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Introducing the new Confident Corbyn

Introducing the new Confident Corbyn

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Two-and-a-half years after being elected, he’s finally acting like a leader Something has happened to Jeremy Corbyn; something which few would have thought possible, never mind expected a year ago: he has become comfortable doing the job expected of a party leader. Indeed, more than that: he has become confident in the role. Part of that is, of course, a consequence of the general election – but it’s only a part. Sure, he revelled then in addressing mass rallies, in…

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The CBI give a thumbs up to Corbyn and Brussels said to be looking “kindly” at speech

The CBI give a thumbs up to Corbyn and Brussels said to be looking “kindly” at speech

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CBI CBI give their backing to Corbyn's Brexit approachhttps://t.co/JYNzymgFAt via @CBItweets — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2018 Bloomberg reporting that Brussels might look kindly on the LAB planhttps://t.co/6cWZnLi6Yv — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2018 Over to you Mrs. May

The juvenile CON attacks on Corbyn have simply reinforced the LAB leader

The juvenile CON attacks on Corbyn have simply reinforced the LAB leader

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Can someone pls fetch a bodybag for Steve Baker we have a casualty here pic.twitter.com/mzp4p1IYGy — Alan White (@aljwhite) February 21, 2018 Now legal action The above interview between Andrew Neil and Minister Steve Baker on today’s Daily Politics just about sums up the reason why Conservative have got it so wrong in the attacks on Corbyn. Some of them appear to have built on the revelations in the media with their own view about what this means and now,…

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TMay in third place as “best PM” in latest YouGov London poll

TMay in third place as “best PM” in latest YouGov London poll

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Best PM? NOTA 36% Corbyn 31% May 24% Cable 9% London Local elections voting CON 28 LAB 54 LD 11 London GE voting intenton LAB 53% CON 33% LD 8% With the votes in London at the May local elections likely to dominate coverage a new YouGov poll QMUL has bad news for the Conservatives. The numbers in the local elections voting suggests that the Conservatives could be facing the loss of several key Boroughs to LAB and having tough…

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There’s greater than a 1.25% chance that Emily Thornberry will be next PM

There’s greater than a 1.25% chance that Emily Thornberry will be next PM

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My little punt this afternoon One of the things about running a site about political betting and being a punter myself is that I like to spend a few minutes each day casting my eye over the markets to see if anything interesting is happening. I’m usually on the lookout for long odds bets where my assessment of the chances of it coming off is better than how the market is pricing it. One such one I took this afternoon….

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The star who plays a LAB MP in tonight’s new BBC political thriller is worried about state of the party

The star who plays a LAB MP in tonight’s new BBC political thriller is worried about state of the party

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Why Don Brind thinks he shouldn’t be David Mars is a Labour MP worried about the state of his party and at odds with his leader. Described as a “frustrated but hard-working member of the shadow cabinet” the central character in tonight’s BBC2 thriller Collateral “despairs at the state of the Labour Party and many of its policies .. he’s not afraid to be outspoken and on more than one occasion he finds himself in hot water with the party…

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Eight months on from GE17 how LAB doing is performing in the polls compared with earlier main opposition parties at the same stage

Eight months on from GE17 how LAB doing is performing in the polls compared with earlier main opposition parties at the same stage

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David Cowling, the leading election analyst and former head of BBC political research, has produced an excellent paper which asks the question of why Corbyn’s Labour is not doing better in the polls. The response that is coming from the party to recent surveys is to refer back to the polling what happened on June 8th and the fact that party did better than most, though not all, of the surveys on the day itself. The concluding part of the…

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What LAB has not factored in is that TMay’s successor will get a huge polling boost and won’t surely be as bad

What LAB has not factored in is that TMay’s successor will get a huge polling boost and won’t surely be as bad

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Great news for the Tories from @StephenKB Team Corbyn is complacent about the polls & thinks that next time will be like last time https://t.co/XrhciDtzI7 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 8, 2018 A new CON leader will be a very different proposition for Corbyn The New Statesman’s Stephen Bush has an excellent piece linked to above on how the red team is viewing their little polling hiccup. It is staggeringly complacent with some in the party, apparently, believing that because…

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