The one way for LAB to close down its antisemitism crisis is for Corbyn to go but that is not going to happen

The one way for LAB to close down its antisemitism crisis is for Corbyn to go but that is not going to happen

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This continues to dominate the headlines The ongoing narrative over anti-semitism within the Labour Party has now gone beyond the point when the former spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, said that a bad news story should have been closed down. Tony Blair’s spin doctor used to observe that if one was running more than a week after it started then it was serious. By that judgement this is really starting to look very problematical for Labour and Mr Corbyn and it’s…

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What LAB needs is a Burnley fan once again running the leader’s PR

What LAB needs is a Burnley fan once again running the leader’s PR

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What I like about Jeremy Corbyn and Seumas Milne is that they have put the era of spin behind them https://t.co/HYXhePQqp6 — John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) April 1, 2018 Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to delete his old Facebook account was taken some time ago, partly over security concerns (eg being added to groups without his knowledge), apparently. — Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) April 1, 2018 So decision was taken to delete Corbyn's Facebook account taken some time ago (undefined). So why wasn't it…

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After long periods heading the “next PM” betting punters are moving away from Corbyn

After long periods heading the “next PM” betting punters are moving away from Corbyn

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Betdata.io The last nine months on the TMay successor Betfair market In the aftermath of what was seen as a shock general election result last June the Labour leader, Corbyn, edged up to become favourite in the Theresa May successor betting as PM. Now that has changed and the trend seems to be edging away from him. I’ve long argued that Corbyn as next PM favourite was crazy simply because the chances are that it will be another Conservative who…

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Get ready for the final Brexit battle: the Electoral Commission’s probe on Vote Leave’s spending

Get ready for the final Brexit battle: the Electoral Commission’s probe on Vote Leave’s spending

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Matthew Elliott, Vote Leave's Chief Executive, admitting on Friday that if the Electoral Commission or courts find against them, the result is unsafe. pic.twitter.com/7ECT9v6BlO — Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) March 31, 2018 Sunday TELEGRAPH: “Election watchdogs face calls to resign over Brexit ‘bias’ “ #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/enzSC1hG6d — Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 31, 2018 Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

The continuing strength of the SNP makes it is harder for Corbyn to become PM

The continuing strength of the SNP makes it is harder for Corbyn to become PM

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Scottish turbulence not good for the red team Today’s YouGov LAB members has one finding that shows the extraordinary optimism of those who backed Corbyn in the last leadership election. 80% of them told the poster that they believed that Mr Corbyn would at sometime become Prime Minister. Given his age and the current parliamentary situation that essentially means waiting till the next general election and requires two things to happen – Corbyn to retain the leadership and LAB to…

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Playing the long game: what do Labour’s moderates do?

Playing the long game: what do Labour’s moderates do?

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The danger is that the options might be complicity, futility and suicide Keiran Pedley posed a good question on Twitter yesterday, when he asked “I keep seeing people say that Labour moderates should now ‘act’. What does that actually mean?”. The problem is that those demanding action are often demanding the impossible – namely that they remove Corbyn and return Labour to a centre-left social democratic party. The truth that those demanding action won’t face up to is that Corbyn…

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Analysis of the Q1 local by-elections finds CON struggling to benefit from the almost total collapse if the UKIP vote

Analysis of the Q1 local by-elections finds CON struggling to benefit from the almost total collapse if the UKIP vote

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Vote changes from by-elections in previously CON held wards Vote changes from by-elections in previously LAB held wards Vote changes from by-elections in previously UKIP held wards The real story of the local by-elections in the first quarter (and I suspect one that will be repeated in just five weeks time) is the collapse of UKIP losing 90% of it’s vote compared to last time and showing that it’s not just UKIP voters now voting Con, but UKIP candidates not…

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Right turn ahead. The Hungarian general election

Right turn ahead. The Hungarian general election

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Hungary is the holding pen of Europe. Sat on the Great Hungarian Plain, which is effectively the most westward of the steppes, it is no coincidence that successive invasions over many eras have come through Hungary and stopped at Vienna, from the Mongols to the Turks to the waves of migrants in 2015 – it is the line of least resistance. The last hundred years have not been good for Hungary. It lost two thirds of its territory at the…

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