unfortunate consequence, which almost certainly will not result in anything good for the Remain side, but that's where we are.
Not sure what you mean about the unicorns line. Do you think I'm gunning for an election? That that is my preference? Absolutely not. It'll be a horrible, belligerent, corrosive, destructive campaign followed either by a result that brings continued paralysis or a full on right wing coup.
My preference is to revoke the shit out of this right now and deal with the consequences after, right up to using the army to deal with fucking Yaxley Lennon and his thugs. But just because that's my preference doesn't mean it will happen, so I have to at least try and take a clear-headed look at what probably might happen, as substandard as that may well be