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Corporeal on the Corbyn excitement factor

Corporeal on the Corbyn excitement factor

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“The Labour party is a moral crusade or it is nothing” was Harold Wilson’s rallying cry to the Labour conference a little over fifty years ago (somewhat unusually for political quotations it seems clear that he did actually say it). Twelve years later he was declaring they were now a “natural party of government”. It’s an awkwardly matched pair of declarations that have rung down the decades since (put either into google today and you find clichéd* starting points for…

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The first polling verdict is in

The first polling verdict is in

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New @Survation poll finds http://t.co/8CH18fSuc8 pic.twitter.com/l0epD5my57 — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 New @Survation poll finds (part II) http://t.co/8CH18fSuc8 pic.twitter.com/6holD3qUHC — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 Survation have carried out a poll for the Mail on Sunday and it finds Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be Prime Minister and most voters are less likely to vote Labour at the next General Election with him as leader.  Many believe his victory means Labour will lose the next TWO elections. That is the…

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PB competitions results

PB competitions results

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The results are in and the winner is David. Many congratulations on your victory. Mike Smithson will contact you on how to claim your prize. Many thanks are due to Mark Hopkins of Nojam for creating the  competition widget and to William Hill for providing the competition prize. The summary of results is available by clicking here The full spreadsheet of entries is available by clicking here. TSE

A new day has dawned for Labour as Corbyn wins on the first round

A new day has dawned for Labour as Corbyn wins on the first round

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Corbyn wins on the first ballot with a higher share of the vote than Blair did in 1994 pic.twitter.com/upXinPwvKo — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 Tom Watson wins the deputy leadership on the third round of voting. pic.twitter.com/HnaOro0Wg2 — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 His 59.5% is higher than the 57% Blair received in 1994 All those Burnham supporters that lent Corbyn some nominations to make it on to the ballot paper to see a broader debate will be feeling…

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So much fun, let’s do it all again

So much fun, let’s do it all again

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Will Labour’s winner have a clear mandate? 2015 hasn’t been the happiest of years for Labour. They have had worse ones – 1931, perhaps – but it’s still been a bit of a shocker. Today’s leadership election result ought to close that chapter and open a new and more hopeful one. Unfortunately for those desperate to put the Miliband era behind them, that may not be the case. The irregularities of the leadership election, where many members and supporters haven’t…

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Corbyn: Britain’s first X Factor leader?

Corbyn: Britain’s first X Factor leader?

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But how now to survive in the Social Media age? Jedward may not, on the face of it, have much in common with Jeremy Corbyn. One is an irritating novelty act, swept up in a collective wave of public enthusiasm to a prominence far beyond which natural ability alone would justify; the other is an Irish pop duo. Ba-dum-tish. Unfair? Of course: Jedward mostly hit the right note. And so the jokes go on. This summer might have been witness…

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