Can anything stop the Milibandwagon?
Is the momentum enough to see one over the line? With less than two weeks to go until nominations close, three candidates for the Labour leadership have now received the 33 nominations necessary to secure their place on the ballot: Ed and David Miliband and Ed Balls. Andy Burnham is just half way to the threshold while Diane Abbott and John McDonnell are stuck in single figures. There are still around 100 Labour MP’s yet to declare but with the…
Is PB over-reacting over this?
Telegraph Will this really bring Laws down? On reading the story I’m far from convinced. There is just a whiff of homophobia about the way that this is covered and I wonder if the paper would give it the same attention if the landlord had been female. I’ve suggested to the new political betting exchange, PoliticalSmarkets, that it puts a Laws survival market up. I would bet on him remaining. Mike Smithson
Labour drop to poor third in Thirsk & Malton
Thirsk & Malton Result 2005 CONSERVATIVES 20.167 (52.9%) 25,702 (51.9%) LIB DEMS 8,886 (23.3%) 9,314 (18.8%) LABOUR 5,169 (13.5%) 11,585 (23.4%) UKIP 2,502 (6.6%) 1,522 (3.1%) The Coalition takes 76% of the votes After all the expectations that the Lib Dems could see their vote squeezed in the deferred election at Thirsk & Malton the first major electoral test since the formation of the coalition has provided good news for Clegg’s party and bad news for Labour. Voting in this…
Is the coalition right to boycott Question Time?
Should the Beeb have booted Alistair Campbell off the panel? This is from the BBC editors blog of Gavin Allen – editor of Question Time. “..This week, for the first time in my three years as executive editor of Question Time, we were told by Downing Street that a cabinet minister would only appear on the programme if another member of the panel was replaced. According to No 10, a senior member of the cabinet was available to do Question…
How will this look in a year’s time?
This is from some polling that Ipsos-MORI is publishing on its site tomorrow. It’s not about voting intention but perceptions of the parties that exist now in this post-election post coalition deal world. The key points for each:- The Conservative party is seen to be most professional, have the best team of leaders and to understand the problems facing Britain. Its image has improved significantly on these attributes since 2006. On the negative side it is is least likely to…
Is it going to be an all-Oxford affair?
Are the Cambridge grads now out of it? Another day and more nominations come in for the Labour leadership with the two Milibands having achieved the threshold and with Ed Balls getting a tad closer to that 33 nomination target. It’s starting to look as though only the University of Oxford graduates who are running, the Milibands and Balls, are going to make it. Of the other three Abbott and Burnham both went to Cambridge while John McDonnell went to…
Can Balls get his final ten nominations?
Is it looking like a three or four cornered contest? Tonight’s tally on nominations in the Labour leadership race has the Milibands continuing to dominate with 95 between them. In third place is Ed Balls who has seen a bit of a boost during the day an is now at 23 – just ten short. Behind him is Andy Burnham on 14 with John McDonnell with just four. So far the only woman in the race, Diane Abbott, has no…