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Harriet Harman’s comments today have been interpreted as opposing Burnham as leader and endorsing Kendall

Harriet Harman’s comments today have been interpreted as opposing Burnham as leader and endorsing Kendall

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Harriet Harman’s comments on today’s Sunday Politics (in the video above) have been interpreted as coming out against Andy Burnham and endorsing Liz Kendall as leader. She warned the party not to choose “somebody who we can feel comfortable with” but who can “command the confidence of the country.” Following on from overnight reports that she chastised Andy Burnham in a Shadow Cabinet meeting, by reminding him that Labour lost the general election, I sense some in Labour get the feeling Andy Burnham…

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Labour need not only a decent leader they also need a decent strategist to help the new leader

Labour need not only a decent leader they also need a decent strategist to help the new leader

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Video: Michael Fallon warning Ed Miliband will stab UK in the back just as he did to his brother David. It can be argued that the next Labour leader has the hardest task any Labour leader faces since Arthur Henderson. Labour are vulnerable on their left flank, from a Farron led Lib Dem party who will be more attractive to Labour supporters than Nick Clegg. They will also have to deal with the Greens and the SNP on their left….

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Don Brind’s question for the LAB 4: How will you get the better of Osborne in 2020?

Don Brind’s question for the LAB 4: How will you get the better of Osborne in 2020?

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This should be the decisive factor For Labour supporters the worst moment of the General Election campaign came a week ahead of polling day when Ed Miliband was ambushed by Tory activists in the BBC Question Time audience and left floundering over whether the Labour government spending had been too high. We didn’t need the Guardian/ICM poll which scored evening 44% for Cameron and 38% for Miliband to tell us that their guy had won and ours had lost. The…

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In the LAB leadership race Osbo’s budget looks set to help Yvette more than Andy, Jeremy or Liz

In the LAB leadership race Osbo’s budget looks set to help Yvette more than Andy, Jeremy or Liz

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A Budget that betrays working parents – with women hit more than twice as hard as men. See my response http://t.co/jTinSjRpIW @TheStaggers — Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) July 8, 2015 70% of the £9.6bn net extra being raised from households (inc tax credits, allowances, benefits) is coming from women (£7bn) @CommonsLibrary — Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) July 8, 2015 Yesterday could help revive Yvette’s flagging campaign A big problem for all contenders is that there have been precious few opportunities since the…

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Burnham comes out against extending Sunday shopping hours

Burnham comes out against extending Sunday shopping hours

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Sundays are only day people who work in shops can bank on some time with their kids. I will oppose this all the way > http://t.co/U99cf1XAvA — Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) July 7, 2015 Methinks this might be a mistake The big battle on Sunday trading was fought in the early 90s and the current arrangement under which the opening hours of large supermarkets was restricted to six hours was very much a compromise. We are now more than two decades…

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After two days of turbulence in the LAB leadership betting Yvette is the biggest loser

After two days of turbulence in the LAB leadership betting Yvette is the biggest loser

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Without published polling punters are flying blind The charts above are from Betfair and show the movements in the betting price, expressed as a percentage, on the betting exchange. Frustratingly there is no specified time axis but this is the best that’s available. Unlike prices from the standard fixed odds bookies the betting exchange reflects what is actually happening in terms of the prices that punters are ready to back and lay at. Overall the big driver ha been the…

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On Twitter in the LAB leadership battle the Corbyn campaign has most to be pleased about

On Twitter in the LAB leadership battle the Corbyn campaign has most to be pleased about

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But can we read anything into these numbers? Following their entries into the race all four contenders set up dedicated campaign Twitter accounts and the numbers in the chart above show how many followers they have attracted. All of these were created at about the same time so comparisons are valid. The question is what can we read into the numbers? What I find interesting is that the contenders perceived as being the most left and right wing are the…

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Liz Kendall: The 2015 LAB version of what Ken Clarke was for the Tories 1997-2005?

Liz Kendall: The 2015 LAB version of what Ken Clarke was for the Tories 1997-2005?

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"Liz Kendall is to Labour as Ken Clarke was to the Tories 1997-2005." Discuss. — Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) July 1, 2015 For EU supporter read “Blairite” or “CON-lite” As I was returning from holiday a couple of days ago the News Statesman’s, Stephen Bush posted the above Tweet which I’ve been pondering over ever since – for there might be a grain of truth in it. After the appalling Tory defeat by Tony Blair in 1997 the Tories had a…

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