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Everybody salsa for a Labour King over the water

Everybody salsa for a Labour King over the water

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Ed GlitterBalls pic.twitter.com/egI2UH4z9e — BBC Strictly ? (@bbcstrictly) September 3, 2016 Can Ed Balls use his appearance on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing to increase his chances of becoming the next Labour Leader? No, this isn’t a shameless attempt to make John Rentoul’s QTWTAIN list, again, but I do think appearing on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing might help Ed Balls reputation and popularity with the public and introduce him to the wider public that don’t follow politics intimately. At…

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Nick Palmer on What next if Corbyn sweeps the board?

Nick Palmer on What next if Corbyn sweeps the board?

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Embed from Getty Images First, the YouGov poll is just one poll, which as we know could be quite wrong. But it fits with CLP nominations, widespread anecdotal evidence and the implications of the increase in membership. This article, for the sake of argument, will assume that the poll is correct. What happens next? First, what doesn’t happen. Widespread deselections are unlikely for the reasons set out by Luke Akehurst (a prominent non-Corbyn supporter) here: Note that deselection is difficult…

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One more heave won’t do it. Labour MPs have to now either back Corbyn or split

One more heave won’t do it. Labour MPs have to now either back Corbyn or split

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The Labour party has changed fundamentally in the last 16 months. Labour MPs have an important decision to make. Should they stay, or should they go? If last night’s YouGov Labour leadership poll proves accurate, then Jeremy Corbyn will win with an even bigger mandate than last year. I’ve always had the hunch the Labour rebels had a one more heave approach with Corbyn, reduce his mandate this year, to soften him to be toppled in a future leadership contest….

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Corbyn set to win Labour leadership contest with even bigger mandate than last time YouGov poll finds.

Corbyn set to win Labour leadership contest with even bigger mandate than last time YouGov poll finds.

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Corbyn set to win Labour leadership contest with even bigger mandate than last time YouGov poll finds. pic.twitter.com/IdlCJtfdI9 — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 30, 2016 Exclusive: Corbyn on course for an increased mandate – YouGov poll in tomorrow's @thetimes 62 to 38 excl don't knows. 1/3 — Francis Elliott (@elliottengage) August 30, 2016 Corbyn emboldened to purge critics with 48 per cent backing reselection for all sitting MPs 2/3 — Francis Elliott (@elliottengage) August 30, 2016 Most eligible to vote in…

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“It’s the switcher’s wot won it” – will that be the verdict on Owen Smith’s victory?

“It’s the switcher’s wot won it” – will that be the verdict on Owen Smith’s victory?

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I surprised a few friends in a previous posting when I declared I was a bit of a fan of Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. I will surprise a few more when I say I am admirer of my former BBC boss John Birt. My enthusiasm stems in part from the fact that I was a Father of the Chapel for National Union of Journalists in Television News. Under the Birt regime there were lots of extra journalist jobs and progressive policies…

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Joff Wild on Jeremy Corbyn and an impending constitutional crisis

Joff Wild on Jeremy Corbyn and an impending constitutional crisis

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As leader of Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition Jeremy Corbyn receives a salary of close to £138,000 per annum. On top of this, of course, he gets expenses and a generous pension package. Last week, he told us that he does not consider himself wealthy. Some may wonder whether a politician so out of touch with reality can ever be taken seriously, but not, it seems, a majority of Labour members; for on 24th September it is almost certainly going…

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Going to war with Sir Richard Branson might not necessarily develop to Corbyn’s advantage

Going to war with Sir Richard Branson might not necessarily develop to Corbyn’s advantage

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Labour calls for Richard Branson to be STRIPPED of his knighthoodhttps://t.co/lNpP6bd71z pic.twitter.com/3k9K9bPbCL — Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) August 27, 2016 Corbyn needs better strategists advising him, the current bunch aren’t very good on current evidence. The Sunday Mirror have an article up by the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell. Labour is calling for Richard Branson to be stripped of his knighthood following his bid to humiliate Jeremy Corbyn over Traingate. Writing exclusively in the Sunday Mirror, Shadow Chancellor John ­McDonnell slams the…

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The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year

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I'm very concerned that some people seem to have been unfairly removed from the ability to vote in this electionhttps://t.co/S06ugwENc1 — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 26, 2016 Are these signs that Corbyn isn’t confident of winning the leadership election? Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn said he ‘fear[ed]some of his supporters may have been “unfairly” barred from voting in the party’s leadership election. He has handed a list of names to party officials, saying he wants a “fair and open” contest, with all those…

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