Why Labour has its concerns about the Tory turmoil

Why Labour has its concerns about the Tory turmoil

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Donald Brind says a big REMAIN victory remains the objective They do things different in Battersea. The local Labour party invited along the Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn for a fundraising fish and chip supper to launch the formal start of the London election campaign. Then they promptly turned the lights out. The environmentally savvy Battersea Labourites were taking part in Earth Hour a an international initiative that encourages “individuals, communities households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for…

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Corbynus interruptus would destroy Tory hubris about 2020 immediately

Corbynus interruptus would destroy Tory hubris about 2020 immediately

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John Major had bastards to deal with, David Cameron has twats to deal with.https://t.co/3JYbc2BUOc pic.twitter.com/71fMrLxHRV — TSE (@TSEofPB) March 20, 2016 IDS says welfare cuts when middle class tax is being cut is "deeply unfair and was seen to be unfair" — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 20, 2016 That was electrifying stuff. IDS has basically said, with real passion, that the government is not doing enough to help the poor. — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 20, 2016 Just look at…

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The Tories are very lucky the Lib Dems didn’t accept George Osborne’s coupon deal

The Tories are very lucky the Lib Dems didn’t accept George Osborne’s coupon deal

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Embed from Getty Images British politics today might have been very different if the Lib Dems had accepted Osborne’s deal The Mail on Sunday are serialising the memoirs of David Laws, the former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister, in it he reveals that The Tories secretly tried to form a 2015 Election pact with the Lib Dems to keep the Coalition going, according to David Laws. He says George Osborne proposed a so-called ‘coupon election’ deal with the Lib Dems, whereby…

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The Osborne Supremacy might be over but the Osborne Legacy could see the next Tory leader have an Osborne Identity

The Osborne Supremacy might be over but the Osborne Legacy could see the next Tory leader have an Osborne Identity

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If you're holding George Osborne as next Tory leader betslips, look away now. https://t.co/RaUjR0JQiW pic.twitter.com/8z5pxKUuHZ — TSE (@TSEofPB) March 20, 2016 Whilst Osborne might not be the next Tory leader, he could still influence the result, so here’s an 80/1 tip on next Tory leader. The Sunday Times story above doesn’t surprise me. Osborne seems more comfortable being the éminence grise to Tory leaders than being leader himself, and lest we forget in 2005, he declined to run for the leadership, backing…

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It’s being suggested that Osborne is close to abandoning his leadership ambitions

It’s being suggested that Osborne is close to abandoning his leadership ambitions

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In @TheSundayTimes, @ShippersUnbound suggests Osborne may be close to abandoning his leadership ambitions #EarlyDays pic.twitter.com/UVjOD1CmZN — Tim Montgomerie ?? (@montie) March 19, 2016 How odds on top 4 in CON leadership Betfair betting have moved in past month pic.twitter.com/6Wmvh54yp8 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 19, 2016

The Tories’ EU divide is making life harder for Corbyn’s opponents

The Tories’ EU divide is making life harder for Corbyn’s opponents

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He should comfortably do well enough in May now The honeymoon is over. Two polls within a week without a Tory lead – one level-pegging from ICM and then Thursday’s from YouGov reporting Labour ahead by a point – are testament to the public disapproval of internal party divisions. They might also be testament to Labour’s invisibility at the moment, but then why intrude when your opponents are tearing themselves apart? In fact, the divisions within the Conservatives are probably…

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Cameron’s first policy resignation: IDS quits

Cameron’s first policy resignation: IDS quits

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But it’s Osborne in the firing line There are two easy assumptions that need dismissing about IDS’s resignation yesterday. Firstly, this is not a power gambit on Duncan Smith’s part; and secondly, his going is not to do with Europe. The two in fact tie together. There could be – and perhaps already is – an explanation that runs thus: IDS has really quit because he is upset by how the Remain side is conducting the European debate; in leaving…

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Two CON losses out of three in latest council by-elections

Two CON losses out of three in latest council by-elections

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Aylsham (Con defence) on Broadland Result: Liberal Democrat 829 (48% +17%), Conservative 654 (38% +6%), Labour 243 (14% -8%) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 175 (10%) on a swing of 5.5% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell (Con defence) on North Kesteven Result: Lincolnshire Independent 457 (56%, no candidate in 2015), Conservative 296 (36% -31%), Liberal Democrat 69 (8%, no candidate in 2015) Lincolnshire Independent GAIN from Conservative with a majority…

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