Corbyn the early favourite in the Labour leadership contest – but Owen Smith strong

Corbyn the early favourite in the Labour leadership contest – but Owen Smith strong

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2016 LAB Leadership Contest – Latest from Betfair Above is updating live betting from the Betfair exchange on the fight for the LAB leadership which has been totally overshadowed by events in the Tory party and the new PM. To recap in case you haven’t noticed On Monday Angela Eagle held a launch event only to find that almost the entire media walked out in the middle to cover the Andrea Leadsom (remember her?) announcement that she was quitting the…

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Welcome to a new era in the Conservative party: The post-Bullingdon period

Welcome to a new era in the Conservative party: The post-Bullingdon period

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May’s cabinet should give us a pointer to the direction the party will go One of my favourite quotes from the former CON leader, William Hague, is that the Tories are “an absolute monarchy, moderated by regicide”. For there’s no doubt about the level of power and influence the leader has over policy, preferment, and the whole direction of the party. Unlike Labour there is no powerful NEC to get in the way. The leader is everything as we’ve seen…

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Why the eligibility rules for Labour’s election could help Eagle more than Corbyn

Why the eligibility rules for Labour’s election could help Eagle more than Corbyn

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Polling expert Leo Barasi of the PB/PM podcasts puts his case Why I think, contrary to the smartest Labour journalists like Stephen Bush, the rules on eligibility for the Labour leadership election help Eagle, not Corbyn: It’s indisputable that pre-2015 members are much more pro-Eagle (or whoever the anti-Corbyn challenger is) than members who’ve joined since May. Eagle wins easily among older members, as YouGov’s latest poll shows. Despite that, the poll has Corbyn beating Eagle 50-40 among all members –…

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Corbyn will be on the ballot

Corbyn will be on the ballot

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Corbyn is on the ballot – Labour rebels lose by four. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) July 12, 2016 "I'm delighted" – @jeremycorbyn speaks to supporters after NEC vote https://t.co/K6pbNn362q https://t.co/d1l511GqXV — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 12, 2016

Corbyn’s future – the wait goes on

Corbyn’s future – the wait goes on

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Labour’s NEC is deciding whether Corbyn can be on the ballot in the coming leadership election without having to secure the nominations of 51 MPs and MEPs. There are conflicting views on the legality under the party’s rules. The NEC have been meeting all afternoon and it is understood that it has decided that the vote should be by secret ballot. This could take hours. If Tom Watson wins & forces Corbyn to find nominees to stand, it will have…

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Guest slot from CycleFree on “Uniting the country”

Guest slot from CycleFree on “Uniting the country”

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In her first words on learning that she is the new Tory leader and will be PM in 48 hours, Mrs May said: “We need to unite our country and … we need a strong, new positive vision for the future of our country – a vision of a country that works not for the privileged few, but that works for every one of us.” Guff, you might say, the sort of guff that all newly elected leaders come up…

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