George Eaton’s analysis is right Tories have now pulled votes on fox hunting, EVEL and Human Rights Act – proof that a majority of 12 is barely a majority at all. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) July 14, 2015
Those that read the Evening Standard will know that YouGov has a new poll out on which Labour hopeful would make the best candidate for London Mayor. As we might expect, the Standard has run with the line ‘David Lammy leaps to second place in Labour’s mayoral candidate race’ but we should be careful when jumping to conclusions. Once ‘don’t knows’ and ‘none of these’ are excluded, the sample size for this poll is just n=460. This is a perfectly…
Andy Burnham seeking to enthuse the audience, including the man behind, in the BBC2 LAB leadership debate. pic.twitter.com/jZYONir4QB — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 13, 2015 Alan Johnson says that the next LAB leader should be a woman. pic.twitter.com/7sYuXuJdz0 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 13, 2015 We’ve still got another month before the first votes are cast If you think that the LAB leadership battle has been going on for a long time then you probably share the sentiments of the…
LAB by-election leaflet 2009 SNP westminster leader @AngusRobertson "we totally oppose foxhunting"… Full statement: pic.twitter.com/4qyRPCk679 — Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) July 13, 2015 But won’t this reinforce the case for EVEL? This is how the Speccie’s Isabel Hardman sums up the situation:- “..The result may still work politically for both parties in one sense: in Scotland of course the headline ‘SNP stops Tories relaxing hunting ban’ works beautifully for Nicola Sturgeon’s party. But in England a headline saying ‘SNP stops Tories…
Tim Farron heading for victory – 58% to 42% – in LD Newswire poll. Via @markpack pic.twitter.com/Q3eKZG2E3J — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 13, 2015 The results will be announced on Thursday and given the fact that second class reply envelopes have been used then virtually every party member planning to vote will probably have done so. Mark Pack gives the details here. My main observation about the survey is that these tend to be dominated by activists and might not…
September 2010: Final LAB members leadership poll YouGov LAB members poll Sept ’10 YouGov 1st round Actual 1st round YouGov Miliband preference Actual final votes ABBOTT, Diane 11 7.3 0 0 BALLS, Ed 9 10.1 0 0 BURNHAM, Andy 10 8.6 0 0 MILIBAND, David 38 44.1 48 54.4 MILIBAND, Ed 31 29.9 52 45.6 What should be noted about this poll was that it took place six days after the postal ballot packs had gone out and for many…
Harriet Harman’s comments on today’s Sunday Politics (in the video above) have been interpreted as coming out against Andy Burnham and endorsing Liz Kendall as leader. She warned the party not to choose “somebody who we can feel comfortable with” but who can “command the confidence of the country.” Following on from overnight reports that she chastised Andy Burnham in a Shadow Cabinet meeting, by reminding him that Labour lost the general election, I sense some in Labour get the feeling Andy Burnham…
Video: Michael Fallon warning Ed Miliband will stab UK in the back just as he did to his brother David. It can be argued that the next Labour leader has the hardest task any Labour leader faces since Arthur Henderson. Labour are vulnerable on their left flank, from a Farron led Lib Dem party who will be more attractive to Labour supporters than Nick Clegg. They will also have to deal with the Greens and the SNP on their left….