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Month: September 2016

If Seamus Milne really is going then that could help efforts to help unify Labour

If Seamus Milne really is going then that could help efforts to help unify Labour

Big LAB news is that this could be the end for JC's controversial spin chief, Seamus Milnehttps://t.co/g494PEGRbT pic.twitter.com/IzXZfwsGNA — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 28, 2016 The worst possible appointment Corbyn could have made.The only way he could top it would be with @paulmasonnews — ForgottenGenius (@ExStrategist) September 28, 2016 Is he becoming the sacrificial lamb? We don’t know yet whether the highly controversial Milne is actually going but judging by the Tweets that’s been the buzz from Liverpool overnight. There’s…

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Labour’s TINA* nightmare.

Labour’s TINA* nightmare.

Don Brind evokes Mrs Thatcher’s memorable assertion It’s International Peace Day and I’m in the strange position, for me, of defending Jeremy Corbyn. My audience is someone who ought to be a natural Corbynista – a veteran campaigner for peace and international development. “I like Jeremy as a person,” I tell her”. He’s a decent man.” She is having none of it. “I think he’s a vain old man. He’s loving all that adulation but he’s peddling false hope.” Fast…

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The WH2016 betting moves markedly back to Clinton after convincing first debate performance

The WH2016 betting moves markedly back to Clinton after convincing first debate performance

On Betfair it is now Clinton 68% Trump 30% Well over £3m was traded on Betfair as the market moves back to Hillary Clinton following a confident first debate performance against Donald Trump. This is how Taegan Goddard of Political Wire summed up the night’s event: “. Clinton was particularly effective when needling him on not releasing his tax returns, saying, “Why won’t he release his tax returns? Maybe he’s not as rich as he says he is.” Trump couldn’t…

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The PB LAB leadership Election Prediction Competition Winners: Alex Bolton and John Loony get closest

The PB LAB leadership Election Prediction Competition Winners: Alex Bolton and John Loony get closest

This was the election result. Eligible voters: 654,006 Votes cast: 506,438 Spoilt ballots: 1,042 Corbyn: 313,209 – 61.85% Smith: 193,229 – 38.15% Margin: 23.70% Alex Bolton and John Loony will win in addition to the bragging rights copies of what’s set to be the political best seller of 2016 which has just been published. This is the follow up to the 2015 hit “Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box” called imaginatively “More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box”. It is…

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Tonight’s the big one in WH2016 and the betting could be turned on its head

Tonight’s the big one in WH2016 and the betting could be turned on its head

In previous White House Races the first debate has been seen as a sort of official start to hostilities. This is said to be the point when voters start to get engaged. This time that is much less so because public interest in the fight to succeed Obama has been far higher than anything we’ve seen before. The fight for the GOP nomination saw the biggest TV debate audiences ever and records are expected to be broken overnight. The reason…

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