David Miliband received nearly as much as all the other Labour leadership candidates together during July according to the latest information from the Electoral Commission. Total registered donations were £310,685, of which David Miliband received £138,835.2. This included £50,000 from Anthony Bailey, £32,000 from Lord David Sainsbury and £10,000 from Gulam Noon. Ed Balls received […]
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YouGov Poll on Leadership: treat with caution
Jul 30th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The YouGov poll for the Sun on the Labour Leadership election provides the best detailed data on the election to date. Above all, this poll demonstrates conclusively that this is ultimately a race between the brothers Miliband. The headline findings are that David Miliband leads on first preferences amongst party and trade union members as […]
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The Choice according to New Labour
Jul 26th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.“I don’t want a new best friend. I want a Labour Prime Minister,” says the headline on an article by Kevin Meagher, former special adviser to Labour Northern Ireland secretary, Shaun Woodward, on Labour Uncut, the website of Blairite former MP, Siôn Simon. It considers the choice in “Labour’s first truly modern leadership campaign” but […]
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David Miliband campaign bankrolled by rich Blairites
Jul 8th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The Electoral Commission today published the list of major donations to Labour Leadership candidates in June, for which they are the regulators, and it shows just how much David Miliband has been bank-rolled by a few big donors. Media baron Waheed Ali and David Claydon have each donated £50,000, Lord David Sainsbury £31,188 (including the […]
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Livingstone comes out for Balls
Jul 5th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Ken Livingstone has given his backing in the Labour Leadership contest to Ed Balls. In his latest campaign leaflet, launched today, amongst other declarations of people saying “why we’re backing Ed“, Ken says: “I was impressed that, more than any other Minister, Ed was in command of his civil servants and was able to drive […]
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Labour Leadership election – Prediction
Jun 29th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.It’s still early days to predict the outcome of the Leadership election especially in the trade union ballots but Labour List and Luke Akehurst started it in the Labour blogosphere so here’s my take. 1st Pref (%) PLP TUs CLPs Total Abbott 3 7 8 18 Balls 5 7 3 15 Burnham 4 3 3 […]
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Darling’s Deception and Disloyalty
Jun 14th, 2010 by Ann Pettifor.Bear the following in mind, those Labour Party members intending to vote for David Miliband. There is a story in the weekend papers planted by a “colleague” of one of David’s major backers: Alastair Darling. We must assume that David intends to reward Alastair Darling for his support, by re-appointing him as Shadow Chancellor. If […]
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Miliband’s “Movement for Change” – Grassroots or Astro-turf?
Jun 6th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.David Milliband has announced this weekend that he is launching a grassroots “Movement for Change”, promising to recruit “1000 Labour Party members to become ‘Future Leaders’ during the leadership campaign – and more if elected Leader.” The Guardian has been briefed to compare it “with the techniques that helped Barack Obama into the White House.” He […]
