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Corbyn goes to war with the PLP yet again

Corbyn goes to war with the PLP yet again

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Embed from Getty Images   The Labour leader’s apparent decision to back Kate Hoey as the chair of the newly-created Commons Brexit select committee is an error, argues Joff Wild Jeremy Corbyn just cannot help himself. After supposedly heartfelt pleas for unity during the Labour party leadership contest, he has followed up on his controversial dismissal of former chief whip Rosie Winterton by seemingly opposing the election of Hillary Benn as chair of the newly created House of Common Brexit…

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Nicola Sturgeon should go for a second Independence referendum says Alastair Meeks

Nicola Sturgeon should go for a second Independence referendum says Alastair Meeks

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Embed from Getty Images A year ago I wrote about why Nicola Sturgeon was so chary of committing to a second referendum on independence.  With the SNP hegemonic in Scotland but with Yes continuing to lag in the polls, I formed the view that Nicola Sturgeon would probably not seek an unequivocal mandate for a second referendum in the SNP’s manifesto for the 2016 Holyrood elections for fear of losing one.  So it proved. What has happened since then?  Lots. …

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Is Witney saving all its love for EU?

Is Witney saving all its love for EU?

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Liberal Democrats backed into 10/1 from 50/1 to win Thursday's Witney by-election after a rush of money… https://t.co/BKFhwPC3TT pic.twitter.com/s3Renglv4P — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) October 18, 2016 Ladbrokes report that betting on the Witney by-election is the highest ever for a by-election. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 18, 2016 This by-election could be pivotal to the type of Brexit Mrs May’s government tries and obtains, and if she decides to hold an early general election. If the Lib Dems do pull…

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The Brexiteers, Juncker’s fifth columnists?

The Brexiteers, Juncker’s fifth columnists?

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How the Leavers may have ultimately signed the United Kingdom up for the single currency, the Schengen agreement, an EU Army, and a United States of Europe. Despite all the hype and bluster, the court case, and Parliamentary scrutiny, the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union within the next few few years, and both will rapidly change because of Brexit. Without the United Kingdom inside the EU stopping and vetoing more federalist ideas nor without our influence advocating…

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The Nearest-run Thing – the BREXIT result was tight but so have other referendums

The Nearest-run Thing – the BREXIT result was tight but so have other referendums

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Sunil looks at close referendum outcomes “It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.” – those were the immortal words of one Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington) in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. I keep seeing comments on PB.com, and the wider MSM, about the EU Referendum being a close result, with the implication that it was the closest referendum result in human history,…

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Theresa May doesn’t have a Willie and it shows. She urgently and desperately needs a Willie in her government

Theresa May doesn’t have a Willie and it shows. She urgently and desperately needs a Willie in her government

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https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/787616816243871744 If she loses her Chancellor so early in her Premiership, people might infer Mrs May is wholly unsuited to be Prime Minister According to Margaret Thatcher one of the prerequisites of being a successful Prime Minister was “Every Prime Minister needs a Willie.” She was referring to William Whitelaw, her deputy, as she further expanded, “Willie is a big man in character as well as physically. He wanted the success of the Government which from the first he accepted would be…

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My 100/1 tip to win the 2020 London Mayoral election

My 100/1 tip to win the 2020 London Mayoral election

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Embed from Getty Images My betting tip if Sadiq Khan is hors de combat from the next Mayoral race. Assuming the unelected PM doesn’t change her mind, the next general election will be on the same day as the London Mayoral election, Sadiq Khan has a choice to make, will he stand as London Mayor in 2020 or will he stand as an MP in 2020? I know some say Sadiq Khan would be better of waiting until 2025 to…

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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career.

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career.

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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his country for his career. Super story by @ShippersUnbound pic.twitter.com/P20Z44xBUh — TSE (@TSEofPB) October 15, 2016 Boris wrote that Brexit could lead to economic shock, Scottish Independence, and Russian aggression 2 days before he backed Brexit. For the last few years I generally kept on advocating that Boris should be laid for the Tory leadership, that advice isn’t going to change for the next Tory leadership contest. It will…

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