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Labour’s problems go well beyond Corbyn – it’s just that they’re not part of the main political conversation of the day

Labour’s problems go well beyond Corbyn – it’s just that they’re not part of the main political conversation of the day

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Jeremy Corbyn reacts angrily to a question from @PaulBrandITV about his leadership https://t.co/oxUZs7yWuj pic.twitter.com/9VD4gsXsZc — ITV News (@itvnews) April 4, 2017 There has been quite a lot of coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s interview on ITV news in which he hit back after the interviewer raised questions about his leadership. There’s some merit in his complaint. Labour is saying things about a wide range of issues at the moment but the problem is nobody’s wanting to listen. The reason is not…

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Where should a concerned LAB supporter direct his anger?

Where should a concerned LAB supporter direct his anger?

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“I want us to employ the power of government as a force for good to transform the way we deal with mental health problems right across society, and at every stage of life.” Fine words from the Prime Minister in her Charity Commission lecture in January. It’s an issue I care about – I ran a small mental health charity for several years. But as so often with the PM the words don’t match the reality. As a letter in…

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Corbyn’s ratings hit an historical low for a LAB leader at this stage

Corbyn’s ratings hit an historical low for a LAB leader at this stage

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Only one of those in the chart led party to GE victory Corbyn has the worst ratings after 18 months of any LAB leader since @IpsosMORI began asking the question 40 years ago pic.twitter.com/niNq4pqTdE — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 1, 2017 Punters give JC a 39% chance of staying till GE On the betting markets it is a 61% chance that Corbyn will cease to be leader before general election pic.twitter.com/j71k8rdBrd — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 1, 2017

Maybe a reason why LAB gets poor media coverage is that the Corbyn-appointed PR team is not up to it

Maybe a reason why LAB gets poor media coverage is that the Corbyn-appointed PR team is not up to it

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This. Every Lab MP should read this & be embarrassed. The Lib Dems do vg rebuttal, quotes and opposition research… pic.twitter.com/Ts9OiXewPY — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) March 30, 2017 It is as if the red team has given up I have never been a fan of Seumas Milne, the PR chief of Corbyn’s Labour, not because of his politics but that he is so poor at the job. The series of Tweets highlighted by Sam Coates of the Times above…

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If indeed GfK is part of a conspiracy against Corbyn then how come other pollsters have similar numbers?

If indeed GfK is part of a conspiracy against Corbyn then how come other pollsters have similar numbers?

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There’s a fierce attack in the Canary on GfK and its research director known well to PBers, Kieran Pedley. The chart says it all and shows all three sets of published leader ratings in March. And you know what – all the numbers are very close – the Canary favourite Corbyn is doing appallingly however you look at the numbers. So if there is a conspiracy against Labour’s bed-blocker leader then Opinium and Ipsos MORI are involed as well. The…

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Gloomy polling news for Mr. Corbyn from the pollster that’s returning to GB politics after 12 year absence

Gloomy polling news for Mr. Corbyn from the pollster that’s returning to GB politics after 12 year absence

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A new poll conducted by GfK, the first published GB political survey since GE2005 when it operated as NOP, has  Corbyn as unpopular among Brits as Trump. GfK surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,938 GB adults between March 1st and March 15th, 2017 and found: Prime Minister Theresa May is more popular than the Government overall. 46% of GB adults approve of the job she is doing as Prime Minister (just 33% disapprove) while 40% approve of the way the…

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The search for the answer to Labour’s woes

The search for the answer to Labour’s woes

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What happens when the focus is on “knocking on doors” John Prescott’s view that Jeremy Corbyn and his top team are “not up to the f***ing job” which earned him a “potty mouth Prescott” headline  in the Mail on Sunday won’t have come as surprise to the Labour leader. I understand that the former deputy Prime Minister has said as much to Corbyn’s face. “You’re not a leader and you never will be while you’ve got a hole in your…

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If Corbyn continues he’ll be remembered as the selfish bed-blocker who put himself ahead of LAB’s survival

If Corbyn continues he’ll be remembered as the selfish bed-blocker who put himself ahead of LAB’s survival

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Front cover of latest edition of Prospect The polls/leader ratings, by-elections and the locals all pointing in one direction My heading and the front cover of the latest Prospect might appear harsh but how else can you describe Labour’s predicament? It has a leader who is electorally toxic who is kept in place by a party membership that remains broadly supportive. Certainly if there was another leadership election and Corbyn stood it is hard to see how he could be…

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