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Antifrank considers what the Blairites could do if Liz Kendall comes last

Antifrank considers what the Blairites could do if Liz Kendall comes last

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Go fourth and multiply The Labour leadership election hasn’t gone according to the Blairites’ plan, to put it mildly.  Dan Jarvis declined to run and Chuka Umunna launched an in-and-out campaign that prefigured the performance of England’s top order in the last Test, leaving Liz Kendall as the sole standard bearer of the right of the Labour party in the contest. She has chosen, probably unwisely, to drop some truth bombs on her electorate.  This has not gone down well. …

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Harriet: I’m a fan but you got it wrong

Harriet: I’m a fan but you got it wrong

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A message for the acting LOTO from Don Brind I was proud to have been a member of Team Harman that won the deputy leadership of the Labour Party for Harriet in 2007. I admire her as a consistent campaigner for radical causes, championing feminism, equality and diversity in and out of government. Her politics is rooted in London communities – in North West London where she was legal adviser to the Grunwick strikers in the 1970s and in South…

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Keiran Pedley says Tessa Jowell looks set to become LAB’s candidate for London Mayor

Keiran Pedley says Tessa Jowell looks set to become LAB’s candidate for London Mayor

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Those that read the Evening Standard will know that YouGov has a new poll out on which Labour hopeful would make the best candidate for London Mayor. As we might expect, the Standard has run with the line ‘David Lammy leaps to second place in Labour’s mayoral candidate race’ but we should be careful when jumping to conclusions. Once ‘don’t knows’ and ‘none of these’ are excluded, the sample size for this poll is just n=460. This is a perfectly…

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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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Pleased to meet you: the Labour intake of 2015

Pleased to meet you: the Labour intake of 2015

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Antifrank looks at the Labour intake of 2015 The election in May was a huge disappointment for Labour, going backwards rather than forwards.  Despite losing seats, however, over one fifth of the Labour MPs elected in May were not in the House of Commons in the last Parliament.  That is a big chunk of the Parliamentary party and the new MPs will have a big influence over the party’s future direction.  Who are these new MPs, what do they believe…

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Henry G Manson says It’s advantage Sadiq in the London Labour contest

Henry G Manson says It’s advantage Sadiq in the London Labour contest

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You know when a candidate is losing when they start to blame the rules of the game. We don’t get more proof than in London right now. Len Duvall, a backer of Tessa Jowell’s bid to be Labour mayoral candidate, has publicly warned of the dangers of muslims and trade union members registering to vote in the Labour mayoral selection. He questioned whether this was in the ‘spirit’ of the contest. It may be shameless but Len knows what he is…

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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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Henry G Manson: Tom Watson should be odds-on for LAB deputy

Henry G Manson: Tom Watson should be odds-on for LAB deputy

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PB’s “Labour insider” gives his view I recently explained why I think Andy Burnham shouldn’t be priced as the odds on favourite for the Labour leadership contest. Looking at the Deputy race, I think the opposite is the case and that the current favourite Tom Watson should in fact be a good deal shorter. Watson is stand-out value at 6/4 with William Hill and Ladbrokes – and should be closer to 1/2. There is currently a big field of rivals…

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