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With ballot packs just about go out Davey is the clear favourite for LD leadership

With ballot packs just about go out Davey is the clear favourite for LD leadership

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When former Environment Cabinet minister last ran for the Lib Dem leadership just over a year ago he had big obstacle to surmount – his gender. There was a strong view in the party that then was the time for first female leader and my sense was that Davey felt this as well. He went through the motions but at least his decision to run meant that there was a contest. This time I’ve observed a very different Ed Davey…

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Let us not forget how much Corbyn contributed to Johnson’s GE2019 victory

Let us not forget how much Corbyn contributed to Johnson’s GE2019 victory

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This week’s out of court settlement of the case between the LAB party and some of its former employees has put the spotlight once again on former leader Corbyn who twice led to the party to general election defeats. The decision by Corbyn himself to attack the party over this is a reflection that Labour’s internal wars are ongoing. A real problem that the Corbyn backers have to acknowledge is that their man was the main driver of votes switching…

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After another lacklustre Johnson PMQs performance a reminder how well Sunak has been polling

After another lacklustre Johnson PMQs performance a reminder how well Sunak has been polling

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Once again he’s level pegging with Johnson on being “the better PM” One of the most remarkable stories since Johnson became CON leader and PM a year ago has been the rise and rise of Rishi Sunak who just a year ago was parliamentary secretary for local government. Now he’s favourite to succeed Johnson as CON leader and second favourite behind Starmer of becoming the next PM. Historically almost all “best PM” ratings give it to the incumbent by a…

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The Russia Report doesn’t look like a damp squib

The Russia Report doesn’t look like a damp squib

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It could make the politics of EU withdrawal more challenging So now we have got ten months late the document and the headline in the Times report “Downing Street failed to protect EU referendum, says Russia report” sets out the political challenge for ministers only five months before the EU transition period comes to an end. This is how the Times is reporting it: The government failed to protect the EU referendum from interference by Russia and the intelligence agencies…

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What happened to England’s top nurse after she refused to back lockdown bandit Cummings

What happened to England’s top nurse after she refused to back lockdown bandit Cummings

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The story that won’t go away Even though it is getting on for two months since the Cummings lockdown breaking drive to Durham first made the headlines the story has re-emerged this afternoon with the appearance of England’s Chief Nurse, Ruth May, before the Commons public accounts committee. According to reports of this afternoon’s session there had been a trial run for her participation in the televised news conference in which she was asked about what Cummings did and she…

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Labour: time to turn blue?

Labour: time to turn blue?

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What became of Maurice Glasman? Only those of us with a tendency to don the proverbial political anorak will recall the name, but Maurice (now Lord) Glasman was once the intellectual guru du jour for Labour. With roots in the Living Wage campaign and community organization, Glasman coined the term Blue Labour, a profound policy reaction to the perceived human emptiness of Blairism and the Third Way. For a while in the early 2010s Ed Miliband seriously dallied with Glasman,…

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How long before Johnson’s “should” wear masks become a legal requirement?

How long before Johnson’s “should” wear masks become a legal requirement?

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Govey is taking a different view The growing big political issue in relation to controlling the pandemic is whether or not people should be required to wear masks. What is interesting is there appears to be a difference in opinion between Johnson and senior cabinet minister Michael Gove who told the BBC yesterday that face coverings should not be mandatory. The big difference between Johnson and Gove, of course, is that the former has actually been through the turmoil and…

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