Things I knew but didn't appreciate at the time: Ed Miliband was TALL: pic.twitter.com/z2Bh9oFD1u — Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) October 20, 2015 I must say I’m quite impressed and it says a lot about him. An event like tonight’s is clearly something that as Opposition Leader he had to attend and there are dress codes. He made the right decision. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet
Opinium has a new poll out showing almost no change in the voting intention numbers. CON still ahead by 5%. The firm is the only one to regularly ask leader approval questions and the latest survey is not good for Labour’s new leader. In September Opinium had him on a net minus 7 points. Tonight the gap between those who approve of him and those who don’t has widened to 19 points. These latest numbers mean that in every single…
44% of Ukip voters tell YouGov that they can envisage situations when they'd support armed forces coup in UK pic.twitter.com/hegZLZkFVs — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 18, 2015 11% of CON voters & 6% of LAB ones tell YouGov that they’d support coup by armed forces if Corbyn became Prime Minister — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 18, 2015 12% of UKIP voters & 5% of CON ones tell YouGov that they’d support coup by armed forces if Boris became Prime Minister…
ITV on tonight's big Commons vote http://t.co/MnrGtdM8LI pic.twitter.com/fGS710uneU — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 14, 2015 For sake of completeness, here's Lab MPs who didn't vote but who had prior commitments (not inc watching Apprentice) pic.twitter.com/W8meNOWEOR — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) October 14, 2015
I was quite impressed with Corbyn at only his second PMQs. He came better prepared than his first outing and he had some good put downs for both Cameron and heckling CON back benchers. He’s stuck with his raising what people have emailed him about which I sense that Cameron found a little irritating. But why didn’t he raise what has been the government’s main embarrassment this week – the ministerial split and later u-turn on the Saudi prison contract?After…
Gove & Corbyn unusual allies on cancelling Saudi prisons deal; MoJ objections overruled by FCO & No 10 (The Times) https://t.co/GyZ8hd5YkR — Sunder Katwala (@sundersays) October 12, 2015 And he has. Corbyn: "Cameron has been shamed into a u-turn on this terrible contract, but why was it set up in the first place?" — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 13, 2015 https://twitter.com/chrisbrooke/status/653913921078829056
George Eaton's excellent report on last night's PLP meeting http://t.co/rtSBYLSWt1 pic.twitter.com/KW26XVZx47 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 13, 2015 https://twitter.com/chrishanretty/status/653791847559462912 This is what happens when a leader has so little support from his MPs By all accounts last night’s meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party was one of the most fractious and bad tempered in living memory. The division between the leadership and the rest couldn’t be greater. The problem, of course, is that Jeremy Corbyn is the second leader in…
Wiki list of all GE voting polls since the general election https://t.co/XJa8AXv4HC pic.twitter.com/UoKkR4LNpk — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 12, 2015 This could calm the nerves of those worried about the new leader As the above panel shows there have been precious few voting polls since the general election. Many of the pollsters and those who commissioned them have cut back on their efforts pending the review a what went wrong on May 7th. But some have carried on notably the major…