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Going to war with Sir Richard Branson might not necessarily develop to Corbyn’s advantage

28/8/2016 TSE Comments 0 Comment

Labour calls for Richard Branson to be STRIPPED of his knighthoodhttps://t.co/lNpP6bd71z pic.twitter.com/3k9K9bPbCL — Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) August 27, 2016 Corbyn needs better strategists advising him, the current bunch aren’t very good on current evidence. The Sunday Mirror have an article up by the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell. Labour is calling for Richard Branson to be stripped of his knighthood following his bid to humiliate Jeremy Corbyn over Traingate. Writing exclusively in the Sunday Mirror, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell slams the…

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The Purge: Election Year

27/8/2016 TSE Comments 0 Comment

I'm very concerned that some people seem to have been unfairly removed from the ability to vote in this electionhttps://t.co/S06ugwENc1 — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 26, 2016 Are these signs that Corbyn isn’t confident of winning the leadership election? Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn said he ‘fear[ed]some of his supporters may have been “unfairly” barred from voting in the party’s leadership election. He has handed a list of names to party officials, saying he wants a “fair and open” contest, with all those…

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The curtain lifted a little this week on Labour’s civil war and it’s not pretty

27/8/2016 David Herdson Comments 0 Comment

Whoever wins in a month, the struggle will go on Power struggles are the nature of politics. Usually, the public gets to glimpse only a fraction of the battles waged behind closed doors in what were once smoke-filled rooms. Outsiders end up having to engage in their own form of Kremlinology to work out what’s really going on: piecing together patterns in offhand comments, unattributed press briefings and articles, planted Commons questions or unruly (or unusually quiet) supporters. The proliferation…

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August Local By-Election Summary and Important Notice

26/8/2016 Editor Comments 0 Comment

The Lochs (Non Party Independent defence) on Fife Result: Labour 1,318 (47% +1%), Scottish National Party 1,079 (39% +20%), Conservative 270 (10% +7%), Communist 86 (3%, no candidate in 2012), Green Party 45 (2%, no candidate in 2012) Labour GAIN from Non Party Independent on the fourth count with a lead of 239 (8%) on a swing of 9.5% from Lab to SNP By-Election Summary : August 2016 Labour 10,865 votes (30% -1% on last time) winning 6 seats (unchanged…

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From Labour’s conference problems Mrs May might infer Labour couldn’t cope with a snap general election

26/8/2016 TSE Comments 0 Comment

What a palaver Labour finds itself in https://t.co/59BsukOrKZ pic.twitter.com/XQBGfF1y5G — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 26, 2016 If Labour cannot properly organise a conference with a year’s notice, surely they couldn’t cope with a snap general election? In the past 24 hours, Labour’s annual conference has been thrown into doubt, as Labour were snubbed by G4S, the firm Labour had been boycotting until recently. Conor Pope of Labourlist writes Concerns are mounting over whether Labour conference – due to open in less…

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How post BREXIT the bookmakers are looking at WH2016

26/8/2016 Editor Comments 0 Comment

A certainty – maybe not With three months to go until election day, people all over the world are lining up to place their bets on who’s going to take on the role of the 45th president of the United States after Barak Obama’s two-term presidency. Up until now, the odds have been everywhere – Donald Trump may have started off with odds that would make you a millionaire if he was elected, but right now, the fact that he…

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Local By-Election Preview : August 25th 2016

25/8/2016 Editor Comments 0 Comment

The Lochs (Non Party Independent defence) on Fife Result of council at last election (2012): Labour 35, Scottish National Party 26, Liberal Democrats 10, Conservatives 3, Independents 3, Non Party Independent 1 (No Overall Control, Labour short by 5) Result of ward at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,380, 349 (46%) Non Party Independent 1,025 (28%) Scottish National Party 708 (19%) Independents 165 (4%) Conservatives 99 (3%) Referendum Result: REMAIN 106,754 (59%) LEAVE 75,466 (41%) on a…

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The latest Farage farrago, Douglas Carswell is accused of helping the Tories defeat Farage in Thanet South

25/8/2016 TSE Comments 0 Comment

A story that has been overshadowed by #Railgate but is vastly more important & entertaining. https://t.co/TfJGd7ko9O pic.twitter.com/dhEmxOFked — TSE (@TSEofPB) August 25, 2016 Can or will Douglas Carswell remain a UKIP MP if senior Kippers are making these allegations? Forget traingate this is the political story of the week, although I can sympathise with those who say a UKIP internal squabbling story is up there with a dog bites man story, but this story has achieved that rare feat, leaving…

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