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Mr. Corbyn is playing a dangerous game with the majority of LAB voters who want to remain

Mr. Corbyn is playing a dangerous game with the majority of LAB voters who want to remain

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YouGov He’s got away with it so far but that could end abruptly One of the extraordinary features about the current febrile political situation is that Corbyn is taking a totally different line on Brexit from the vast majority of Labour voters. His ambivalence survived the GE2017 campaign because, frankly, no one believed his party stood an earthly and it didn’t receive the critical attention Team TMay had to deal with. Now LAB is leading in the polls (2% up…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Jeremy Corbyn is Britain’s most popular politician – but there’s a catch LISTEN

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Jeremy Corbyn is Britain’s most popular politician – but there’s a catch LISTEN

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi discuss exclusive polling from Opinium that looks at how popular a series of frontline British politicians are. The poll asked a nationally representative sample of UK adults to rate the following politicians on a scale of 0 to 10 on the basis of how favourable they were to them: Jeremy Corbyn Sadiq Khan Yvette Cooper Keir Starmer Emily Thornberry Diane Abbott Ed Miliband Theresa May Boris Johnson David Davis Phillip…

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Tony Blair: Must we love him or loathe him? Don Brind says No

Tony Blair: Must we love him or loathe him? Don Brind says No

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Tony Blair was at his brilliant best in his Sky interview with Sophy Ridge who introduced him as someone people either love or loathe. Blair demonstrated his supreme ability to present evidence and argument in an accessible and compelling way. I didn’t need convincing that Brexit is a looming disaster but it was a joy to hear the case made so impressively. The big question, though, is whether anyone now listens to Tony Blair? What does he need to do…

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Jeremy Corbyn is becoming a very confident and assured politician

Jeremy Corbyn is becoming a very confident and assured politician

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Dear @theresa_may, you asked for ideas so I've sent you our manifesto. I hope it helps to “clarify and improve” your policies #ForTheMany pic.twitter.com/mWu1ezlzLQ — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 11, 2017 A few days Theresa May asked the other political parties for the their help and ideas, the tweet above is Jeremy Corbyn’s response. I think that’s the response of a man who quite unexpectedly received nearly 13 million votes and 40% of the vote a month ago. One of…

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The Tories are on the run over the public sector pay cap. So why is Don Brind frustrated by Labour’s campaign?

The Tories are on the run over the public sector pay cap. So why is Don Brind frustrated by Labour’s campaign?

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.@Theresa_May can find £1 billion to keep her own job, but can’t find the money so nurses and teachers can keep theirs. #PMQs #NHSBirthday pic.twitter.com/EedylEeWFf — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 5, 2017 There was no doubting the passion and conviction that Jeremy Corbyn brought to the Commons as he challenged the Prime Minister  over the pay cap which, he said, “causes real shortages in nursing, teaching and many other professions, as well as real hardship.” He added, “this pay cap…

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Corbyn is a survivor: back him to last until 2019 at least

Corbyn is a survivor: back him to last until 2019 at least

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The election has transformed expectations and confidence within Labour With so much focus on whether Theresa May will survive – or perhaps more accurately, for how long – it’s an opportune time to have a look at the same bet on the other side. After all, the value is often there to be had when people aren’t paying enough attention. And value there must be for the simple reason that the Corbyn Exit Date market has perhaps the single worst…

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Whilst Mrs May is performing very badly, we should also remember and praise Corbyn’s contribution

Whilst Mrs May is performing very badly, we should also remember and praise Corbyn’s contribution

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  Ditching Mrs May won’t be the panacea for the Tories some Tories think it will be. Last night stories emerged that Theresa May is a ‘lame horse’, furious Tory ministers warn, amid claims they could resign to force her out, but I’m coming to the conclusion that whilst Mrs May is a pox on the Tory party, ditching her won’t necessarily improve the Tory party in the polls, though it would stop the haemorrhaging. The chart above sums up the…

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Labour hubris equals Tory hope

Labour hubris equals Tory hope

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Socialism is on the march and about to seize power in the UK, so many on the Labour left believe. This, argues Joff Wild, should give the Tories hope Socialism is on the march and about to seize power in the UK, so many on the Labour left believe. This If I were a Tory I would be loving that faint smell of Labour hubris in the morning. As I contemplated the wreckage of the general election, that grubby-looking deal…

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