Half of GE2015 LAB voters now abandoned the party And barely a third of GE2015 LAB voters rate Corbyn as best PM Given that it is barely three months since Corbyn was re-elected with a huge majority it is hard to see what the party can do. They are stuck with a leader who appears to repel voters and with him in place there appears no obvious way back. This is a story that will just go on with lucky…
Don Brind looks at the challenges Diane Abbott, the Shadow Home Secretary is always worth listening to these days, not necessarily because of the quality of her analysis, but because she tells us what her leader thinks. So when she warns against a move to the right on immigration so that Labour becomes “Ukip-lite” she is undoubtedly reflecting the view of Jeremy Corbyn. In her interview with Guardian political editors Anushka Asthana and Heather Stewart the Shadow Home secretary undoubtedly reflects…
Something's got to give here. It's getting silly. Democracy needs an Opposition. pic.twitter.com/R5VAJ8tF8m — Glen O'Hara (@gsoh31) November 23, 2016 Britain needs an opposition far better than Labour is providing It’s been a day dominated by Philip Hammond’s first big event as Chancellor, the autumn statement. The big political points were the increasing size of the projected deficit and the likely impact of BREXIT. At the budget in the spring the former is that the first response comes from the…
Corbyn's big idea pic.twitter.com/zKdHBjKGTu — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 21, 2016 Another profound statement from Mr. Corbyn pic.twitter.com/hgkgIrcoqx — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 21, 2016
YouGov: LDs could edge in front of LAB if it was only party with such a promise We all remember how in late 2002 and 2003 that the IDS-led Tories gave their backing to Blair’s invasion of Iraq. The Charles Kennedy-led LDs were the only national party to oppose and this stance stance helped them to their best ever performance at GE2005. We’ve now got a similar situation with BREXIT. May’s Tories have totally dished the idea and Labour’s position,…
In March the LAB pair were a net 16% behind CON leadeship – that’s now 33% Ahead of the Autumn statement, May & Hammond are seen as much more trusted on the than both Corbyn & McDonnell and Cameron & Osborne. The brutal fact is that the twice elected leader hasn’t got an earthly with numbers like these. The vast influx of new members into the party since GE2015 have made the main opposition party unelectable As is repeated so…
Don Brind says its to inflict misery on Zac by helping him get re-elected “The man’s a disgrace. His office is just along the corridor from mine and I never see him. He obviously doesn’t want to be an MP. The thoughts of a veteran MP provide the perfect justification for Labour fighting the Richmond Park by-election despite the call from an interesting trio of young MPs for Labour to stay out of Zac Goldsmith’s “vanity project” Shadow Business Clive…
Labour needs a leader who can connect with working class voters “Don’t forget, It was Godfather Two that won the Oscar”. That was the cheering thought offered to a bunch of Saving Labour stalwarts who gathered to reflect on their failure to avert Jeremy Corbyn’s second leadership landslide. The unanimous view was that Labour still needs saving from electoral disaster through a change of leader. The Godfather analogy inspires the hope that the next time will be more successful. There…