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Jeremy Corbyn – the new Maggie Thatcher

Jeremy Corbyn – the new Maggie Thatcher

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhEPyjolGQQ A provoking suggestion from Cyclefree I can hear the spluttering already. How could such a comparison be made? How dare someone even make it! After all, Corbyn represents pretty much everything Thatcher fought against. And for Corbyn Thatcher epitomised the hard-hearted neoliberal capitalist ideology he has consistently opposed his entire political life. But consider the following: – • Both were in the right place at the right time, whether through luck (in Corbyn’s case, it being his turn to…

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Why Tories are wrong to fear that Corbyn could become Prime Minister in the foreseeable future – part 1

Why Tories are wrong to fear that Corbyn could become Prime Minister in the foreseeable future – part 1

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There isn’t going to be an early general election Labour came out of the last election 56 seats short of the Tories and the MP totals of other parties barely make up the gap particularly as Sinn Fein don’t take up their seats. This situation eas exacerbated by the Conservative-DUP no confidence vote agreement. As the law stands at the moment there are only two ways that an election can take place before 2022. The first would require the Conservatives…

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A worry for LAB? The gloss could be coming off Corbyn’s appeal to young voters

A worry for LAB? The gloss could be coming off Corbyn’s appeal to young voters

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Perhaps the great hope of Corbyn’s Labour is that when the next general election comes, whenever that is, comes that the party will be able to repeat the GE2017 feat and secure huge backing from the youth vote. It was this, of course, combined with a much reduced turnout by the over-65s, that resulted in Theresa May GE17 gamble failing and the Tories losing their majority. Maybe young voters will central again but there’s some evidence now that support from…

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Surely the reason LAB’s not pulling away in the polls is that Corbyn’s out of line from his voters on Brexit

Surely the reason LAB’s not pulling away in the polls is that Corbyn’s out of line from his voters on Brexit

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Being out of line from LAB most LAB voters spells trouble I am heartbroken to have decided to leave @UKLabour. I am bitterly disappointed Labour are not officially opposing the insanity of #Brexit. I cannot support a pro Brexit party. If we have a general election, I will vote for a #Remain candidate. #WATON #WeAreTheOppositionNow — Mike Wilson ???? #FBPE (@PoetTaxiDriver) January 14, 2018 In the previous post Don Brind raised what is a mystery of current polling – that…

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A woman leader could give LAB the polling breakthrough that it is looking for

A woman leader could give LAB the polling breakthrough that it is looking for

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Don Brind on Corbyn’s successor I was on holiday last week with an old mate who is intensely proud of his northern roots. Born a scouser he made his mark on Yorkshire newspapers before his well-honed shorthand, bulging contacts book and nose for news earned him a transfer to Westminster. He became a popular and respected member of the lobby but decades after his arrival there it still rankles with him that his accent was mocked by a southern, middle…

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Only problem Paul (Mason) is that Corbyn’s LAB needs 7-10% vote lead to win majority

Only problem Paul (Mason) is that Corbyn’s LAB needs 7-10% vote lead to win majority

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18/ Our biggest challenge is to maintain Labour as an alliance of social democrats, left-liberals, old-style Bennite socialists and radical leftists – and to turn it into a, or more accurately towards the, social movements.. — Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) January 16, 2018 We are miles away from seeing the required LAB vote breakthrough Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

Jared O’Mara is what happens if your candidate is chosen by the party without a proper selection process

Jared O’Mara is what happens if your candidate is chosen by the party without a proper selection process

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Yorkshire's missing MP: In Tomorrow's The Yorkshire Post our Features & Comment section demands answers on behalf of Sheffield Hallam residents – particularly the 21,000 people who put Jared O'Mara in his £74,000-a-year job. pic.twitter.com/T21Jhvm7am — James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) January 15, 2018 Jared O’Mara’s office said in December he is working “very hard” for the people of Sheffield Hallam. But his office manager won’t say when the MP last turned up for work and when asked if she could give…

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The dangers of reverse-reasoning: a Christmas parable

The dangers of reverse-reasoning: a Christmas parable

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Beware starting from a conclusion and working backwards “This time next year, we’ll be running the country”, as Jeremy Corbyn didn’t quite say a few days ago in his interview with Grazia. It’s a near-repetition of his prediction at Glastonbury this June – except that there he was talking about Christmas 2017 rather than 2018 – and for those not favourably inclined towards him, might bear a passing resemblance to the unsubstantiated optimism of another Christmas staple. Admittedly, Del Boy…

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