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The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year

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I'm very concerned that some people seem to have been unfairly removed from the ability to vote in this electionhttps://t.co/S06ugwENc1 — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 26, 2016 Are these signs that Corbyn isn’t confident of winning the leadership election? Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn said he ‘fear[ed]some of his supporters may have been “unfairly” barred from voting in the party’s leadership election. He has handed a list of names to party officials, saying he wants a “fair and open” contest, with all those…

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From Labour’s conference problems Mrs May might infer Labour couldn’t cope with a snap general election

From Labour’s conference problems Mrs May might infer Labour couldn’t cope with a snap general election

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What a palaver Labour finds itself in https://t.co/59BsukOrKZ pic.twitter.com/XQBGfF1y5G — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 26, 2016 If Labour cannot properly organise a conference with a year’s notice, surely they couldn’t cope with a snap general election? In the past 24 hours, Labour’s annual conference has been thrown into doubt, as Labour were snubbed by G4S, the firm Labour had been boycotting until recently. Conor Pope of Labourlist writes Concerns are mounting over whether Labour conference – due to open in less…

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I’m not sure a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Party is equipped to endure the white heat of a six week general election campaign

I’m not sure a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Party is equipped to endure the white heat of a six week general election campaign

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Labour leader @JeremyCorbyn reluctantly answers a question from @DMcCaffreySKY on #TrainGate https://t.co/nLPGEP48Xs — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 24, 2016 Under Jeremy Corbyn Labour are ceasing to be a serious political party and in danger of turning into a The Thick Of It tribute Perhaps I’m being unduly harsh on Jeremy Corbyn, but the clip above of his press conference yesterday was a mixture of the downright embarrassing and painful to watch, all because of Traingate. All politicians make gaffes, or…

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Big message from #Traingate: Virgin/Branson don’t think Corbyn’s got a remote chance of ever making it to Number 10

Big message from #Traingate: Virgin/Branson don’t think Corbyn’s got a remote chance of ever making it to Number 10

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Virgin wouldn’t have been so emboldened if they’d thought JC was ever going to be PM Ed Miliband fmr advisor Matt Lazo: "If Virgin thought Labour was going to win & took Labour seriously, they wouldn't have released this" — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) August 23, 2016 TIMES: Rail company accuses Corbyn of dishonesty #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/LmeaY2e175 — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 23, 2016 Huge coverage overnight of the Mr. Corbyn’s little affair on the train to Newcastle and I thought…

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Whatever the rights and wrongs of “#Traingate” Corbyn needs a better PR organisation

Whatever the rights and wrongs of “#Traingate” Corbyn needs a better PR organisation

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The afternoon has been dominated by what’s now become #Traingate – how the film of Corbyn having to sit on the floor of a Newcastle-bound Virgin train two weeks ago might not have been all it seemed. I don’t want to go into the rights and wrongs here because I just don’t know. As a very regular traveller on that line I have a lot of sympathy for the Labour leader. Services can get packed and finding seats can be…

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The PLP indicate that they expect Corbyn to win and that they won’t split

The PLP indicate that they expect Corbyn to win and that they won’t split

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Interesting story about what the PLP will do if Corbyn wins the leadership contesthttps://t.co/X0Hc8AsJPL pic.twitter.com/WGrWK24bkS — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 21, 2016 Labour MPs set to hoist Corbyn by his own petard? There’s an interesting story in today’s Sunday Times (££) which Politicshome have covered for free here, it says The Sunday Times reports the “party within a party” framework will be based on the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, which counts Mr Corbyn as a member. According to the paper,…

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Labour’s most senior elected politician, Sadiq Khan, comes out strongly against Corbyn

Labour’s most senior elected politician, Sadiq Khan, comes out strongly against Corbyn

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With LAB leadership voting stating on Monday Sadiq Khan makes his view clear in Observer pic.twitter.com/ZokjSbmROM — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 20, 2016 Sadiq's endorsement of Smith will increase pressure on Burnham to do same (plenty of his former supporters backing Corbyn). — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) August 20, 2016 This is first time Sadiq has called for Corbyn to go. But he was critical of him throughout mayoral campaign. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) August 20, 2016

Mr. Corbyn is fortunate that LAB’s selectorate doesn’t appear to prioritise winning the next election

Mr. Corbyn is fortunate that LAB’s selectorate doesn’t appear to prioritise winning the next election

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https://twitter.com/RaianDavies/status/766537211625938944 His NATO comments should be fatal but they aren’t Voting packs start going out on Monday in Labour’s election in which Mr. Corbyn is attempting to hang onto his job in the face of a challenge from Owen Smith who was almost a total unknown a month ago. Don Brind has been arguably strongly here that the election could be a lot closer than the general perception. In the absence of new selectorate polling this is hard to assess….

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