Corbyn’s first PMQs buzzword bingo

Corbyn’s first PMQs buzzword bingo

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Market by @ladpolitics on what Corbyn might say at this week's PMQs. https://t.co/gNWmEZyrMT pic.twitter.com/XOMPscmseI — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 14, 2015 With Corbyn’s first PMQs coming up on Wednesday Ladbrokes have opened up a market on what Corbyn might say. These betting markets often appear to exist purely to fund the bookies’ bonus fund and I’m not sure I can see any value here, Punch and Judy at 5/1 might be the one to go for. Perhaps PBers might be more…

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Sporting Index open a market on how many days Corbyn will last as leader

Sporting Index open a market on how many days Corbyn will last as leader

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SportingIndex open spread market on how many days Corbyn will last as leader. Opening 475 (cont) http://t.co/QVSaKrz0xB — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 14, 2015 The market opens at 475 days The 475 days would mean that Corbyn’s stint as leader would end on the 31st of December 2016. Whilst discussing this market earlier on today with PBer Tissue Price his view on 475 was if pushed he’d sell, but it’s a risky one. I agree with him that it is risky…

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An authoritarian Tory government will undo Cameron’s early work

An authoritarian Tory government will undo Cameron’s early work

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Ten years ago David Cameron’s victory speech as the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party argued against Thatcher’s famous remark insisting “there is such a thing as society, it’s just not the same as the state.” His vision for a Big Society never proved a campaign hit in its own right, but helped set the tone of a party that was keen to hear many flourish within civil society and for that to drive public services. After 2010 general…

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The shadow cabinet reshuffle is becoming interesting – Update John McDonnell appointed Shadow Chancellor

The shadow cabinet reshuffle is becoming interesting – Update John McDonnell appointed Shadow Chancellor

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This really is the gift that keeps on giving for opponents of Labour and Corbyn’s opponents inside Labour   Shadow Cabinet far from complete… #Corbyn and Winterton still making frantic phone calls from their room in the Commons. — Darren McCaffrey (@DMcCaffreySKY) September 13, 2015 Shadow cabinet reshuffle delay because some senior figures refusing to serve if John McDonnell is shadow chancellor. https://t.co/UURjSQt5rT — Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) September 13, 2015 Seems like Corbyn's reluctance to promise to campaign for an…

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Corporeal on the Corbyn excitement factor

Corporeal on the Corbyn excitement factor

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“The Labour party is a moral crusade or it is nothing” was Harold Wilson’s rallying cry to the Labour conference a little over fifty years ago (somewhat unusually for political quotations it seems clear that he did actually say it). Twelve years later he was declaring they were now a “natural party of government”. It’s an awkwardly matched pair of declarations that have rung down the decades since (put either into google today and you find clichéd* starting points for…

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Corbyn’s English challenge

Corbyn’s English challenge

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Labour need to stop piling up votes in their safe English seats Looking at the chart above we can see that in England Labour did best where it didn’t need to and the Tories did best where they did need to do well. In England overall there was a swing of 1.1% from the Tories to Labour but in the crucial battle ground of the fifty most marginal Tory held seats there was a swing of 0.9% FROM Labour to…

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The first polling verdict is in

The first polling verdict is in

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New @Survation poll finds http://t.co/8CH18fSuc8 pic.twitter.com/l0epD5my57 — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 New @Survation poll finds (part II) http://t.co/8CH18fSuc8 pic.twitter.com/6holD3qUHC — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 Survation have carried out a poll for the Mail on Sunday and it finds Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be Prime Minister and most voters are less likely to vote Labour at the next General Election with him as leader.  Many believe his victory means Labour will lose the next TWO elections. That is the…

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PB competitions results

PB competitions results

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The results are in and the winner is David. Many congratulations on your victory. Mike Smithson will contact you on how to claim your prize. Many thanks are due to Mark Hopkins of Nojam for creating the  competition widget and to William Hill for providing the competition prize. The summary of results is available by clicking here The full spreadsheet of entries is available by clicking here. TSE