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After 16 months of Corbyn Mark 1 get ready folk for this week’s launch of Corbyn Mark 2

After 16 months of Corbyn Mark 1 get ready folk for this week’s launch of Corbyn Mark 2

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Save Jezza – trash the media Above is part of a Newnight discussion that I was part of last week which, amongst other things, examined the position of Jeremy Corbyn and whether there was any chance of recovery. I was pretty blunt in the programme though the views expressed were ones which have repeatedly been made before. It was interesting in the programme that the JC-backer in the discussion responded to my points by attacking the media. Labour’s voting intention…

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Why I’ve backed Diane Abbott to be next Labour leader

Why I’ve backed Diane Abbott to be next Labour leader

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Embed from Getty Images I can’t quite believe I placed this bet Two of my underlying assumptions about politics in this country are 1) Jeremy Corbyn will be Labour leader at the next general election and 2) Were a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour party to lose a general election (especially if it is a comprehensive defeat) Labour will return to political sanity and appoint someone more centrist and electable, but what if those assumptions are wrong, cui bono? I’ve decided…

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CON starts 2017 by going straight for the Labour’s jugular in Copeland byelection – Corbyn’s opposition to nuclear

CON starts 2017 by going straight for the Labour’s jugular in Copeland byelection – Corbyn’s opposition to nuclear

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Tory leaflet in Copeland on what looks set to be LAB's weak spot – JC's views on things nuclear Pic via @MrBrownsays pic.twitter.com/oWQiarrzON — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 7, 2017 If it’s a LAB hold then it will be in spite of JC not because of him Even though the sitting MP has yet to resign and no candidates have been selected campaigning has already started in the Copeland by-election – the first such contest in a LAB-CON marginal in…

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Unite’s election could be a game changer for Corbyn

Unite’s election could be a game changer for Corbyn

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Don Brind on the big LAB movement battle If Len McCluskey had had his way, Jeremy Corbyn would never have become Labour leader. The general secretary of Unite opposed the Miliband reforms to Labour’s election system that gave the serial rebel a path to the job he’d never dreamt of doing. After his second landslide in 2016 Corbyn looked unassailable. The official line from the Team Corbyn, as well as senior figures like deputy leader Tom Watson, is that the…

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When LAB eventually gets over its Corbyn-madness Keir Starmer would be an effective replacement

When LAB eventually gets over its Corbyn-madness Keir Starmer would be an effective replacement

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Nobody knows when Corbyn is finally going to step down but that surely is bound to happen in the not-too distant future. At some point the party will get over its temporary madness and decide that winning elections is once again a priority. How and when that will happen is hard to predict. His uber-loyalists won’t have anything said against their man and woe betide anyone, as I’ve discovered in the past 24 hours, who raises doubts about JC’s electability….

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2017 opens for Corbyn with top union boss raising doubts about his performance and future

2017 opens for Corbyn with top union boss raising doubts about his performance and future

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Interesting remarks from McCluskey. The dreaded vote of confidence in Corbyns leadership. Why make the remarks now? https://t.co/wBfpwXDUh1 — Keiran Pedley (@keiranpedley) January 1, 2017 Latest betting on whether JC will survive until General Election Corbyn's chances of surviving as leader now rated at 50% on Betfair. pic.twitter.com/Pi0ohuvZ7c — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 1, 2017 Tweet

How Team Corbyn screwed up JC’s big day and reduced even further LAB’s General Election chances

How Team Corbyn screwed up JC’s big day and reduced even further LAB’s General Election chances

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Remember what CON did to EdM who looked awkward eating bacon butties. Now they've got thishttps://t.co/qu9yGIMzmk via @HuffPostUKPol — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 14, 2016 What close aides did in previous jobs does matter – just ask Andy Coulson Yesterday Corbyn was having a great day. The big issue was the government’s struggle on care services and the LAB leader had probably his most effective PMQs. Then came the announcement of the hire of the senior aide with a Sinn…

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