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Corbyn’s LAB goes into 2019 with six fewer MPs than it had at GE2017

Corbyn’s LAB goes into 2019 with six fewer MPs than it had at GE2017

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https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1075801860878073856 This could impact on upcoming key votes The past 24 hours have been bad for LAB’s seat numbers in the House of Commons. First of all there was the conviction of the Peterborough MP for conspiring to pervert the course of justice and today we have the resignation from the Party of Ivan Lewis. In his resignation letter Lewis cited some of the anti-semitism rhetoric that has been coming from the leadership. Given the crucial Brexit votes that we…

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Why Jezza should beware of Nicola bearing gifts

Why Jezza should beware of Nicola bearing gifts

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SNP General Election target seats Election Polling LAB’s going to struggle to win the next GE unless there’s a rapid improvement in Scotland Last night Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP would back a Commons no confidence motion against the government if one was tabled by Labour. I’d suggest that Nicola Sturgeon and her team would not be asking for another election now unless it was pretty confident that it would do as well or even better than the 35 Scottish…

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The deal splits the Tories whilst a referendum would split LAB as well

The deal splits the Tories whilst a referendum would split LAB as well

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One of the arguments that pro-second referendum Tory MPs are using at the moment is that the Brexit deal basically splits the Tories and Labour gets off scot free in spite of its equivocation and huge policy differences. So it is being said that if there was a referendum then it would split Labour as well. For Corbyn’s equivocation on Brexit and the referendum has really cost the party almost nothing so far and indeed the polling finds that those…

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Three new Scotland polls find Corbyn’s LAB struggling to recover

Three new Scotland polls find Corbyn’s LAB struggling to recover

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The first public surveys since Corbyn’s August Scottish initiative It might be recalled that in August Corbyn had an extended visit to Scotland with the aim of revitalising the party where it used to be so dominant. Over the past few days we have seen the first published polling since that move Ahead of the SNP conference which is currently going on there have been three new Scotland-only polls – the first since July. All show LAB still in third…

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Lessons from Labour’s conference for the Conservatives

Lessons from Labour’s conference for the Conservatives

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Leadership Labour have, on balance, had a good conference, which should of course worry Conservatives like myself. Their leadership is now in full ascendancy – indeed many of the Corbynsceptic PLP stayed away. Brexit was largely elided (of which more later), so the actual splits in evidence were merely between different degrees of Corbynism. On reselection, Momentum butted heads with the unions and came off slightly worse, for now. (Watch that space…) And Corbyn himself is now much improved as…

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While the nation faces huge and historic issues over Brexit Labour gathers in Liverpool to talk about itself

While the nation faces huge and historic issues over Brexit Labour gathers in Liverpool to talk about itself

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Meanwhile Phil Collins is dead right – while the Tories go through their Brexit travails all Corbyn's LAB wants to talk about is itself https://t.co/NYSLTbXBkN — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 21, 2018 Today’s Times column by Phillip Collins hits the nail on the head about Labour and its current state. “..The issues of the hour are historic. Are any of the half-formed answers to the Irish border question at all practicable? Will the strong desire of the European Union 27…

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There will be no second referendum whether Labour backs it or not

There will be no second referendum whether Labour backs it or not

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Indeed, Labour best hope is to push for one – but to fail Brexit is not unlike Hurricane Florence. A huge amount of energy is being expended, mostly to destructive effect, dumping a load of output which is flooding out a great deal else, while not going anywhere fast. And just as Florence attracts storm-chasers, Brexit attracts any number of other eccentrics, on all sides, either to participate in the main thing or to chase rainbows. One such rainbow is…

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