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Month: July 2016

After another massive political 7 days in the UK & US it’s time to reflect with the latest PB/Polling Matters TV Show

After another massive political 7 days in the UK & US it’s time to reflect with the latest PB/Polling Matters TV Show

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The scale and pace of political events is simply breath-taking with PM May’s first PMQs, the LAB leadership race now down to two with campaigning just ratcheting up and, of course, the Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Examining all of this: Keiran Pedley is in the chair with Lord Stewart Wood, the Labour peer and Oxford academic, and Conor Pope of LabourList The audio podcast is here: Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

A staggering 54% of Corbyn supporters in the YouGov members’ poll think their man will lead them to victory

A staggering 54% of Corbyn supporters in the YouGov members’ poll think their man will lead them to victory

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Via @TimesRedBox More from the YouGov LAB members poll. How Corbyn fans view their manpic.twitter.com/2TG81Ja0Cw — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 19, 2016 How can you argue with people who totally believe this? The graphic above is from the Times Redbox and has further detail from the Times YouGov Labour members’ poll. This one looks at how at how the Corbyn backers view the current party leader. I find the figures staggering particularly the 54% believing that he’ll take them to…

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So now the LAB leadership is a two horse race

So now the LAB leadership is a two horse race

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.@angelaeagle ends #LabourLeadership bid, leaving @OwenSmith_MP to challenge @jeremycorbynhttps://t.co/OyPrKkM5pZ pic.twitter.com/ZIcJuvSq5u — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 19, 2016 And it’s still possible that Corbyn won’t get on the the ballot Mood at today's Labour NEC suggests high command worried Michael Foster's legal case on Corbyn standing without 51 nominations might succeed — Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) July 19, 2016 2016 LAB Leadership Contest

It was Team Corbyn who trashed the Big Tent

It was Team Corbyn who trashed the Big Tent

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Don Brind assesses where the LAB fight now stands “We organise. They conspire.” This political conjugation sums up the campaign tactics for the Corbyn Remain campaigners. Momentum are busy organising Momentum meetings around the country while condemning “coups and plots” by those who think he should leave. Even before the YouGov poll there seems little doubt that the Keep Corbyn faction are making the running and have been boosted by the wrangling at the National Executive over whether the incumbent…

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The battle for Labour appears to be being won by contender with the “assisted place” on the ballot

The battle for Labour appears to be being won by contender with the “assisted place” on the ballot

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Sam Coates- The Times New YouGov LAB members’ polling suggests Corbyn heading for easy victory Last week’s big LAB leadership news was the decision of the party’s NEC that Corbyn, as the incumbent, should not be troubled by the need to find MP/MEP nominations in order to get on the ballot which had been triggered by Angela Eagle. It was always reckoned that he would struggle in that task and the NEC’s decision was clearly vital. Overnight the Times has…

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A year after his unlikely candidature Trump looks set to finalise the nomination

A year after his unlikely candidature Trump looks set to finalise the nomination

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Next President The are similarities between Trump backers & LEAVE ones Because so much has happened in British politics over the past couple of months we have hardly looked at the White House which looks set to be bwtween Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Today,in Cleveland Ohio, the Republican campaign starts in earnest with the convention. Although there have been rumblings about a stop Trump move this appears to be very challenging given how successful he was during the primaries….

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