The planned new boundaries give CON 40 more seats than LAB for the same national vote shares

The planned new boundaries give CON 40 more seats than LAB for the same national vote shares

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GB vote split C38/L38/LD10 on new boundaries: CON 40 seats ahead This makes Corbyn’s task much harder One of the big political developments that could have a huge impact on the outcome of the next general election will come in the next two or three months when the final report of the Boundaries Commission comes out. Under what was agreed by Parliament seven years ago the number of MPs will be reduced from 650 to 600 and each constituency will…

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The Welsh vote could give Thomas the edge for SPOTY

The Welsh vote could give Thomas the edge for SPOTY

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I’ve just put a bet on Geriant Thomas for the 2018 Sporting Personality of the Year. I got 3/1 on Betfair. It used to be that cyclists tended to have an edge in the voting that takes place shortly before Christmas because they were better organised. Not so long ago Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins picked up the title the titles in successive years. Then Chris Froome came on the scene and he struggled when it came to the voting….

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A second Jewish LAB MP who has dared to criticise Team Corbyn on antisemitism faces party discipline

A second Jewish LAB MP who has dared to criticise Team Corbyn on antisemitism faces party discipline

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Second MP under investigation in Labour party antisemitism row https://t.co/C0c3V0uiY4 — Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) July 28, 2018 Meanwhile the latest Tweet that’s doing the rounds We’ve just been sent this post. There’s not much to say, apart from this is what antisemitism looked like in 1930’s Germany. But, it’s 2018 & from a supporter of a mainstream political party. @UKLabour #LabourAntisemitism pic.twitter.com/wjYAQHTnuM — #LabourAntisemitism (@GnasherJew) July 28, 2018 This could play out very badly After disciplinary steps were taken first…

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Ex-LAB MP Nick Palmer puts the case for a new election

Ex-LAB MP Nick Palmer puts the case for a new election

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Quite naturally, most of the focus lately has been on Mrs May’s increasingly desperate attempts to reach a deal which steers between the Scylla of EU rejection and the Charybdis of ERG revolt. She may yet succeed. If she does, however, it is clear that it will be a narrow squeeze, built on navigation by fudge, postponement of key decisions and general statements of intent to patch the timbers of the ship where water is pouring in. It is possible…

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The road to No Deal: Brexit’s Rubik’s Cube may simply be too difficult

The road to No Deal: Brexit’s Rubik’s Cube may simply be too difficult

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There are too many conflicting interests to simultaneously satisfy Rubik’s cubes were very much a craze when I was at primary school in the early 1980s. I had one, my friends had one and millions of people across the world had them. No-one I know ever solved one though. Sure, you could solve one side easily enough but to solve all six? Certainly it was possible – you saw people on television doing it – but we simply didn’t understand…

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The other upcoming leadership contest – Who will replace Jeremy Corbyn?

The other upcoming leadership contest – Who will replace Jeremy Corbyn?

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  Alastair Meeks looks at the LAB leadership Considering how little support Jeremy Corbyn has in his Parliamentary party, it is astonishing that the subject of leadership succession never comes up any more. Part of this is about airtime: there’s so much discussion about Brexit and the travails of Theresa May that no one has the energy to look at what’s going on in the Labour party. For the moment, Jeremy Corbyn is safe from challenge. The membership have twice…

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Ultimately there has to be a compromise in LAB’s antisemitism row or else the party could split

Ultimately there has to be a compromise in LAB’s antisemitism row or else the party could split

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Neither side appears ready give way It is now more than four months since Labour’s anti-semitism row hit the headlines following publication of a 2012 tweet from Mr Corbyn in which he seemed to be referring approvingly to what was clearly an anti-semitic mural. That provoked the widely publicised demonstration of MPs opposed to the leadership’s handling of the situation, outside the Palace of Westminster. Since then the divide has got deeper and deeper with the NEC wanting to narrow…

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For the first time YouGov finds more supporting a second referendum than opposing

For the first time YouGov finds more supporting a second referendum than opposing

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For first-time YouGov in poll for the Times finds more voters wanting a second referendum then not pic.twitter.com/tPb5OlFUNQ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 27, 2018 There’s a new YouGov poll in the Times which has 42% wanting a second referendum against 40% who don’t. This is significant because it is the first time that the pollster’s second referendum tracker has found this result and, undoubtedly, will increase the clamour for it to take place. The exact wording of the tracker…

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