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Terminological Inexactitudes?[edit source]

Next Gen - Labour the Next Generation, ie. the current Shadow Cabinet
I thought Next Gen was meant for e.g. Ed Miliband's era of Labour Party leadership (which was the Shadow Cabinet when the entry was made) - so what's Corbyn's tag? Or does the term mean anything after New Labour? Basically, should this be updated and if so what should it be updated to? Tinypurpleteacup (talk) 15:21, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, it was. I think it still does? Corbyn's Shad Cab is... something else. Doomed, mostly.. It's really defined by being the junior generation of Blairites and Brownites, I think- those people who were ministers or spads under Blair and Brown. Would "The Shadow Cabinet of the 2010-2015 Parliament" work? Because they're definitely Next Gen already during the 2010 leadership contest, so we can't just use "Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet". Kainosite (talk) 15:34, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
An addendum: Should we maybe have an index page for them? I don't really think they deserve a formal category because they're a fandom group rather than a real faction, but, like, Hilary Benn is Next Gen and Chris Bryant and Tom Watson aren't, and I can't think of any sensible definition that could draw that distinction. Kainosite (talk) 15:40, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
"Junior generation of Blairites and Brownites - those people who were ministers or spads under Blair and Brown" works fairly well tbh. An index/stub article might be a good idea come to think of it. Tinypurpleteacup (talk) 15:45, 8 May 2016 (UTC)