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Labour’s antisemitism problem will always bedevil Corbyn as long as Palestine remains a cause célèbre

Labour’s antisemitism problem will always bedevil Corbyn as long as Palestine remains a cause célèbre

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At the heart of modern anti-Zionism is the traditional envy of Jewish success If Jeremy Corbyn had been politically active seventy years ago, there’s no doubt that he would have been a vocal champion of Zionism. Few things animate him like support for a people he regards as oppressed, who are fighting against a state like Britain or the US. If that struggle involves terrorism, no big deal for him. The creation of a Jewish Israel out of Britain’s League…

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Scotland and the electoral system: Why winning the next GE is huge ask of LAB

Scotland and the electoral system: Why winning the next GE is huge ask of LAB

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The system bias is now strongly pro-CON We all recall that at the 2005 general election Tony Blair’s Labour won the GB vote by a margin of just 3% but that was enough to give them an overall majority of 64. There was little doubt that the electoral system then favoured the red team. Things have changed dramatically with the collapse of the LDs and the post-IndyRef rise of the SNP. Even without the proposed new boundaries the electoral system…

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On Betfair punters make it a 20% chance that Corbyn won’t last the year

On Betfair punters make it a 20% chance that Corbyn won’t last the year

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Corbyn’s constant changes of his story have made matters worse One betting market which we’ve never reported on has been the Betfair’s year of Corbyn’s departure. This isn’t so surprising for following his reelection by a whopping margin 2 years ago the Labour leader has looked totally secure. This of course has been helped by the overwhelming support he appears to have from the membership and there has been virtually nothing his detractors can do to shift him. That might…

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Corbyn got through GE2017 without his back-story becoming an issue – 14 months on things are different

Corbyn got through GE2017 without his back-story becoming an issue – 14 months on things are different

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https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/1028990259848204288 Where the danger to Corbyn really lies Ever since his surprise victory in the 2015 leadership contest Corbyn’s detractors have consistently argued that his backstory and some of the relationships and things he has done over the past 30 years would be a major encumbrances in an election campaign. In spite of considerable efforts by the Tories and part of the national media somehow this didn’t resonate fourteen months ago but a direct consequence of the anti-semitism role within…

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This poll just about sums Brexit up – 60% don’t care what happens over Brexit they just want it to be over

This poll just about sums Brexit up – 60% don’t care what happens over Brexit they just want it to be over

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As the issue rolls on and on, do you just want #Brexit to be finished? From yesterday's @BBCWestminHour with @EllieJPrice, six out of ten agreed that they no longer care how or when we leave – they just want it over and done with. That rises to three quarters of leavers. pic.twitter.com/JJGUcbfdN7 — Joe Twyman (@JoeTwyman) August 6, 2018 This is good news for TMay I’m starting to like some of the original output from DeltaPoll – the new pollster…

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YouGov finds that just half of those who voted LAB at GE2017 choose Corbyn as “Best PM”

YouGov finds that just half of those who voted LAB at GE2017 choose Corbyn as “Best PM”

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The detailed data from the latest YouGov Times poll shows that when asked just 50% those sampled who voted Labour at the last election chose Corbyn in response to who would make the Best PM. This is the worst polling for the LAB leader since the election and has Corbyn showing the same sorts of ratings from past party voters as Ed Miliband was getting ahead of GE2015. This is all a long way from the post-GE2017 polling when Corbyn’s…

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Tonight’s YouGov has the worst LAB voting figures and the worst Corbyn best PM rating since GE17

Tonight’s YouGov has the worst LAB voting figures and the worst Corbyn best PM rating since GE17

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Times YouGov pollCON 39%+1LAB 35%-3LD 10%= — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 9, 2018 New YouGov Times poll best PM rating has Corbyn at 22% his worst rating since GE17. TMay on 36% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 9, 2018 It is hard to conclude other than that the ongoing row within Labour over anti-semitism is taking its toll. It is a general rule that parties that appear to be split lose support from voters and the news from the red…

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Analysing the weekend’s extraordinary Twitter storm targeting LAB Deputy Leader, Tom Watson

Analysing the weekend’s extraordinary Twitter storm targeting LAB Deputy Leader, Tom Watson

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Anatomy Of A Tweetstorm: Looking At The Numbers Behind #ResignWatson https://t.co/bG4SZBmBVA pic.twitter.com/MMiSfy7VgZ — Gizmodo UK (@GizmodoUK) August 7, 2018 One cultist alone sent 613 Tweets There’s a great analysis published overnight on the tech site, GizmodoUK on the extraordinary effort over the weekend against Labour’s elected deputy leader, Tom Watson. This is from the site’s analysis: “In the hour from 7pm-8pm, including retweets, 29,844 #ResignWatson tweets were sent. Excluding retweets, there was 6149 unique tweets sent in the space of…

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