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How damaging will this be for Harriet?

How damaging will this be for Harriet?

Guardian Online Can her leadership ambitions survive the Euros? Both in terms of betting opportunities and political intrigue, the Labour leadership will be the “gift that keeps giving” for the next eighteen months and maybe more. Today’s instalment is the news that Harriet has been lined up to run Labour’s campaign for the June Euro-elections. Labour secured less than 23% at the 2004 elections, one of the worst scores for a governing party in Europe, and are in serious danger…

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Being part of PB’s Fifth Birthday Celebration

Being part of PB’s Fifth Birthday Celebration

An update from Peter the Punter A positive response has been received from Pbers to the Party invitation put out recently and it is beginning to look as though we may get a bumper crowd. Among the acceptances are Cicero, NickM, NickP, David Herdson, Gideon, Augustus Carp, Chris A, Hertsmere Pubgoer, James Burdett, Jonny Jimmy, Richard Nabavi, Morus, Marf, Paul Maggs and Mike Smithson. The date chosen is Monday March 23rd 2009 which is exactly five years after Mike began…

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Am I being a kill-joy…?

Am I being a kill-joy…?

Sky News But should we be betting on things like this? William Hill has put out this press release:- Following the ‘green custard’ attack on Peter Mandelson, bookmakers William Hill have opened a book on which popular dessert will next be thrown over any British government minister, and have installed Spotted Dick as their 3/1 favourite. ‘Of course this should not be regarded as a trifling matter’ said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘But over the centuries British democracy has…

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Could this ever happen to Gordon?

Could this ever happen to Gordon?

Lindsey Duncan in BBC’s “Margaret” leaving Number 10 I’ve just got round to viewing the BBC film “Margaret” in which Lindsey Duncan portrays the Tory leader who was famously ousted in November 1990. It’s a good watch, very well made and I’d thoroughly recommend it to those who haven’t seen it. For its focuses not on one plot to bring down a Tory leader but two. Mrs Thatcher, of course, became leader of the party fifteen years earlier after being…

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Your invitation to PB’s Fifth Anniversary

Your invitation to PB’s Fifth Anniversary

6 pm, March 23rd, National Liberal Club, Westminster Politicalbetting.com will be precisely five years old on Monday 23rd March and to celebrate it is throwing a party at what has now become the Site’s residence on earth, the beautiful National Liberal Club, situated just off the Embankment. Tickets will be £20 each if paid in advance or £25 cash on the door. There will be nibbles and free wine until it runs out: as the event is being generously sponsored…

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Guest Slot: Who Will Post Brown His P45?

Guest Slot: Who Will Post Brown His P45?

PO privatisation: the view from the Labour’s grass-roots Peter Mandelson’s proposals to sell off a third of Royal Mail spell electoral disaster for the Labour Party in the June elections and beyond. Last year’s local and mayoral elections were by and large catastrophic for Labour. The economic and political rollercoaster ride since then makes the 10p tax furore feel and age ago, but I remember it clear to this day. One of my roles then was to ring party members…

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Could Gord really be preparing to sack Harriet?

Could Gord really be preparing to sack Harriet?

Mail on Sunday Would she be better for Brown inside or outside the tent? There’s a piece in the Mail on Sunday today raising the possibility that the Prime Minister may be considering sacking Harriet Harman. According to the paper, “…his anger boiled over at a private meeting in No10, shouting: ‘Who the hell does that woman think she is?’ Sources say Mr Brown swore more than once during heated exchanges with aides on how to silence Labour’s Deputy Leader….

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