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Is the party preparing for an “Old & Sad” by election? Word reaches me from the Manchester Labour conference that the party is “furiously phone canvassing” electors in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency (Old & Sad) in case there might be an early by election. This, apparently, is a precautionary measure following the week-long court hearing there in mid-September over aspects of the Labour general election campaign in May. The Lib Dem candidate who lost by 103 votes claimed…

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Poll Date CON (%) LAB (%) LD (%) ICM Guardian 29/09/10 35 37 18 ICM/Guardian 15/08/10 37 37 18 ICM/Guardian 25/07/10 38 34 19 ICM/Sunday Telegraph 24/06/10 41 35 16 ICM/Guardian 20/06/10 39 31 21 ICM/Guardian 23/05/10 39 32 21 ICM/Sunday Telegraph 13/05/10 38 33 21 Labour take 2 point lead in first post EdM phone poll There’s a new ICM poll in the Guardian which once again is showing a very different picture of public opinion from that which…

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Best PM ? All voters% CON voters% LAB voters% LD voters% David Cameron 40 97 5 13 Ed Miliband 24 1 68 4 Nick Clegg 8 1 4 55 Don’t know 28 2 23 27 But is it just because EdM is relatively unknown? We now have the first data from YouGov of responses to the “Who would make the best PM” question since Ed Miliband’s election. This is one of those questions where the incumbent has a big advantage…

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Daily Mail Could Labour be heading for a second family crisis? After Labour’s conference in Manchester was overshadowed by the aftermath of the battle of the brothers the media are now turning their attention to another potential family drama at the top of the party – which of husband & wife, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, will end up as shadow chancellor? For it’s not so long ago that Yvette was being strongly tipped as a leadership contender and she’s…

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