If Labour Leadership Candidates Were Members Of The Avengers

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Andy Burnham is THOR

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He hails from a proud, ancient and distant land (Liverpool). He has made it his mission to save the world from a destructive threat. He is convinced of his rightful place as leader. Andy Burnham basically IS the Prince of Asgard.

Yvette Cooper is BLACK WIDOW

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A no-nonsense attitude, a steely personality, and fondness for clever men who get angry and smash things. Yvette Cooper is the perfect fit for assassin Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow.

Trustram Hunt is LOKI

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He's posh, scheming and wherever he goes he seems to rub people up the wrong way. Let's be honest, it doesn't take much to imagine Tristram Hunt as Loki does it?

Chuka Umunna is TONY STARK

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He's suave, he's a party animal (well, he used to run a club night), and he's politics' most eligible bachelor. There's only one man who can be Labour's very own Tony Stark.

Liz Kendall is WAR MACHINE

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Liz Kendall probably stands for lots of very interesting and sensible things, but frankly I can't remember any of them because I'm too busy getting my head round the fact she's married to GREG BLOODY DAVIES OFF THE INBETWEENERS. As such, she's perfect as the Avenger who's forever being overshadowed by his partner-in-crime: War Machine.

Dan Jarvis is HAWKEYE

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An ex-soldier, Dan Jarvis was an instant front-runner for the position of Labour Party leader before announcing he wouldn't want to take the job because it wouldn't be fair on his children. Just like Hawkeye left The Avengers because it wasn't fair on his children OMG GUYS THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME THIS IS SILLY.

Ed Balls is THE HULK

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He was a bright man with a promising career, until one night disaster struck, changing his life forever. Now he wonders alone in the wilderness, rejected by society, trying desperately to avoid causing collateral damage that could hurt the people he cares about most.

Nope, no similarities there.