Developments this afternoon show that Yvette Cooper is still very much in the LAB leadership race

Developments this afternoon show that Yvette Cooper is still very much in the LAB leadership race

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Yvette Cooper is certainly not out of this. You can get her at 15/2 on Betfair http://t.co/JeIpAzTzkJ pic.twitter.com/xY4M8Hu9Yh — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 27, 2015 At current prices she’s the value bet This afternoon it’s been announced that a further six MPs have come out and said they are backing Yvette Cooper – a move that reminds me of Henry H Manson’s words on the site ten days ago about her having the best organised campaign. This fits with an…

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It looks as though Cameron will try to get referendum out of the way as soon as possible

It looks as though Cameron will try to get referendum out of the way as soon as possible

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2016 now strong odds on favourite to be the year of the EU referendum pic.twitter.com/DFLH1KaVQQ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 27, 2015 It’s Queen’s Speech day and the first time that Cameron had been able to act free of the restrictions of coalition. Judging from the headlines a key measure that the new government will seek to bring in quickly is the referendum on whether Britain should remain part of the EU. LAB had already said it will back the…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

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Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, when it comes to your lurking, why not, Give It Up, Get Down Tonight and get posting. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Antifrank looks at 2020: the geography of Labour’s next campaign Liz Kendall: full story of the outsider who became…

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Ladbrokes saying that LAB leadership now a 2 horse race between Burnham & Kendall

Ladbrokes saying that LAB leadership now a 2 horse race between Burnham & Kendall

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Breaking: @ChukaUmunna, @StephenTwigg, @EmmaReynoldsMP & @jreynoldsMP endorse @LizforLeader: http://t.co/QLcpqkDXyM pic.twitter.com/5By69wRHMY — The New Statesman Politics (@TheStaggers) May 26, 2015 Ladbrokes say LAB leadership now 2 horse race between Burnham 4/5 & Kendall 7/4 who this morning was endorsed by Chuka Umunna. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 26, 2015 Very useful from the New Statesman. List of MPs’ endorsements of LAB leadership candidates – http://t.co/pBS4PqCfTL — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 26, 2015 I’m not sure that Yvette can be written out…

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The widespread assumption that Dave won’t lead CON into the next election might be wrong

The widespread assumption that Dave won’t lead CON into the next election might be wrong

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How much should we attach to the famous Landale interview? Whenever people discuss the next election they will invariably point out that the Tories will not, unlike 2010 and 2015, be led by David Cameron. All this is based on the televised kitchen conversation that the PM had with the BBC’s James Landale in March a week or so before the official campaign began. My reading after watching the video again is that this was not a firm commitment to…

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After the IndyRef experience it’s going to be harder not to allow 16/17 year olds to vote in the EU referendum

After the IndyRef experience it’s going to be harder not to allow 16/17 year olds to vote in the EU referendum

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? Shadow Foreign Secretary @hilarybennmp says Labour will seek to change EU bill:http://t.co/iYJyvaiOon #wato pic.twitter.com/jfFcQzGRds — The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) May 25, 2015 When Alex Salmond pushed through his measure to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in last September’s IndyRef in Scotland it was only a matter of time before this became an issue for the whole of the country. With constitutional change, like Scotland going independent or Britain leaving the EU, there’s clearly a strong…

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New research finds that the Tories took a third of the ethnic minority vote at GE2015

New research finds that the Tories took a third of the ethnic minority vote at GE2015

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The million minority voters that put Cameron into Number Ten One million ethnic minority votes helped put David Cameron into Downing Street on election night, according to a major new piece of research into attitudes among minority voters released today. While LAB remains ahead with minority voters on 52%, the research finds that the gap between the two main parties is shrinking dramatically. One third (33%) of ethnic minority voters supported the CON in 2015, a stronger result than ever…

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Marf celebrates gay marriage with a cartoon …

Marf celebrates gay marriage with a cartoon …

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@MichaelWhite Let he who has never leaked, lied about his involvement, sought reelection, & owned up only when rumbled cast the first stone. — PeatWorrier (@PeatWorrier) May 24, 2015 The Scottish precedent has been set. https://t.co/5qQTr986wK — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 24, 2015