The LAB betting is now strongly back with Burnham but does it mean anything?

The LAB betting is now strongly back with Burnham but does it mean anything?

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Punters are flying blind There have basically been three sources of data for the Labour leadership contest none of which really mean that much at all. The first has been the polling with all but one of the reported surveys being private ones where we don’t even know the name of the pollster if indeed they were carried out professionally. The second source has been the list of constituency nominations but again it is hard to know whether you can…

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Boris slips to third for next leader in latest ConHome survey

Boris slips to third for next leader in latest ConHome survey

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Osborne moves to his higher level ever It’s perhaps hard to credit now but only a few weeks ago on the morning of the budget Boris was still strong betting favourite for next CON leader and Osborne could be had for 5/1 or longer. How things have changed. Boris has slipped and the money has been going on Osbo. The latest ConHome members’s survey reinforces the change in perception. George is seen as the master of all before him while…

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The likely reaction from the blue team if they’re facing Opposition Leader Corbyn?

The likely reaction from the blue team if they’re facing Opposition Leader Corbyn?

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Picture: The first PMQs maybe? Antifrank looks at how CON might respond to a JC victory  When the Conservatives had finished celebrating their unexpected overall majority and started gazing across at the potential Labour leadership candidates they no doubt started thinking about the challenges of their next possible Labour opponent.  Newspapers and blogs speculated about which of the leadership candidates the Conservatives most feared, and then newspapers and blogs further speculated whether the Conservatives were laying false trails. This speculation…

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Trump has clear lead three days before the Fox GOP candidates debates featuring 20 hopefuls

Trump has clear lead three days before the Fox GOP candidates debates featuring 20 hopefuls

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Trump leading the GOP polling as 20 candidates prepare Thursday's debates. So many standing that Fox stagin 2 debates pic.twitter.com/ZGzLRXeQV1 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 3, 2015 But how much is name recognition rather than real support? This is a very big week on the road to the major political event of 2016 – the election of the next US president. Barack Obama will have served two terms and is barred from staying any longer. This means that both parties…

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The Mayor of London – the first big electoral test for LAB’s new leader

The Mayor of London – the first big electoral test for LAB’s new leader

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Tessa now back ahead of Zac in Betfair betting for 2016 London Mayoral election pic.twitter.com/SKXCWorGYC — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 3, 2015   James Burt (TheWhiteRabbit) looks at the contenders   The Labour Candidate Six Labour candidates made it onto the party’s shortlist: Diane Abbott, Tessa Jowell, Sadiq Khan, David Lammy, Gareth Thomas and Christian Wolmar. One will be chosen by ballot of Labour members and affiliates and announced over the same weekend as the party’s Leader and Deputy Leader…

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Donald Brind says: “Thanks Neil – now we need to hear from Gordon”

Donald Brind says: “Thanks Neil – now we need to hear from Gordon”

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Brown is well-placed to deal with the Corbyn surge Shortly after Tony Blair was elected Labour leader in 1994 I bumped into my political hero Jack Jones at a book launch. What inspired me about Jones was that he understood that making gains for the working people he cared passionately about could only be done through a combination of industrial organisation and winning political power. So, what I asked did he make of the new leader? He havered. He hadn’t…

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Next Chancellor after Osborne betting

Next Chancellor after Osborne betting

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The next Chancellor of the Exchequer market that Ladbrokes have is a hard market to assess. There’s two major known unknowns, will David Cameron stand down in this parliament (potentially to maximise George Osborne’s chances of succeeding him) or will the result of the next election be the trigger for the Osborne’s successor? Sajid Javid is quite rightly the favourite to be the next Chancellor whilst Osborne is favourite to be the next Tory leader, however at 16/1 another Osborne…

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