…and what impact has today had on the leadership race? Hague statement William Hague has issued a statement after the resignation of his special assistant Christopher Myers, which is available here. Mike Smithson is on holiday and has very limited internet connection Double Carpet
Daily Mail Is everything still being defined by the ex-leaders ? The big news for Labour as we move into September should be the start of voting in the first contested election for a leader since 1994. Instead the media remain obsessed with the Blair-Brown years and “what really went on”. Just look at this week. A couple of days ago the Mail on Sunday had the second part of the serialisation of the Chris Mullin diaries. Yesterday a short…
…are these headlines helpful to the younger brother? With voting in Labour’s election due to start on Wednesday two papers at the “quality” end of the market have front pages that are dominated by the relations between the US and the UK during the Iraq War and its aftermath. The Telegraph says that it has been told that Tony Blair sought to hang on to office for longer than he did after hearing concerns from President Bush about the suitability…
Guardian Is this a Number 10 bluff – or a double bluff? Just four days to go before voting starts in Labour’s election the Guardian is reporting that the contender that David Cameron fears most is David Miliband. Now how should we treat this? Is it on the level; is it a bluff or is it a double bluff? Could Number 10 be trying to impede DM’s chances by letting it be know that they fear him most? We all…
How many will actually use 2nd, 3rd and 4th choices? In just 29 days time the results of Labour’s leadership contest will be announced after a prolonged battle that has only this week started to attract serious attention from the mainstream media. This lack of attention has probably helped David Miliband because what polling there has been is likely to have been affected by the name recognition factor – and the former foreign secretary is much more widely known than…
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Independent ..or is the media trying to breathe life into the contest? After a long period when Labour’s election has failed to attract much media attention it’s all change this morning with several papers highlighting how “the gloves are coming off” between the brothers. It makes good copy, of course, and the weird spectacle of two siblings slugging it out was always going to be the focus as we got closer to voting. But are the papers making too much…
Betfair Politics Candidate Best bookie price Betfair Back – Lay David Miliband 2/5 1.43 – 1.45 Ed Miliband 9/4 3.4 – 3.5 Ed Balls 66/1 110 – 140 Andy Burnham 80/1 70 – 130 Diane Abbott 150/1 220 – 390 If the election is running to plan then the first ballot papers should be going out to qualified voters in the three sections of the electoral college at the end of next week. So far the only firm polling evidence…