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Cyclefree suggests that Smith and Corbyn go back to Labour’s roots

Cyclefree suggests that Smith and Corbyn go back to Labour’s roots

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A guest slot on the contest for the LAB leadership The current fight for the leadership of the Labour Party seems so far to be presented as a choice between who will make the better leader, with the requirements of leadership being defined either as the person most in tune with the membership or the person most able to win votes from non-members.  Nothing unusual about this, you might think.  There seems to be very little difference on policy, as…

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The Smith vs Corbyn debate showed a Labour Party talking to itself and a long way from power

The Smith vs Corbyn debate showed a Labour Party talking to itself and a long way from power

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Keiran Pedley gives his snap judgement on this evening’s Labour leadership debate. Assuming that you think Jeremy Corbyn’s reelection as Labour leader is not already a foregone conclusion, tonight’s leadership debate was a good opportunity to see the candidates in action. Owen Smith, perhaps unsurprisingly, was the more polished performer but Jeremy Corbyn had the room. A striking factor in this evening’s debate was the constant heckling and interruptions from the audience – mostly aimed at Owen Smith – which didn’t exactly…

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Owen Smith’s big hope is with members who joined before GE2015

Owen Smith’s big hope is with members who joined before GE2015

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The post-GE2015 entryists are mostly Corbyn’s > Up to 50,000 'registered supporter' applicants for Labour leader election blocked or in doubt https://t.co/4MFY7eT2js — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 2, 2016 The overnight HuffPost article linked to in the Tweet above suggests that the £25 sign-ups have been trimmed down by about 50k which means there’ll be about 130k-135k actual participants in the election. Of those it’s estimated that about 65% are for Corbyn which is markedly down on the 84% vote…

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Owen: Lay off Jeremy. Challenge Theresa May

Owen: Lay off Jeremy. Challenge Theresa May

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Donald Brind with his advice for the LAB challenger He may have used some dodgy language – “smashing” a woman back on her heels is beyond ugly at a time when misogyny is rife in politics – but I was cheered by Owen Smith’s desire to take on Theresa May. Ousting the Tory Prime Minister is – or at least ought to be – the key test for a Labour leader. So far Smith has been defining himself against Jeremy…

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Why at a 12% chance Owen Smith is now the value LAB leadership bet

Why at a 12% chance Owen Smith is now the value LAB leadership bet

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Betfair 0400 Aug 1 2016 The race is tighter than that All betting is about making assessments of value. How does the price being offered on an outcome equate to your assessment of that actually happening? If there is a mismatch then you have have value bet. So in writing this post I’m not making a prediction just stating where I think the betting value lies. There is very little data on the LAB leadership race and what is available, I’d…

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Labour’s Parliamentary pain is not just bad for Labour, but for the country as a whole

Labour’s Parliamentary pain is not just bad for Labour, but for the country as a whole

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  Joff Wild on the divides in the main opposition party Today’s Daily Telegraph ran an intriguing piece about plans being hatched by some Labour MPs if, as expected, Jeremy Corbyn wins the party’s leadership election in September. According to the newspaper’s political correspondent Ben Riley-Smith, rebels are exploring the possibility of setting up a semi-independent party in the Commons that would have its own leader and front bench, and would aim to replace Corbyn’s Labour as the official opposition….

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Corbyn remains on the ballot and doesn’t require nominations as Labour donor loses court case

Corbyn remains on the ballot and doesn’t require nominations as Labour donor loses court case

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https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/758648548586098688 https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/758649170504843264 https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/758649630049570816 Corbyn set to win his 2nd Lab leadership race in a year. His fans will say shows he's a winner as Blair only won 1 pic.twitter.com/a6HHnrFOJq — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 28, 2016 TSE

Labour’s massive challenge: Support for Corbyn as “best PM” is inversely proportional to people’s likelihood to vote

Labour’s massive challenge: Support for Corbyn as “best PM” is inversely proportional to people’s likelihood to vote

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There’s a new YouGov voting poll out which has the Tories extending their lead to 12%. The figures are: CON 40% LAB 28% LD 8% UKIP 13% This means that the Tories have double digit leads in four of the five polls since Theresa May became PM. Clearly she is enjoying a honeymoon bounce but, on top of that, she is facing a Labour party that appears to be at war with itself. One part of the poll that show…

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