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The EdM price tightens following LFF projection

The EdM price tightens following LFF projection

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Candidate Membership MPs/MEPs Trade Unions Electoral College David Miliband 34.9 38.87 26.08 33.28 Ed Miliband 30.8 27.94 39.5 32.75 Diane Abbott 20.4 6.07 15.23 13.90 Andy Burnham 9 13.77 12.87 11.88 Ed Balls 4.9 13.36 6.32 8.19 But are the brothers really neck and neck? There’ve been sharpish moves to EdM overnight on Betfair following a projected result published on the Left Foot Forward, the blog edited by Will Straw. On Monday EdM was trading in the 3.75 – 3.8…

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Were we mugs to think there’d be a big VAT rebellion?

Were we mugs to think there’d be a big VAT rebellion?

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Can we now rule out a second 2010 election? In spite of all the pre-VAT vote speculation only two Lib Dems MPs voted with the “Noes” in last night’s commons division on the plan to increase the rate to 20%, outlined in last week’s budget and the measure went through with a majority of 76. Judging by some of the pre-event build-up this rebellion was much smaller than was being suggested and, no doubt, both Clegg and Cameron will breathe…

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Has the Observer been conned by the MiliEd campaign?

Has the Observer been conned by the MiliEd campaign?

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Observer Did the paper even see the full data? The big story in the Observer, under the heading “Half of Liberal Democrat voters ready to defect after VAT rise” is based, though it is not immediately obvious, on private polling that was carried out by YouGov for the Ed Miliband campaign. There were two questions which are being made public (because it’s a private poll YouGov does not have to reveal the rest) and the first was on the child…

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Will the “Labour to blame” rhetoric continue to resonate?

Will the “Labour to blame” rhetoric continue to resonate?

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Are the yellows the coalition’s “weakest link”? The fury that’s come from Labour against the Lib Dems today has been a sight to behold – and a reflection of why an LD-LAB deal after the election was never going to happen. First we had the massive barracking of Clegg at his first Deputy PMs questions only to be followed by Labour’s response to Osborne’s budget. The question now, though, is whether the high-tempo Labour budget attacks are going to resonate…

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What should Clegg do about his Kennedy problem?

What should Clegg do about his Kennedy problem?

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Evening Standard blogs Could the ex-leader vote oppose the coalition budget? Reproduced above is part of a piece that was posted last night by the Evening Standard political writer, Paul Waugh. Clearly Kennedy, who was leader of the party until being forced out in the first week of 2006, is not a happy bunny. He is certainly no fan of the coalition – a view he shares with another former leader and one of those who ousted him, Ming Campbell….

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Another Saturday in the life of the coalition

Another Saturday in the life of the coalition

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NOTW The News of the World story is here. It seems that the original “scoop”, if that is what we still call these things, was by the People who possibly could feel a bit miffed that their arch-rival, the NOTW has now got its new angle on the story. Maybe their mistake was to start Tweeting about it too early? Will it have a political impact? Probably not – Chris Huhne is not Lembit Opik although his “news” could keep…

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Is Hughes really a threat to the coalition?

Is Hughes really a threat to the coalition?

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Will he take on the role of lightning conductor? There’s one recent election that I’ve not covered at all because the result, to my mind, was so much of a foregone conclusion – that of the selection by Lib Dems MPs of veteran Bermondsey MP, former London mayoral candidate and former party president, Simon Hughes, as deputy leader. He takes over from Vince Cable and will become the most senior member of the parliamentary party not to be a minister….

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Will they be at each other’s special day?

Will they be at each other’s special day?

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How long can the coalition go on? There are two big questions in British politics at the moment – who is going to win the Labour leadership and how long can the coalition survive? Both, in a way, are interwoven because as we get closer to September’s voting in Labour’s election we’ll be four months on from the creation of the coalition and the key criteria for the movement will be which of the candidates is best placed to be…

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