Labour leadership race: 18 per cent of Corbyn supporters voted for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 August 28, 2015 Almost one in five supporters of Jeremy Corbyn voted Liberal Democrat in the 2010 elections, new research from YouGov suggests. A survey of 3,777 eligible voters in the Labour leadership election, undertaken in the first week of August, shows 18 per cent of Corbyn supporters voted for the Lib Dems under Nick Clegg. Read more: Is [...]
Labour leadership candidates Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper attack Jeremy Corbyn’s women-only train proposal August 27, 2015 Politicians from across the political spectrum have hit out at Jeremy Corbyn's proposals for women-only train carriages. The Labour leadership hopeful first floated the idea last night as a way of combating harassment on public transport, saying: "It is unacceptable that many women and girls adapt their daily lives in order to avoid being harassed on the [...]
Jeremy Corbyn may be drawing out the youth voters, but new poll suggests millennials could be the new Thatcherites August 26, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn may be drawing hundreds of young voters to his rallies, but a new poll shows that the hard-left candidate may not have what it takes to bring them to the ballot box at a General Election. Read more: Students are more right-wing than the general public on key economic matters like [...]
As Labour purges leadership election voters, will its next leader struggle for legitimacy? August 25, 2015 Tom Mludzinski is head of political polling at ComRes, says Yes No matter who wins, the next Labour leader will have a difficult job in uniting the party. If, as many commentators are predicting, Jeremy Corbyn is victorious, one of his biggest challenges will be to get the Parliamentary Labour Party behind him. Many have [...]
Labour leadership race: Acting leader Harriet Harman to meet with candidates amid vote infiltration concerns August 25, 2015 Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has asked to speak to all four leadership candidates amid growing concerns the vote could have been infiltrated by opponents. The private meeting is expected to focus on checking the process to make sure there are no votes made by those who are looking to skew the result. “The meeting [...]
No, leading economists are not supporting Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn’s far-left agenda August 25, 2015 "Jeremy Corbyn wins economists’ backing for radical plan” thundered the Observer’s front page on Sunday. As I meandered around the supermarket, I did a double-take. Would distinguished economists really back printing money to fund government investment, rent controls, widespread renationalisation (in some cases without compensation), a “maximum wage”, huge tax hikes and greater powers for [...]
Jeremy Corbyn ‘could sack Bank of England governor Mark Carney’ if he wins labour leadership and makes it to 10 Downing Street August 25, 2015 Bank of England governor Mark Carney could be out of a job if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister, one of Corbyn’s closest advisers has claimed. Tax expert Richard Murphy, who advises the Labour leadership hopeful and is widely credited as the mastermind of so-called Corbynomics, said yesterday that the Bank is beholden to parliament. “Bank of England [...]
Jeremy Corbyn backed by anti-austerity lobby August 23, 2015 More than 40 academics and activists, including a former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC), have signed a public letter supporting hard-left Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn. In an attempt to counter mounting criticism that the Islington North MP is too extreme in his views, the signatories, including former MPC [...]
Labour leadership race: Andy Burnham raises concerns of “several thousand” Conservative infiltrators in vote August 21, 2015 Thousands of Conservatives could be intending to vote in the Labour leadership election, according to Andy Burnham’s campaign. An “urgent meeting” of candidates' teams is necessary, the BBC reports Michael Dugher, who is leading Burnham’s campaign, to have said. Read more: Now Labour is blocking genuine party members from leadership vote Burnham's team has written to [...]
Jeremy Corbyn will apologise for Iraq War on behalf of Labour if he wins leadership contest August 20, 2015 Labour leader frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has promised to apologise for the Iraq War on behalf of the party if he becomes leader. Corbyn will issue a statement saying sorry for the invasion of Iraq if he wins the battle to succeed Ed Miliband as party leader in the hotly contested race. He told the Guardian: [...]