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The whole Corbyn GNU story is based on a false premise – that MP numbers are there for a no confidence vote to be passed

The whole Corbyn GNU story is based on a false premise – that MP numbers are there for a no confidence vote to be passed

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The US President who took over after Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Baines Johnson, was famed for his sayings that wonderfully summed up political situations one of which was that the first rule of politics was that its “practitioners need to be able to count”. If only MPs and the media circus had thought about that last night when Corbyn made his ludicrous pitch to try to embarrass new LD leader Jo Swinson. For the main requirement for the circumstances envisaged…

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Labour has to face up to the blindingly obvious – the Corbyn brand is busted

Labour has to face up to the blindingly obvious – the Corbyn brand is busted

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Deltapoll July 27 2019 The biggest impediment to the movement is the man at the top The main challenge to LAB as it seeks to keep in the game is that its leader is dragging it down. Three weeks ago Deltapoll asked a supplementary question in its first post PM Johnson poll. How would you vote if Labour was led by someone other than Corbyn? The outcome is in the chart above. The detailed data from he latest Survation poll…

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Will Corbyn be Labour leader at the next general election?

Will Corbyn be Labour leader at the next general election?

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At first glance this market from Ladbrokes seems like an easy way to earn a 40% return as it seems we are headed for an early election with Boris Johnson’s actions indicating that’s where we will end up. An early election gives no realistic way for Corbyn to be removed or stand down as Labour leader. With no honeymoon BJ for the Tories first in Brecon & Radnorshire and ComRes now having the Tories one per cent behind Labour, only…

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Is Corbyn at risk from the mother of all political decapitations?

Is Corbyn at risk from the mother of all political decapitations?

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Could his mighty Islington fortress be built a little bit on sand? We’ve heard a lot about how Boris Johnson is at risk of losing his Westminster seat come the next election. His 5,034 majority over Labour in Uxbridge & South Ruislip is not at all commanding – Labour need just a 5.4% swing to take the seat – and what with Johnson leading the charge towards a No Deal Brexit, with the economic and other disruption that would cause,…

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Despite the dire polling, Jeremy Corbyn is not going anywhere

Despite the dire polling, Jeremy Corbyn is not going anywhere

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Barring accident or illness the Labour leader is certain to lead the party into the next election and is very likely to stay whatever the result may be If Labour was deadly serious about defeating the Tories at the next general election, Jeremy Corbyn would no longer be the party’s leader. The polling since Boris Johnson took over as Prime Minister and installed the most right-wing government the UK has ever seen tells exactly the same story that it told…

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The BJohnson bounce and the LD recovery add to the pressure of the pressure on Corbyn

The BJohnson bounce and the LD recovery add to the pressure of the pressure on Corbyn

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Latest @IpsosMORI with changes on GE2017CON 34% (-9.5)LAB 24% (-17)LDs 20% (+12.4)BREX 9% (+9) — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 1, 2019 Chart Evening Standard The Evening Standard in its reporting of the latest Ipsos-MORI poll leads on what is increasingly becoming a difficult narrative for the red team – their position in the post BJohnson voting polls and the very weak leader ratings their man has. The paper notes: The Ipsos MORI survey found 62 per cent of Britons now…

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The Corbyn end days might soon be upon us

The Corbyn end days might soon be upon us

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LAB members falling out of love with Jezza pic.twitter.com/56VBigfGco — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 18, 2019 While all the focus has been on the Tory battle things have not been going well for the Labour leadership. The latest crisis follows the sacking off a senior party figure in the Lords and there is talk of a confidence motion. The polling above by YouGov suggests that Corbyn no longer has the same magical hold on the membership as might have been…

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64 LAB peers pay for Guardian ad to tell Corbyn that he fails the test of leadership

64 LAB peers pay for Guardian ad to tell Corbyn that he fails the test of leadership

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Time to bet on him not surviving 2019? The wording of the ad above is powerful and will get a lot of attention but the question is how will it impact on the future of the Labour leader who won the job convincingly in the 2015 leadership election and retained it a year later. The wording is quite smart because it does not accuse him of being antisemitic but questions whether his approach to the crisis that has engulfed the…

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