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Which Labour colour are you?

June 7, 2012 1:57 pm

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A bit of afternoon light relief with this Labour colour chart courtesy of @stackee – some of the colours have been taken already. Which one are you?

Now updated with all of the colours that people have claimed…

http://twitter.com/CTerry1985 Chris Terry

Surely Black Labour has been taken by Hopi Sen and Anthony Painter of ‘In the Black Labour’ fame?
- treborc1
  
  Lot of wine drinkers here
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=567983432 Roger Snape

Have to be wine.
http://twitter.com/DanJudelson Dan Judelson

I’ll take wine, ta very much.
http://twitter.com/DanJudelson Dan Judelson

Half bottles available Roger?
http://twitter.com/JohnHitchin John Hitchin

Labour Housing must be brick -
http://redbrickblog.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/stackee Stace

Should prob point out, since that first pic, following have already been ‘claimed’:

Black (yes, I forgot them, sorry!), Wine, Fuchsia, Coffee & Kermit.
UKAzeri

‘sky labour’ )
isnt that taken already ? ))
http://twitter.com/BenHartDS Cllr Benjamin Hart

Coffee Labour here!
http://twitter.com/robnewman30 Rob Newman

Cinnamon Labour. Not only is cinnamon great, but I desperately want to see David Cameron perform the Cinnamon Challenge.
http://twitter.com/emilyhewson Emily Hewson

I claimed Lemon yesterday…
http://twitter.com/Bungledinho Bryan SWFC

I’ll take brick labour as red is taken
treborc1

I’ll take tomato it’s the only real red left
Brumanuensis

‘Sky Blue’ Labour would be nice, for this Sky Blue fan.
Charlie Mansell

‘ 4′33″ Labour!’ This rejects all attempts to define by colour and instead ‘reframes’ the debate in musical terms!:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3 More seriously, I would agree that ‘In the Black Labour’ is taken already, however in colour terms will this evolve into ‘Blue Dog Labour’?
http://www.bluedogdems.com/ and
http://ross.house.gov/BlueDog/
http://www.facebook.com/PollytheWasp Clifford T. Molestrangler

I’d like silver please, as I’m a David Soul fan: “Come on, Silver Labour, take my word, I won’t walk out on you again, believe me…” (One for the oldies only, that)
- The Lone Stranger
  
  Heigh-ho Silver, away!
ThePurpleBooker

She forget Black Labour is taken @hopisen.
ThePurpleBooker

I’m Blue/Black/Purple – in one colour.
- Brumanuensis
  
  I believe that colour would be ‘Black’.
  - ThePurpleBooker
    
    Well, I believe that the big state is wrong but we need to change the role of the state, rather than roll back the state. I believe we need to also rediscover the centre ground as well as the traditions of Tawney, the Co-operative movement in order to continue of modernisation. However, I also believe that though dynamic markets are a good thing we need to have a challenge to the excesses of freedom and lack of responsibility that can exist in the boardroom and we need to have a ‘good society’, a reformed political economy – the moral economy and responsibility in every reach of society. I also believe not just in aspiration but devolution of power as well as wealth. But I would say I am a fiscally hawkish semi-Keynesian, and that we need to accept that there will be fiscal constraint and Labour needs to be clear about that, even though we need a more spacious deficit reduction strategy with a priority on growth. So, I”d say I’m the combination of those colours.
    - Brumanuensis
      
      PurpleBooker,
      
      It was a joke. But thanks for the explanation.
      - treborc1
        
        I thought it was serious
- Emo
  
  Sounds as if somebody finally gave this opinionated little sh*t a good kicking.
  - John Dore
    
    Lol, coward hides behind made up name to have a rant.
    - treborc1
      
      What like yours.
PaulHalsall

Red Labour!

The worker’s flag is deepest red
It shrouded oft our martyred dead;
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold
Their life-blood dyed its every fold.

Chorus:
Then raise the scarlet standard high!
Beneath its folds we’ll live and die.
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We’ll keep the red flag flying here.

2. Look ’round, the Frenchman loves its blaze,
The sturdy German chants its praise,
In Moscow’s vaults its hymns are sung
Chicago swells the surging throng.
Chorus:

3. It waved above our infant might
When all ahead seemed dark as night.
It witnessed many a deed and vow,
We will not change its color now.
Chorus:

4. It suits today the meek and base,
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place,
To cringe beneath the rich man’s frown,
And haul that sacred emblem down.
Chorus:

5. With heads uncovered swear we all
To bear it onward till we fall;
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim,
This song shall be our parting hymn.
Chorus:
- treborc1
  
  banned from conference by that bloke Blair. more then likely he did not know the words
  - aracataca
    
    Not remotely true of course. It is still sung at Conference as you well know.
  - Bob
    
    Seriously treborc, do you just spend your life on this website moaning?
    
    Get a life you boring individual.
http://twitter.com/MichaelTWilson3 Michael T Wilson

Gold Labour
Marian Smith

Soft pink – Labour the pink, the pink, the pink, the saviour of the human race.
- Daniel Rhodes-Mumby
  
  Pretty sure we didn’t invent medicinal compound though.
La Pasionaria

Think I might be brick Labour, if I can’t have that I’ll be fuchsia Labour as I’m outrageous but old-fashioned in some ways. I use semi-colons where needed, even on Twitter
http://twitter.com/paulwilkinson4 Paul Wilkinson

Mint Labour innit?
http://twitter.com/Altany Altany

Has to be Wine Labour. ‘hic
rednick

:/ I needed Red Labour…
I’ll take forest
James Asser

LGBT Labour will claim Rainbow Labour please (although it’s not on the chart) and we’re already using the Fuschia Labour square for our Labour 4 Equal Marriage campaign http://labour4equalmarriage.tumblr.com/ – how’s that for ahead of the game?!
James

You can’t be Magnolia Labour. It complements any kind of furniture.
John Dore

I’ll have Cocoa labour, its nice before bedtime.
Dammit Shas

Ken Livingstone is wine labour I believe
Arturobandini

Leopard-Print Labour – because I’m still a socialist and the events of the last 15 years have confirmed that I’ll never change!
ThePurpleBooker

I’d say Pink Labour is what the Left calls ‘New Labour’.
Alexwilliamz

Turquoise Labour in solidarity with our leveller ancestors.
http://twitter.com/CJWallace91 Chris Wallace

As a Blackpool fan, I’d like to claim ‘Tangerine Labour’. Our slogan will be ‘Making Labour work for the seaside folk.’
Shelagh

Sunshire Labour – my glass is allways half full.
Jon Harvey

May I be Graphite Labour.

* Committed to being a listening Labour Party – making notes with my trusty pencil

* Under extreme pressure, I would hope to become a diamond

* I love Earl Grey tea

@cllrjonsharvey
- John Dore
  
  Like it, except Earl Grey, I’m a Tetley man.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZPXYLRVP4XOIGGDJWAL6HUO7U4 David

An alternative classification might be using the Harvard spectral classification:

I like the idea of a describing people as type O vs type M labour supporters…
Hollz39

Army Labour, my friend died in Helmand Province this year. R.I.P Daniel Wilford. Through all my political efforts and rants… I’ll always remember him

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