May answering Corbyn at her first PMQs pic.twitter.com/8pAqRgMheZ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 20, 2016 Tom Watson not looking very happy pic.twitter.com/h1jl86YIiA — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 20, 2016 May 9/10Corbyn 4/10 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 20, 2016
Via @TimesRedBox More from the YouGov LAB members poll. How Corbyn fans view their manpic.twitter.com/2TG81Ja0Cw — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 19, 2016 How can you argue with people who totally believe this? The graphic above is from the Times Redbox and has further detail from the Times YouGov Labour members’ poll. This one looks at how at how the Corbyn backers view the current party leader. I find the figures staggering particularly the 54% believing that he’ll take them to…
.@angelaeagle ends #LabourLeadership bid, leaving @OwenSmith_MP to challenge @jeremycorbynhttps://t.co/OyPrKkM5pZ pic.twitter.com/ZIcJuvSq5u — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 19, 2016 And it’s still possible that Corbyn won’t get on the the ballot Mood at today's Labour NEC suggests high command worried Michael Foster's legal case on Corbyn standing without 51 nominations might succeed — Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) July 19, 2016 2016 LAB Leadership Contest
Don Brind assesses where the LAB fight now stands “We organise. They conspire.” This political conjugation sums up the campaign tactics for the Corbyn Remain campaigners. Momentum are busy organising Momentum meetings around the country while condemning “coups and plots” by those who think he should leave. Even before the YouGov poll there seems little doubt that the Keep Corbyn faction are making the running and have been boosted by the wrangling at the National Executive over whether the incumbent…
Sam Coates- The Times New YouGov LAB members’ polling suggests Corbyn heading for easy victory Last week’s big LAB leadership news was the decision of the party’s NEC that Corbyn, as the incumbent, should not be troubled by the need to find MP/MEP nominations in order to get on the ballot which had been triggered by Angela Eagle. It was always reckoned that he would struggle in that task and the NEC’s decision was clearly vital. Overnight the Times has…
Labour source: Eagle and Smith have agreed that the one with least nominations will withdraw by 5pm tmrw. — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) July 18, 2016 Punters on Betfair stay with Corbyn pic.twitter.com/Vo4JQnifZ8 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 18, 2016
Next President The are similarities between Trump backers & LEAVE ones Because so much has happened in British politics over the past couple of months we have hardly looked at the White House which looks set to be bwtween Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Today,in Cleveland Ohio, the Republican campaign starts in earnest with the convention. Although there have been rumblings about a stop Trump move this appears to be very challenging given how successful he was during the primaries….
The battle for the Élysée will be between the centre-right and the far-right Complacency has been the bane of the established political class across the Western world these last few years; a bad habit it doesn’t seem capable of kicking. Time and again, outsiders have shaken up the order, from Tsipras in Greece to Labour electing Corbyn to Trump taking the Republican nomination to Bernie Sanders running Hillary close to the UK voting for Brexit. Parties and electorates have been…