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Ed Miliband’s big speech has got to be better than last year’s

Ed Miliband’s big speech has got to be better than last year’s

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Henry G Manson looks forward to the next conference A year ago Ed Miliband gave an alarming performance at Labour party conference. Even thinking about it is traumatic. The speech wasn’t very good, the delivery was worse, delegates booed Tony Blair’s name and the TV feed was lost for several minutes half-way through. All that was needed was for the set to collapse and there would have enough material for a new series of You’ve Been Framed. The conclusion of…

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Henry G Manson says Labour must try harder on the economy

Henry G Manson says Labour must try harder on the economy

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Can the Two Eds up their game? This week’s PMQs saw a flurry of questions on debt from Ed Miliband. It’s a realisation that George Osborne is in choppy waters politically with the over-arching aims and objectives of his economic plan. It made a change from just looking at the symptoms of the current malaise such as unemployment, although they featured too. Earlier in the week Ed Balls was laying it on thick in the media making overtures to Vince…

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Is one Ed better than two?

Is one Ed better than two?

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Over the last few days, several newspapers have had articles mentioning disharmony between Eds Miliband and Balls. The Guardian observed  the Labour leader, who promoted Balls to the post of shadow chancellor against his better instincts after the surprise resignation of Alan Johnson, is finding him hard work and secretive. The Times noted that Ed Miliband saw at first hand the worst of the disputes between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and is unlikely to make the mistake of  Tony…

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What would public ownership of rail signal about Miliband’s Labour?

What would public ownership of rail signal about Miliband’s Labour?

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Henry G on whether the party is on the right lines John Major’s decision to privatise British Rail is probably one of the least popular privatisations of the Thatcher-Major years. I don’t know anyone who enjoys rail travel in this country anymore. The tickets are extortionate, the services are fragmented and the feculent odours of Virgin Cross Country train is not quite the private sector innovation the public were promised. Yet for 13 years New Labour saw next to no…

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Tories 5 times more concerned about EU/€ than LAB voters

Tories 5 times more concerned about EU/€ than LAB voters

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Ipsos-MORI Why the big MORI difference between the parties? The monthly Ipsos-MORI issues index for June is just out and concern about the EU/€ than has edged up 2% to 8% – where it was in April. This polling has been carried out in exactly the same way for more than a third of a century and involves asking people to name a many issues that concern them without being prompted. Given how the Eurozone crisis has dominated the headlines…

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As we await the news from the Crown Prosecution Service….

As we await the news from the Crown Prosecution Service….

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…YouGov points to a 1997-scale LABour landlside Update – Labour lead on 14: Latest YouGov/The Sun results 14th May CON 31%, LAB 45%, LD 7%, (UKIP 8%); APP -42 y-g.co/JPOlcP — YouGov (@YouGov) May 14, 2012 The YouGov LAB 45% CON 31% split is slightly better for Labour than in Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide when the voting wasLAB 44.4% CON 31.4% — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) May 15, 2012 Tonight’s YouGov lead for Labour of 14% is the highestrecorded by the…

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Now Opinium makes it 5 pollsters out of 5 for Boris

Now Opinium makes it 5 pollsters out of 5 for Boris

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But which one will be most accurate? There another London mayoral poll out, an online survey from Opinium – the online firm which never seems to want to communicate with me. (Hi guys could you put me on your email list?). It has Boris 43%/Ken 37%/Paddick 7%/Jones 6%/Benita 3%/ UKIP 3%. Opinium’s figures for the top two are pretty close to YouGov and the overall picture from five different firms is that Boris will be staying at City Hall. In…

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Ladbrokes take just a tenner on Ken since race started

Ladbrokes take just a tenner on Ken since race started

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Why are punters shunning the Labour standard bearer? JUST TEN pounds has been placed on Ken Livingstone to win the London Mayoral election since Siobhan Benita entered the frame according to Ladbrokes. Whilst Siobhan Benita’s odds tumbled the bookies didn’t register a single bet for Ken Livingstone as his odds drifted out to 5/2. The trend has been bucked however and one brave punter has staked £10 on the Labour candidate – whilst Benita racks up thousands of pounds in…

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