Don Brind on final phase of the LAB campaign It may all end in tears but for now the diverse team of Corbyn fans and old media sweats who make the Leader of the Opposition comms team can pride themselves on helping the party and their leader to narrow the yawning gap in the polls since Theresa May called the snap election the best part of a month ago. Because they are smart I expect them to make a decisive switch to highlight…
Don Brind looks at landslides past I have a soft spot for Lib Dem peer Dick Taverne even though I cut my teeth as a Labour Party press officer trying to end his political career. His letter to the Guardian this week struck a chord. “Mrs May is riding high, apparently heading for a general election triumph, idolised by the tabloids for defying those beastly Europeans who seek to do Britain down. Today’s winners often end up as tomorrow’s losers,”…
Sofa chat with Michael Fallon and @EmilyThornberry #marr pic.twitter.com/7Ji3UJz156 — The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 14, 2017 Note: This video contains language NSFW from Emily Thornberry that maybe offend more delicate PBers. This morning Sir Michael Fallon managed to achieve something that I thought was very unlikely, he managed to come off worse in a discussion about defence/security with a member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, The Telegraph report Emily Thornberry has accused Sir Michael Fallon of talking “bollocks”…
A 5% return in less than four weeks? William Hill have a market up on who will win the popular vote without the Tories. With the SNP standing in only Scotland, then finishing second in the popular vote is impossible unless turnout somehow craters in the rest of the United Kindgom, so that’s not an option. UKIP winning this bet is very unlikely given they are standing 254 fewer candidates than Labour and in some polls are down to 3%….
Embed from Getty Images Everyone seems to agree: Labour are in for a pummelling at the upcoming general election. The opinion polls, the local election results and the anonymous comments from politicians of all parties on the campaign trail all point in the same direction. Even the newspaper pundits, constantly looking for a new angle, are unanimously predicting a Conservative landslide. Few, however, have tried to put numbers on the eventual outcome. This fool is going to rush in. I’ve…
Don Brind explores the options For many years Theresa May’s main claim to fame was her bravery in telling the Tories they’re the Nasty Party. If you doubt that nastiness lives on in Toryland despite the election of the vicar’s daughter look no further than the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. He is the attack dog whistled up by Lynton Crosby to spread a bit of ugliness. There is no one on the Labour side who specialises in Fallonic thuggery and…
O, I die, Horatio; The potent poison quite o’er-crows my spirit: I cannot live to hear the news from England; But I do prophesy the election lights On Fortinbras: he has my dying voice; So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less, Which have solicited. The rest is silence. – Hamlet Act V, Scene II William Hill have a market up on whether Jeremy Corbyn will announce his resignation before 11pm on June 9th. Whilst it might sound like…
Momentum strategy for getting Corbyn elected….. not a spoof …..#GE2017 pic.twitter.com/lMfxDTsjgD — Otto English (@Otto_English) April 20, 2017 Momentum Hackney have some betting advice… pic.twitter.com/e93VaM1si4 — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) April 20, 2017