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Labour MPs urge Alan Johnson to challenge for the leadership

Labour MPs urge Alan Johnson to challenge for the leadership

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50/1 on Alan Johnson to be next Lab Leader, put your money on him being London Mayor instead. http://t.co/h7crWukgBo pic.twitter.com/KMu4zzJwZz — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) October 6, 2014 This morning the Telegraph reports Labour MPs in despair at Ed Miliband’s weak leadership are planning renewed efforts to tempt Alan Johnson into challenging for leader before the election. It is understood a cohort of MPs believe Mr Johnson is the only person who can win Labour a majority next May and…

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Norman Lamb says a coalition with Ed would ‘enormously damaging’ for the Liberal Democrats

Norman Lamb says a coalition with Ed would ‘enormously damaging’ for the Liberal Democrats

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  Yesterday Norman Lamb, the Lib Dem MP said The Liberal Democrats must not go into coalition with Labour even if they win more seats after the general election because the association with Ed Miliband would be so “damaging” for the party, a minister has warned. Norman Lamb, the Lib Dem care minister, said his party would be come under sustained attack if they make a coalition deal with Labour if the party get a small majority at the next…

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David Herdson on whether Miliband can breeze to victory on the strength of not being Tory

David Herdson on whether Miliband can breeze to victory on the strength of not being Tory

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Is Labour keeping its powder dry or was that all there is? Like many a football team 2-1 up in a cup tie with ten minutes to go, a cautious defensiveness seems to have settled over the Labour Party, judging by their conference just gone.  The contrast with last year’s headline-grabbing energy price freeze policy was stark.  The big announcements were to increase the minimum wage by about 4p a year more than the average RPI rate for the current…

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The Ed Miliband speech – The Highlights

The Ed Miliband speech – The Highlights

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  Ed's speech to conference pic.twitter.com/0kUkZtWCLI — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) September 23, 2014 Highlights from Ed's speech pic.twitter.com/v8sI8iuRvZ — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) September 23, 2014 Highlights from Ed's speech – Part II pic.twitter.com/5ilxSCgKA6 — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) September 23, 2014 But will it be overshadowed by events elsewhere? But did Obama overshadow Ed's speech? pic.twitter.com/XCJbgHtWaL — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) September 23, 2014 Apologies, but I’ve not been able to watch the speech in full, I only…

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Ed’s big day – But is the big news of the day just outside of Manchester?

Ed’s big day – But is the big news of the day just outside of Manchester?

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His speech from last year Ed’s last two party conference speeches have dominated the political landscape, two years ago it was the One Nation speech, last year it was the energy price freeze speech. Both speeches saw a temporary uplift in his personal ratings. This year, given that this is his last speech to conference before the general election, I’m expecting a major announcement, my own hunch, based purely on my feelings, is that we’re going to get something to…

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Understanding the Ed Miliband polling paradox

Understanding the Ed Miliband polling paradox

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How are Labour’s maintaining its poll leads, despite Ed’s poor ratings? One of the things that has been consistent in the last few years, the voters don’t rate Ed Miliband and he often trails David Cameron on most polling questions. In the past, I’ve shown that Ed Miliband’s ratings as Leader of the Opposition are very poor compared to his predecessors, only Michael Foot had worse ratings one year before a General Election, yet Labour still continue to generally lead…

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Miliband’s Achilles’ heel: those who backed Brown

Miliband’s Achilles’ heel: those who backed Brown

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Never mind the LD switchers, the biggest threat to Labour was already in the Red column One assertion that receives a regular hearing on politicalbetting is that Labour is in an extremely strong position to win the next election thanks to that group of voters who switched from Lib Dem to Labour in 2010.  They’ve been consistent in their support ever since and remain favourably disposed towards Miliband and Labour.  Add in that UKIP’s support has come disproportionately from Con,…

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Mr Rentoul might not like this but the polling shows that Ed Milband has a special appeal to 2010 LD-LAB switchers

Mr Rentoul might not like this but the polling shows that Ed Milband has a special appeal to 2010 LD-LAB switchers

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In two massive rounds of polling the numbers have barely shifted In an article last month the Indy on Sunday political editor and Blair biographer, John Rentoul, wrote: “My view, and this cannot be based on opinion polls, is that when the voters come to choose they will shy away from the prospect of Miliband as prime minister, just as they shied away from Neil Kinnock in 1992.” But John the unique polling resources that are available to us ahead…

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