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Betting on who will finish last in the Labour leadership elections

Betting on who will finish last in the Labour leadership elections

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Thinking about last night’s debate, this market is hard to call, Jeremy Corbyn did well, and seemed to be the most authentic and had a passion that others seemed to lack. Yvette Cooper came off as the safety first candidate, whilst Andy Burnham had an annoying habit of talking over Laura Kuenessberg and the other candidates which did not look good. As Mike noted on twitter last night, Andy Burnham reminded us why in 2010 just 8.5% of Labour members…

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The Labour Deputy Leader race is a five horse race

The Labour Deputy Leader race is a five horse race

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Creasy, Bradshaw and Eagle join Flint & Watson on the ballot paper I wonder if the biggest effect of this will be a boost for Sadiq Khan, as all the main leader/deputy leader contenders being white, as the following twitter exchange featuring the New Statesman’s Stephen Bush shows. Labour's leadership candidates are all white – does that matter? http://t.co/pkBN2kw8G2 pic.twitter.com/BiKE36v64x — Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) June 17, 2015 @robfordmancs Indeed. I think this may have turned the Mayoral race on its…

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Ladbrokes Buzzword Bingo on tomorrow’s Labour leadership debate – while YouGov London Mayor poll will bring cheer to Dame Tessa Jowell

Ladbrokes Buzzword Bingo on tomorrow’s Labour leadership debate – while YouGov London Mayor poll will bring cheer to Dame Tessa Jowell

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Edstone at 2/1 is tempting At times it feels these types of markets exist purely to contribute to the Bookies’ Christmas bonus fund, but I quite like Edstone at 2/1 given the prominence it was given during the campaign and afterwards, you get the feeling at least one of the leadership contenders will mention it in tomorrow night’s BBC debate. The link to the Ladbrokes market is here. TSE London Mayor: @YouGov poll sees Jowell beat Goldsmith 57% to 43%,…

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It is Jez We Can as Corbyn makes it on to the leadership ballot paper

It is Jez We Can as Corbyn makes it on to the leadership ballot paper

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.@jeremycorbyn makes @UKLabour leadership ballot paper: http://t.co/j3sLRjNUD5 pic.twitter.com/Yp4QSGmSJW — PoliticsHome (@politicshome) June 15, 2015 I think Corbyn’s being there helps Andy Burnham the most, it will be very hard for his opponents to describe Burnham as the most left wing candidate running or the favoured son of the trade unions. Andy Burnham still the favourite to be the next Labour leader. pic.twitter.com/xTkVl98jOn — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 15, 2015 So far only 2500 union members signed up to take part in…

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We should take a David Miliband comeback seriously…it really could happen

We should take a David Miliband comeback seriously…it really could happen

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As MP nominations for Labour leader close, Keiran Pedley argues that the main person to watch is not standing. David Miliband is on manoeuvres. There is no doubt about that. Having been out of the spotlight since moving to America, he now clearly intends to make his presence felt. He has made several high profile interventions in recent weeks on where Labour (and his brother) went wrong. Such interventions in politics are rarely accidental. They are planned and for a…

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Andy Burnham should make sure this focus group from 2010 gets a wider audience

Andy Burnham should make sure this focus group from 2010 gets a wider audience

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Thanks to Danny565 for posting this video on last night’s thread, it is a clip from a Newsnight focus group from 2010 of twelve voters from Bristol who didn’t vote Labour in 2010, about the then Labour Leadership election which eventually saw Ed Milband win. Each of the five candidates had a three minute speech then a Question and Answer session with the voters, after all had been on, the voters were asked to give their verdict, of the twelve,…

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Meanwhile in the LAB leadership battle Andy Burnham sends a text to party members

Meanwhile in the LAB leadership battle Andy Burnham sends a text to party members

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Everyone in politics says you should try to give a straight answer to a straight question. pic.twitter.com/etngSF46N4 — Hopi Sen (@hopisen) June 13, 2015 He needs to word his messages better than this As Lynton Crosby always says – message matters most and we saw the success of that in the final weeks of the GE15 campaign. So it’s against this that we should judge the 3 or 4 still in the race for the Labour leadership. The Labour blogger…

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Why Labour needs to be as ruthless with failing leaders as the Tories

Why Labour needs to be as ruthless with failing leaders as the Tories

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The latest from PB Guest slot writer – Don Brind It’s Thursday morning in Downing Street: The door to number 10 opens and the manager of the press office is striding down the road with a folder under his arm. I’m there as a BBC political producer and I know him well. I catch him up and with a little bit of persuasion I get my hands of the press release he’s taking to the Press gallery in the House…

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