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The favourite to be next Labour leader has now decided he wants Corbyn’s job

The favourite to be next Labour leader has now decided he wants Corbyn’s job

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Interesting story by @janemerrick23 https://t.co/mXdQ4UKs8v pic.twitter.com/DDOuwO7bZW — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 29, 2015 Someone in the Parliamentary Labour Party is going to have to take one for the team if they want Corbyn gone. In today’s Independent on Sunday, Jane Merrick writes I understand that [Dan] Jarvis now wants to be Labour leader – and when a vacancy arises he will go for it. He is not perfect, and he will not be the only candidate. Yet Jarvis can count on…

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The latest Jeremy Hunt betting

The latest Jeremy Hunt betting

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Another story that hasn’t received the coverage it deserves is the problems Jeremy Hunt is having with junior doctors, but with the first junior doctors’ strike scheduled for this Tuesday, that will change.  But people like David Cameron and George Osborne are aware of how important the NHS is, a few days ago, The Spectator reported that Another area where Osborne is determined to keep putting in extra resources is the health service. He believes it was Cameron’s NHS commitment that was…

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The diminishing options of the average Labour MP

The diminishing options of the average Labour MP

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Picture: Scene from Resident Evil, this might be how the typical Labour MP is now feeling because of Corbynmania. The typical Labour MP started off unenthused with Jeremy Corbyn as their new leader in September.  He commanded little respect among his parliamentary colleagues and he only crept onto the ballot paper for the leadership election with loaned votes.  It is fair to say that nothing that has happened since has improved the view of the average Labour MP of their…

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If the parliamentary Tory party had followed the polling in 1990 John Major would not have become PM

If the parliamentary Tory party had followed the polling in 1990 John Major would not have become PM

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  Ten days before he became Tory leader, only 5% of voters preferred John Major as Tory leader. Via @majorsrise pic.twitter.com/fEmGNRQmtC — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 22, 2015 Often winning the Tory leadership is about who you aren’t not about who you are. Twenty-five years ago today Lady Thatcher announced her decision to resign as Prime Minister, but if the parliamentary Tory party had followed the polling then her successor would not have been John Major but Michael Heseltine. The above…

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Antifrank looks at where the EU referendum will be won and lost

Antifrank looks at where the EU referendum will be won and lost

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Picture: The classic 90s game, Lemmings. Referenda are odd affairs.  Two sides, both of which are passionately invested in the success or failure of the proposition, seek to woo disproportionate numbers of far less interested voters to their respective causes.  Votes are counted, not marked out of ten for enthusiasm.  Each side must resist the temptation to make arguments that fascinate those who are already-engaged but which make the barely engaged switch off. Activists on both sides of the EU…

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Another reason why Cameron shouldn’t hold the referendum next June

Another reason why Cameron shouldn’t hold the referendum next June

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Was this the match that lost the 1970 election for Harold Wilson and ultimately ushered us into the European Community? Most of the country will be focussing on the football next June. Since the second world war, the greatest general election upset was not 2015 nor 1992, but Harold Wilson’s surprise loss in 1970. Most of the polls and the commentariat expected Labour to win a majority comfortably yet the Ted Heath’s Tories won a majority. Some have attributed Labour’s…

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After the second Democratic Party debate Clinton remains the overwhelming favourite to get the nomination

After the second Democratic Party debate Clinton remains the overwhelming favourite to get the nomination

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Last night we had the second Democratic Party Presidential debate and the tragic events of Paris were discussed. Clinton’s past record came under scrutiny, first her support for the 2003 Iraq War (which Sanders said helped the rise of ISIS) and her tenure as Secretary of State. She came through all of this largely unscathed. Where she made a mistake was when the issue of the large donations she’s received from Wall Street, she said it was down to the…

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A Republican ticket to give Hillary Clinton nightmares?

A Republican ticket to give Hillary Clinton nightmares?

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Keiran Pedley asks if a Rubio / Christie ticket (with either at the top) might be the Republican’s best bet to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016 It is fair to say that the race for the Republican 2016 nomination is an odd one. This really should be an election that the GOP can win and yet with the national polls showing Trump and Carson leading the GOP race most observers are pretty sceptical that either will last.  Neither has held…

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