TELEGRAPH: Matt shoots, scores. #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/DLSVXuTLks — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 21, 2016 Corbyn now: “it’s the job, it’s the duty, it’s the responsibility of every Labour MP” to back party. Corbyn then: pic.twitter.com/htZJ94C8DN — John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) July 21, 2016
Exmouth, Littleham (Con defence) and Honiton, St. Michael’s (Con defence) on East Devon Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 37, Independents 16, Liberal Democrats 6 (Conservative majority of 17) Referendum Result: REMAIN 40,743 (46%) LEAVE 48,040 (54%) on a turnout of 79% Result of wards at last election (2015) Exmouth, Littleham: Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,667 E, 1,636 E, 1,489 E (26%) Independent 1,224 (19%) Liberal Democrat 1,170 (19%) United Kingdom Independence Party 1,164 (18%) Green Party 1,102…
Next Wednesday a court will hear a case brought by a major LAB donor that the NEC was wrong to have allowed Corbyn to be on the ballot without securing the support of 51 MPs and MEPs. I’ve no idea about the chances of the case succeeding but Michael Crick has reported that there is some concern within the party about the case. If this does go forward it would be absolutely mega and it is hard to see what…
And the Donald is accused of cosying up to Putin Normally the third day of US presidential conventions is for speaker after speaker to get behind the nominee and make rabble rousing speeches. Overnight in Cleveland, Ohio, the contender who had run Trump closest in the primaries, Senator Ted Cruz, had a different approach and refused to back the man who 24 hours beforehand had officially become the nominee. Cruz was also speaking in prime time, that part of the…
The scale and pace of political events is simply breath-taking with PM May’s first PMQs, the LAB leadership race now down to two with campaigning just ratcheting up and, of course, the Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Examining all of this: Keiran Pedley is in the chair with Lord Stewart Wood, the Labour peer and Oxford academic, and Conor Pope of LabourList The audio podcast is here: Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet
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