Polling Matters/Political Betting podcast: Your questions needed

Polling Matters/Political Betting podcast: Your questions needed

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This week Keiran will be interviewing James Morris on polling, Labour and the General Election campaign. As most will know, James was Ed Miliband’s pollster during the recent election. Keiran will be taking questions from social media and putting them to James. If you have a question please post in the comments box. I am sure it goes without saying, keep them sensible and constructive if you want them read out. The episode is being recorded on Tuesday and should…

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It is Jez We Can as Corbyn makes it on to the leadership ballot paper

It is Jez We Can as Corbyn makes it on to the leadership ballot paper

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.@jeremycorbyn makes @UKLabour leadership ballot paper: http://t.co/j3sLRjNUD5 pic.twitter.com/Yp4QSGmSJW — PoliticsHome (@politicshome) June 15, 2015 I think Corbyn’s being there helps Andy Burnham the most, it will be very hard for his opponents to describe Burnham as the most left wing candidate running or the favoured son of the trade unions. Andy Burnham still the favourite to be the next Labour leader. pic.twitter.com/xTkVl98jOn — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 15, 2015 So far only 2500 union members signed up to take part in…

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We should take a David Miliband comeback seriously…it really could happen

We should take a David Miliband comeback seriously…it really could happen

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As MP nominations for Labour leader close, Keiran Pedley argues that the main person to watch is not standing. David Miliband is on manoeuvres. There is no doubt about that. Having been out of the spotlight since moving to America, he now clearly intends to make his presence felt. He has made several high profile interventions in recent weeks on where Labour (and his brother) went wrong. Such interventions in politics are rarely accidental. They are planned and for a…

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Andy Burnham should make sure this focus group from 2010 gets a wider audience

Andy Burnham should make sure this focus group from 2010 gets a wider audience

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Thanks to Danny565 for posting this video on last night’s thread, it is a clip from a Newsnight focus group from 2010 of twelve voters from Bristol who didn’t vote Labour in 2010, about the then Labour Leadership election which eventually saw Ed Milband win. Each of the five candidates had a three minute speech then a Question and Answer session with the voters, after all had been on, the voters were asked to give their verdict, of the twelve,…

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Is this the Old Etonian you should be backing as next Tory leader?

Is this the Old Etonian you should be backing as next Tory leader?

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Can Zac do what Boris has done and become the favourite to be the next Tory leader? One of the main challenges for the Tory Party at the next election is holding on to all those voters dubbed the Blue Liberals in the marginals and the previously Lib Dem held seats which are now Tory seats. Without David Cameron, that challenge becomes harder, but who best to appeal to those voters? Zac Goldsmith could, he’s well known for his environmental policies,…

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Meanwhile in the LAB leadership battle Andy Burnham sends a text to party members

Meanwhile in the LAB leadership battle Andy Burnham sends a text to party members

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Everyone in politics says you should try to give a straight answer to a straight question. pic.twitter.com/etngSF46N4 — Hopi Sen (@hopisen) June 13, 2015 He needs to word his messages better than this As Lynton Crosby always says – message matters most and we saw the success of that in the final weeks of the GE15 campaign. So it’s against this that we should judge the 3 or 4 still in the race for the Labour leadership. The Labour blogger…

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David Herdson says the government should call the SNP’s bluff on full fiscal autonomy

David Herdson says the government should call the SNP’s bluff on full fiscal autonomy

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It’s time to slay Holyrood’s bogeyman The referendum was never going to be the end of the story and neither was the declaration of the unionist parties to implement the recommendations of the Smith commission. The closeness of the vote last September and the unprecedented landslide this May have understandably prompted the SNP to demand a lot more. It would be foolhardy for Westminster to refuse. The amendment that the SNP have put down is quite smart, not demanding a…

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Meanwhile in that other party leadership contest…Stodge on the Lib Dem race

Meanwhile in that other party leadership contest…Stodge on the Lib Dem race

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Norman Lamb or Tim Farron? Next Wednesday I’m intending to attend the Hustings for the Liberal Democrat leadership election in London. As in 2007, I go to the event undecided between the two candidates and will listen with interest to what they have to say and how they see the future of the Party. Paddy Power currently have Tim Farron at 1/10 with Norman Lamb at 5/1 and while for many the choice of Liberal Democrat leader may be as…

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