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All the Labour deputy leader candidates say they will serve under Corbyn

All the Labour deputy leader candidates say they will serve under Corbyn

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I'm taking this to mean the Deputy Leader candidates think Corbyn's going to win pic.twitter.com/Hgi9YcPLA7 — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 8, 2015 Are the deputy leader candidates preparing for a Corbyn victory? Looking at the front page of the Independent on Sunday, I suspect most of the focus will be on Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to bring back clause IV, but the most interesting aspect of that front page for me is all of the deputy leader candidates saying they will serve under Jeremy…

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When will Dave depart?

When will Dave depart?

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Pulpstar looks at the Dave exit betting Away from the current Labour leadership election and Mayoralty there may just be one or two political bargains on offer.. In his late March interview, David Cameron announced that he would not serve out a third term. Here I take a look at when he may leave and some associated odds: 2015: 50-1 Sky Bet (Cease to be PM) I’d put the odds of the PM leaving this year extremely low. The only…

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Next Chancellor after Osborne betting

Next Chancellor after Osborne betting

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The next Chancellor of the Exchequer market that Ladbrokes have is a hard market to assess. There’s two major known unknowns, will David Cameron stand down in this parliament (potentially to maximise George Osborne’s chances of succeeding him) or will the result of the next election be the trigger for the Osborne’s successor? Sajid Javid is quite rightly the favourite to be the next Chancellor whilst Osborne is favourite to be the next Tory leader, however at 16/1 another Osborne…

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The Temperate Desert

The Temperate Desert

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Antifrank asks who will appeal best to centrist voters? The centre ground of politics used to be very crowded.  And with good reason.  Roughly half the electorate sit in the middle stratum of electoral geology.  In a YouGov poll taken just after the election, 13% described themselves as slightly left of centre, 19% described themselves as centre, 14% described themselves as slightly right of centre and a further 23% didn’t know where to place themselves (presumably they would regard themselves…

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Just when you thought the Lab leadership contest couldn’t get any more exciting

Just when you thought the Lab leadership contest couldn’t get any more exciting

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The Sunday Times front page on the plot by the hard left to infiltrate the Labour leadership race via @hendopolis pic.twitter.com/Avlm6SrzEo — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 25, 2015 The next Labour leader might have to keep the Blairites and Communists happy, that might not be possible. The major news overnight was the Sunday Times story on calls to Harriet Harman to suspend the Labour leadership election because of hard left infiltration, see the tweet above. I suspect the election isn’t going…

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Antifrank considers what the Blairites could do if Liz Kendall comes last

Antifrank considers what the Blairites could do if Liz Kendall comes last

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Go fourth and multiply The Labour leadership election hasn’t gone according to the Blairites’ plan, to put it mildly.  Dan Jarvis declined to run and Chuka Umunna launched an in-and-out campaign that prefigured the performance of England’s top order in the last Test, leaving Liz Kendall as the sole standard bearer of the right of the Labour party in the contest. She has chosen, probably unwisely, to drop some truth bombs on her electorate.  This has not gone down well. …

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YouGov poll finds Corbyn beating Burnham

YouGov poll finds Corbyn beating Burnham

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Bloody hell. Corbyn winning the Labour leadership according to a YouGov poll via @SamCoatesTimes pic.twitter.com/XZWdWyvwy1 — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 This probably explains why Corbyn is doing so well. pic.twitter.com/uokd6edjMb — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 How the front page of The Times is reporting their poll via @hendopolis pic.twitter.com/p7CQOlZEPk — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 This explains the recent price moves TSE

Peak Corbyn?

Peak Corbyn?

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Have we reached Peak Corbyn? Jez's chances tick down for the first time. http://t.co/O4JRlgE69n pic.twitter.com/ufPIW6lgb1 — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) July 20, 2015 As noted yesterday, there appears to be the start of the Stop Corbyn campaign, yesterday’s Observer editorial weighed in with “If Jeremy Corbyn is the answer then Labour is asking the wrong question.” This campaign to stop Corbyn might be working, the above tweet from Ladbrokes points out Corbyn’s chances are ticking down, perhaps it might be prudent to…

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