Three new polls published over the weekend have shown Labour’s support climb to 31-2%, higher than the 30.4% Ed Miliband achieved in May 2015. Two polls, from Opinium and ORB, had Labour’s support on 32%, while a third from YouGov had the party on 31%. In all three polls, the party trailed the Tories by double […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ed Miliband’
New polls put Jeremy Corbyn’s potential vote ahead of Ed Miliband’s 2015 result
May 16th, 2017 by James Elliott.
Corbyn sets out opposition to immigration controls
Oct 11th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Jeremy Corbyn has made further comments in support of immigration, in particular support for refugees, contrasting those in the party who want to end freedom of movement after Brexit.
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If you think Ed Miliband was too leftwing you weren’t paying attention
May 14th, 2015 by Diane Abbott.It is alarming how quickly the myth has taken hold that Ed Miliband lost the general election because he was too “leftwing”. On the one hand, it might seem a reasonable guess at all the reasons for our failure. Miliband is, after all, the son of one of the 20th century’s most distinguished Marxist academics. But in […]
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Ed and the pledge stone
May 3rd, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.When you didn’t think the election could get weirder, it takes an even more bizarre turn – and it’s the red team that are at the centre of it. In case you’ve been doing something positive with your Sunday, such as knocking on doors, the media blizzard surrounding Labour’s latest stunt may have passed you […]
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Minority government, Scotland and the grilling of Ed Miliband
May 1st, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.What did you think of last night’s grilling of the main party leaders? As much as I detest Dave and his Nick Clegg mini-me, I think they performed creditably by the criteria one judges media appearances. The Prime Minister was polished and a little bit sweaty, but his question dodging body swerves saw him through […]
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Why Brand-ing Miliband was the right move
Apr 30th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.A Frost/Nixon for our age? No, but the media reaction to Russell Brand’s encounter with Ed Miliband is out of all proportion to what was said. The actual content of the interview is pretty innocuous, at least from the standpoint of grizzled lefties and hardened politicos. Yet where Brand’s core audience are concerned, the teens to the […]
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Brand – Miliband: the interview (video)
Apr 29th, 2015 by Guest.The one you’ve been waiting for… Milibrand: The Interview. In this instalment of ‘The Trews: Politics Week’ Russell Brand meets Labour leader Ed Miliband to talk about the public’s frustration with government and how change can happen.
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Fight austerity not migrants
May 28th, 2014 by Barry Gray.Last week’s local and European elections, alongside opinion polls, suggest Labour should win next year’s General Election, but only if the decline in its support since late 2012 is halted at this point. Labour’s share of the European election vote was 25 per cent and its national equivalent vote (NEV) share of the local election […]
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The Blairites are wrong about the deficit
May 8th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.It’s always good to know that the Blairites are worried because it normally means that Ed has taken another step which will help win the next election. And so it is this time again, with Ed promoting proposals to stop exorbitant rent rises and looking to end some of the privatised rail franchises. In response […]
