Don Brind on what could happen Always look on the bright side of life. That’s me. So, here’s my reason for saying Jeremy Corbyn is the best choice for Labour leader now. Because he’s the most easily dumpable in two or three years time. That fits in with my argument in a previous PB post that Labour will need to be ruthless in getting a new leader if they trail in the polls after the Tories elect their new leader…
Examining the most talked about survey since GE2015 In the latest Politicalbetting/Polling Matters podcast the focus is on the most talked about published poll that there has been since the General Election – the YouGov Times survey of those who next month will be voting for the next LAB leader. This, of course, flagged that Jeremy Corbyn had both a lead on first preferences and after the the second and third preferences were taken into account. There’s little doubt that…
Could she could back Cooper in return for being Shadow Chancellor? One immediate effect of the YouGov Labour leader poll is, as the Times is reporting on its front page this morning, that pressure is being put on Liz Kendall to pull out of the race in order to make it easier to stop Corbyn. According to the report:- “An ally of Ms Cooper called on Ms Kendall to make a sacrifice similar to that made by Gordon Brown, who…
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Go fourth and multiply The Labour leadership election hasn’t gone according to the Blairites’ plan, to put it mildly. Dan Jarvis declined to run and Chuka Umunna launched an in-and-out campaign that prefigured the performance of England’s top order in the last Test, leaving Liz Kendall as the sole standard bearer of the right of the Labour party in the contest. She has chosen, probably unwisely, to drop some truth bombs on her electorate. This has not gone down well. …
Keiran Pedley on the sensational survey for the Times Last night, YouGov released a poll on the Labour leadership that has thrown something of a hand grenade into the contest. After rumours that private polling was showing Jeremy Corbyn ahead we now have a poll showing exactly that. In fact, the first preference numbers in this poll are: CORBYN 43% BURNHAM 26% COOPER 20% KENDALL 11% Not only does Corbyn win on first preferences (and by a country mile) but…
Bloody hell. Corbyn winning the Labour leadership according to a YouGov poll via @SamCoatesTimes pic.twitter.com/XZWdWyvwy1 — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 This probably explains why Corbyn is doing so well. pic.twitter.com/uokd6edjMb — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 How the front page of The Times is reporting their poll via @hendopolis pic.twitter.com/p7CQOlZEPk — TSE (@TSEofPB) July 21, 2015 This explains the recent price moves TSE