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The man or the message?

The man or the message?

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The recent decision by Iran to start enriching uranium, in breach of the JCPOA, shortly after the attack on two ships in the Gulf of Oman is a reminder of the Middle East’s penchant for unpleasant surprises.  No sooner had the attack happened, than the US, followed by Britain, asserted Iran’s responsibility.  There was intelligence proving this.  Unsurprisingly perhaps, Corbyn queried its reliability and, even more predictably, was slapped down by the Foreign Secretary. Corbyn was, however, right to ask…

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Corbyn’s protégée, Rebecca Long-Bailey, now betting favourite to be his successor

Corbyn’s protégée, Rebecca Long-Bailey, now betting favourite to be his successor

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Betdata.io Will there be a change before the next general election? The furious efforts by the LAB media team to undermine the reports last week that there might be issues with Corbyn’s health suggest that they could be something in it. They protesteth too much . Whatever the issue of who succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader and of course leader of the opposition is one that we haven’t looked at for sometime.  Going back over the Betfair market trends…

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YouGov LAB party members polling finds that just 45% backed the party last Thursday

YouGov LAB party members polling finds that just 45% backed the party last Thursday

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Question for ?@UKLabour? – are you planning on expelling nearly half the membership? pic.twitter.com/I3z6ZOpF59 — Marcus A. Roberts (@marcusaroberts) May 30, 2019 Putting Alastair Campbell into context I find the above polling of LAB ,members really quite remarkable and shows the huge difficulty the leadership has pursuing its Brexit agenda which is alien to a large part of the membership base. That in a major election fewer than half the membership voted for the party says an enormous amount about…

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At least TMay and Jezza have one record they can claim

At least TMay and Jezza have one record they can claim

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In terms of their Ipsos MORI leader satisfactions ratings TMay and Corbyn are now the most unpopular PM and opposition leader duo of all time with an aggregate net negative of -96. They beat the 1981 Thatcher/Foot negative of -89 https://t.co/crypWDGP8i via @Telegraph — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 30, 2019 The Ipsos-MORI leader satisfaction ratings have been carried out in the same manner since the 1970s with the question being put in the same way over the decades. It is…

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The Campbell expulsion from LAB – the ramifications continue

The Campbell expulsion from LAB – the ramifications continue

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I’ve witnessed Kate Hoey share a stage with Nigel Farage, in front of an image mocking Jeremy Corbyn.Accross the street on another stage was Tommeh Robnson.Kate Hoey is still a labour member.Alastair Campbell has been expelled today. — ali (@ali__samson) May 28, 2019 I bet several Labour MPs quietly voted Lib Dem too, just as many Conservative MPs voted for the Brexit Party last Thursday. https://t.co/ju2nU78z2F — Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) May 28, 2019 In what isn’t coincidental timing, Alastair Campbell…

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Alastair Campbell purged from Corbyn’s LAB for backing the LDs in last week’s election

Alastair Campbell purged from Corbyn’s LAB for backing the LDs in last week’s election

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Well this is all going a bit East Germany ca 1953 … Labour expels Alastair Campbell from party https://t.co/q35cU1ysVr — anne mcelvoy (@annemcelvoy) May 28, 2019 I suspect if they knew all the members who voted LibDem or Green in EU elections and expelled them there would be few of us left https://t.co/AAeaJ8YjDL — George Foulkes (@GeorgeFoulkes) May 28, 2019 Remember Corbyn taking pleasure at Labour's defeat in the 2012 Bradford by-election pic.twitter.com/yKMOZKvf9M — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 28, 2019…

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On Euro election day it looks as though it is all over for the woman whose only crime was to try to implement the referendum without damaging the economy

On Euro election day it looks as though it is all over for the woman whose only crime was to try to implement the referendum without damaging the economy

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With parts of her cabinet now in open revolt it is hard to see how even TMay can now survive.  Today being election day at least gives her breathing space ahead of what has appeared likely for some time. The Tory obsession with Europe is devouring another leader. In many ways it would have been better for the party if the July 2016 leadership election had resulted in a leaver taking over the helm of the party though no doubt…

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