Jeremy Corbyn is set to win the Labour leadership election for the second time in twelve months, according to the latest polling from YouGov, for The Times. The percentage of people who think Corbyn is doing well now stands at 55%, up four points, while 41% think he is doing poorly. Corbyn, according to the YouGov poll, would win […]
Posts Tagged ‘Angela Eagle’
The principles of Eaglespeak
Jul 13th, 2016 by David Osland.“Eaglespeak was the official language of the Parliamentary Labour Party and had been devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc, or English Socialism. In the year 2016 there was not as yet anyone who used Eaglespeak as his sole means of communication, either in speech or in writing. The leading articles in the Times […]
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#JezWeCanAgain: Corbyn on the ballot automatically
Jul 13th, 2016 by Newsdesk.After a tense few hours of Labour’s National Executive Committee meeting yesterday, the party’s ruling body decided by 18 votes to 14 that Jeremy Corbyn would have an automatic right to be on the ballot in the leadership election against Angela Eagle. It was the result that many, including some anti-Corbyn voices, had argued for, […]
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Eagle will stand for New Labour, and against the membership
Jul 11th, 2016 by James Elliott.Yesterday morning saw Angela Eagle announce her leadership challenge against Jeremy Corbyn on Peston, followed by a gruelling interview with Andrew Neil on the Sunday Politics. Eagle is being presented as the ‘unity’ candidate, where unity means members accepting the PLP’s wishes and selecting a leader closer to, but crucially not seen as from, the […]
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Angela Eagle: “Political elite need to lay off Jeremy Corbyn”
Jul 25th, 2015 by James Elliott.Angela Eagle, candidate for Deputy Leader, weighed in on the leadership debate yesterday attacking those who have said they would not work with Jeremy Corbyn, and calling for the party’s elite to respect the membership’s decision if they elect him. Writing to members, Eagle said, “I would happily serve under anyone the members choose to […]
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I want to be the members’ champion
Jun 23rd, 2015 by Angela Eagle.It was one of the proudest days of my life when I was elected Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee at Conference in September 2014. Accepting the role I recalled to those present that I shared this privilege with only eleven women MPs In over 100 years of Labour history including Ellen Wilkinson and the […]
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CLPD recommends first preference backing for Jeremy Corbyn & Angela Eagle
Jun 9th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) today announced that it will recommend a first preference vote for Jeremy Corbyn for leader and Angela Eagle for deputy if they are on the ballot paper. It will reconsider its preferences after the close of nominations and consider its position on subsequent preferences. CLPD is wholeheartedly backing […]
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Labour’s policy process: Ed’s five mistakes and the “dead hand” of central control
Jun 30th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.This weekend, the Sunday Times front-page (£) splashed details of what Labour’s so-called ‘policy coordinator’, Jon Cruddas said at a Compass gathering last weekend: that Ed Miliband’s inner circle are wielding a “profound dead hand at the centre” to stop the party adopting bold policies. Wide-ranging imaginitive initiatives proposed by Cruddas’s policy review groups and external think […]
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Shadow cabinet reshuffle – another step forward
May 15th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Ed Miliband has announced his minor re-shuffle following the departure of Peter Hain. He has clearly decided to hold off making any major changes at least until the Autumn. However, he has removed Liam Byrne from the role of coordinating the Policy Review, bringing in Jon Cruddas to perform this role, and appointing Angela Eagle […]
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Blairite continuity candidate to run party? Shome mishtake shurely, Ed!
Jul 16th, 2011 by Peter Kenyon.It’s time to take stock of the Party, Ed. On Tuesday, you and the other members of the National Executive Committee will decide who will be the next General Secretary. You will also have a report on the Refounding Labour consultation. That report appears to have been written before the submissions were read or analysed. […]
