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Today’s 2nd terrible poll for Corbyn: YouGov ratings from its latest Scotland survey

Today’s 2nd terrible poll for Corbyn: YouGov ratings from its latest Scotland survey

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Just 19% of Scots LAB GE2015 voters say Corbyn doing well, 66% badly Remember in those by-gone days in September 2015 when Mr. Corbyn pulled off his sensational leadership victory? Remember what he said would be his biggest initial priority? That was going to be Scotland where five months earlier Labour had slumped from 40 seats in the general election to just one – the same as the LD and CON. This was absolutely awful for the party and raised…

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What would really make Corbyn invincible is doing better than the 59.5% of 2015

What would really make Corbyn invincible is doing better than the 59.5% of 2015

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WikipediaLAB leadership contest 2015 If last week’s YouGov LAB members’ polling is indeed in the right territory and the split in the 183k £25 sign-up is as reported then Corbyn is heading for a big victory when the results are announced on September 24th. Sure a lot can happen in the next eight weeks and Owen Smith is still a relative unknown but nobody doubts that he has a mountain to climb. Perhaps the best he can hope for is…

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How Theresa May could turn out to be the Labour party’s very unlikely saviour

How Theresa May could turn out to be the Labour party’s very unlikely saviour

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXVi0MikSx8 Video: A clip from John McDonnell’s appearance on The Andrew Marr Show this morning Joff Wild on how Theresa May could simultaneously increase the Tory majority and save the Labour Party from Corbyn John McDonnell’s appearance on the Andrew Marr Show this morning was among the most extraordinary television interventions that a senior politician has made in recent years. During the course of the interview, McDonnell explained how the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, did not understand the party’s policy…

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If Corbyn’s future was decided by those who voted for the party at GE2015 his prospects would look grim

If Corbyn’s future was decided by those who voted for the party at GE2015 his prospects would look grim

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Members may take different view but to LAB general election voters he’s a dead man walking Corbyn’s battle to hang onto his job, as we all know, will be decided by party members and others who’ve managed to become part of the “selectorate” for this crucial election. What member polling there’s been suggests that he’s doing OK and has a clear lead over the contender, Owen Smith. The YouGov survey took place before Angela Eagle withdrew from the race and…

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If the courts remove Corbyn from the ballot then LAB would have lost an electoral liability but gained £4.5m

If the courts remove Corbyn from the ballot then LAB would have lost an electoral liability but gained £4.5m

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Next Wednesday a court will hear a case brought by a major LAB donor that the NEC was wrong to have allowed Corbyn to be on the ballot without securing the support of 51 MPs and MEPs. I’ve no idea about the chances of the case succeeding but Michael Crick has reported that there is some concern within the party about the case. If this does go forward it would be absolutely mega and it is hard to see what…

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A staggering 54% of Corbyn supporters in the YouGov members’ poll think their man will lead them to victory

A staggering 54% of Corbyn supporters in the YouGov members’ poll think their man will lead them to victory

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Via @TimesRedBox More from the YouGov LAB members poll. How Corbyn fans view their manpic.twitter.com/2TG81Ja0Cw — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 19, 2016 How can you argue with people who totally believe this? The graphic above is from the Times Redbox and has further detail from the Times YouGov Labour members’ poll. This one looks at how at how the Corbyn backers view the current party leader. I find the figures staggering particularly the 54% believing that he’ll take them to…

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It was Team Corbyn who trashed the Big Tent

It was Team Corbyn who trashed the Big Tent

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Don Brind assesses where the LAB fight now stands “We organise. They conspire.” This political conjugation sums up the campaign tactics for the Corbyn Remain campaigners. Momentum are busy organising Momentum meetings around the country while condemning “coups and plots” by those who think he should leave. Even before the YouGov poll there seems little doubt that the Keep Corbyn faction are making the running and have been boosted by the wrangling at the National Executive over whether the incumbent…

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The battle for Labour appears to be being won by contender with the “assisted place” on the ballot

The battle for Labour appears to be being won by contender with the “assisted place” on the ballot

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Sam Coates- The Times New YouGov LAB members’ polling suggests Corbyn heading for easy victory Last week’s big LAB leadership news was the decision of the party’s NEC that Corbyn, as the incumbent, should not be troubled by the need to find MP/MEP nominations in order to get on the ballot which had been triggered by Angela Eagle. It was always reckoned that he would struggle in that task and the NEC’s decision was clearly vital. Overnight the Times has…

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