Quality - does it include understanding your topic?

[charmbrights]

Amid all the hoo-ha about criticism of Ed Milliband as Labour leader do none of the BBC's "experts" not understand two aspects?

1) Fact: If anyone were to challenge his leadership, no vote on the matter could take place until the Party Conference in the autumn of 2015, as provided for by the Labour Party's constitution, the rules of which cannot be changed until the same conference - so no successful challenge is possible before the General Election; and

2) Opinion: No politician in their right mind would want to become leader of any political party six months or less before a General Election, especially if (as applies to both the main parties) there is a good chance that the party will lose the election. The percentage probability best strategy is to wait until the present leader has failed to get an overall majority (which may well apply to both leaders) and then launch a bid to replace the leader.

Neither of these, the fact or the opinion, were mentioned by any commentator in any news programme that I heard or saw.

[Teddy Bear]

It would appear these BBC 'experts' are fearing Labour won't get in in its present form and want to change the status quo, regardless of existing rules.

Typical BBC!

[charmbrights]

Well, of course if the present leader of the Labour Party (whose name escapes me for the moment!) were to resign, they the unions would have to appoint another one.

[Teddy Bear]