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This could have been the moment that Cameron and his mother ensured Corbyn would one day become PM

This could have been the moment that Cameron and his mother ensured Corbyn would one day become PM

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After the referendum Dave’s worst blunder as leader? Just before Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader in September 2015 I wrote a piece for PB offering Jeremy Corbyn some fashion advice. That piece was inspired by the fact that earlier on that summer I had visited the House of Commons and has seen Jeremy Corbyn living up to the Steptoe Corbyn meme and I wasn’t sure to give Corbyn some loose change. It wasn’t just me who thought Corbyn had dire…

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Corbyn’s “Brexit goes ahead if LAB won snap election” arouses furious response from many witihn his party

Corbyn’s “Brexit goes ahead if LAB won snap election” arouses furious response from many witihn his party

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Corbyn faces furious Labour backlash over backing Brexit https://t.co/BXrnYJbJnk — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 23, 2018 Fuck you, Jeremy. A great big, left wing, liberal, child-of-an-immigrant, product of globalisation, Europe-loving *FUCK* *YOU*. Just angry I fell for yr holier-than-thou-ness & yr appearance of wanting the right thing for yr own country. Just a big old lie. You need to go, now. https://t.co/fLxfum8joJ — G #blacklivesmatter #noPlanetB #keepitintheground (@eurasiafantasia) December 21, 2018 I was a Labour Party member for 20 years….

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This surely hits the nail on the head – Corbyn would prefer TMay’s deal to go through than risk another referendum

This surely hits the nail on the head – Corbyn would prefer TMay’s deal to go through than risk another referendum

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I’ve never been more convinced that Corbyn privately wants May’s deal to pass – perhaps even with the unauthorised support of some of his own MPs. Have always said, if Lab leadership wanted another vote to be Lab policy it would be. Simple as that. They don’t and it isn’t. — Keiran Pedley (@keiranpedley) December 22, 2018 With this tweet Keiran Pedley, of the PB/Polling Matters podcast sets out what to my mind is a very strong pointer. From the…

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Why Corbyn could be the one to extend Article 50 in the New Year

Why Corbyn could be the one to extend Article 50 in the New Year

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The Brexit vote could give him a few days of government – what would he do with it? FTPA doesn’t just stand for Fixed Term Parliaments Act; it can equally be Freedom to Piss About, which seems appropriate given the casually reckless approach taken to the Brexit ratification process by just about all sides. The government willingly risks no deal as a bargaining tactic to better the chances of its own deal being agreed; Labour willingly risks it to increase…

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The reason the Corbyn “stupid row” continues to make news is because many don’t believe his denial

The reason the Corbyn “stupid row” continues to make news is because many don’t believe his denial

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This doesn't look like the right strategy for the LAB leader. Corbyn hits out at media over 'stupid woman' row. https://t.co/CGqjw0avA2 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 20, 2018 If he’d just apologised yesterday the story would now be dead Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

Tonight’ big Brexit polling news – LAB could slip to third place if it helped CON pass Brexit

Tonight’ big Brexit polling news – LAB could slip to third place if it helped CON pass Brexit

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New YouGov poll finds that LAB would drop to behind the LDs if the party helps the Tories to pass Brexit https://t.co/WcnsPVRxJi — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 15, 2018 The S Times is reporting a YouGov survey of 5,000 voters, commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign, showing that support for LAB could fall from 36% to 22% if it helped the Tories to pass a compromise deal with Brussels like the one advocated by Theresa May. In these circumstances, the…

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The first months of a Corbyn government

The first months of a Corbyn government

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It’s objectively clear that there is a genuine possibility of a Corbyn government within months, possibly even weeks. That might be after an election, or it might be simply that the Conservatives lose the will to govern: there is a limit to how long governments can function with every vote at risk of failure, and yielding to a minority Labour government which is also subject to hostile majorities at every turn may seem a lesser evil. But there’s been very…

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The Telegraph leading on May’s TV Corbyn debate plan

The Telegraph leading on May’s TV Corbyn debate plan

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At least she’s taking the initiative This reminds me very much Tony Blair in the period leading up to the Iraq War. That, it will be recalled, saw massive demonstrations and Commons revolts but in the end the UK joined the US in going to war. The hardline Brexiteers would have been in a stronger position now if they’d put the grunt work in and had had an alternative plan. Anyway another week begins. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet