Why a progressive alliance in Stoke Central might be doomed

Why a progressive alliance in Stoke Central might be doomed

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2015 general election result under different voting systems by The @electoralreform Society https://t.co/Gyvm8kJbyt pic.twitter.com/iMKpYJA6hd — TSE (@TSEofPB) January 24, 2016 Electoral pacts may not help Labour and a progressive alliance Last weekend The Guardian published a story which said ‘Jeremy Corbyn’s team have informally explored the idea of collaborating with the Greens and Liberal Democrats in Stoke-on-Trent Central to keep Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader, out of parliament. A senior figure in the Labour leader’s office has asked a go-between…

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It’s Clive Lewisn’t a member of the shadow cabinet anymore and becomes favourite to succeed Corbyn

It’s Clive Lewisn’t a member of the shadow cabinet anymore and becomes favourite to succeed Corbyn

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Minutes after he quit the shadow cabinet, Clive Lewis is now 5/1 favourite to be the next Labour leader… pic.twitter.com/GnXamt4bOX — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) February 8, 2017 Lab MPs point out Clive Lewis voted for Govt clause + still resigned. They claim he didn't know what he'd voted for."What a knob" one says — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) February 8, 2017 But Diane Abbott doesn’t rebel Told Diane Abbott sat on the frontbench for some time, before Keith Vaz took…

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Well this won’t make John Bercow happy but grumpy if only he had been bashful when it came to Trump

Well this won’t make John Bercow happy but grumpy if only he had been bashful when it came to Trump

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Now here's a story. Tory backbencher @JamesDuddridge has just fired off this letter. The #GetBercow move has started. pic.twitter.com/uC0LQf5Nv0 — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) February 8, 2017 Tory MPs plot to oust Bercow as speaker following his attack on @realDonaldTrump, with no-confidence vote https://t.co/ObVSjtuKVY — Robert Peston (@Peston) February 8, 2017 He’s now 4/1 from 5/1 not to remain Speaker until 2018 with William Hill TSE

Reports that Corbyn “has fixed his exit date” sets off betting rush on when he’ll go and who’ll replace him

Reports that Corbyn “has fixed his exit date” sets off betting rush on when he’ll go and who’ll replace him

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Overnight there has been a bit of a betting flurry following reports that Corbyn has shared with close colleagues his planned date to leave the LAB leadership. William Hill say they’ve been forced to take evasive action by slashing their odds for Jeremy Corbyn to cease to be Labour leader during 2017, after a rush of bets for him saw the odds slashed from 2/1 (33% chance) to even money (50%). This suggests that he is going before the next…

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Cyclefree on invitations to address Parliament and the latest PB cartoon

Cyclefree on invitations to address Parliament and the latest PB cartoon

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Cartoons by Helen Cochrane and Nicholas Leonard. In June 2012, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, gave an address to both Houses of Parliament, with the Speaker of the Commons, one John Bercow, giving a welcoming address.  Nothing very surprising there and surely nothing controversial about such an invitation or speaker.  But even Nobel Peace Prize winners can be criticised and Miss Suu Kyi has, for her reluctance to use her undoubted moral authority within Burma to speak…

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Betting on whether or not John Bercow will remain Speaker until next year

Betting on whether or not John Bercow will remain Speaker until next year

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This morning I asked a few bookies to price up whether John Bercow will still be Speaker on the 1st of January 2018, Graham Sharpe of William Hill obliged with the above odds. After much consideration, I’ve decided to take the 5/1 on him not lasting until 2018, the tweets below are indication why. What makes the Speaker's snub to Trump so extraordinary is that it's a deliberate & very public assault on Prime Minister's foreign policy. — Nick Robinson…

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Stoke Central’s down to whether BREXIT’s a big enough issue for ordinary voters to come out an give LAB a kicking

Stoke Central’s down to whether BREXIT’s a big enough issue for ordinary voters to come out an give LAB a kicking

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This analysis feels right The following is a great series of Tweet’s on Stoke Central by the FT’s Sebastian Payne https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828723136191414273 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828723802053959680 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828724764776738816 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828725133326086145 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828726347434430469 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/828726898729558016