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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Ed Miliband appeals to Labour's lost voters, says pollster Deborah Mattinson. * Ed Balls says he wants to escape the "manipulated view" of what he has done in the past. * Today the party votes on the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Get out the vote drives are continuing, as all of the leadership candidates do their best to get their supporters voting, and get new members signed up to the party by tomorrow so that they can vote in the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk On behalf of Alex, myself and all of the LabourList contributors, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Total Politics Blog Poll. The results came in this afternoon and we're…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The post slides through your letterbox and lands with a dull thud on the doormat. You rush to the door and pick up the envelope you've waited so long for - the one containing your Labour Party ballot…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Mary Riddell says that Ed Balls has the power to make or break Labour. * Phone hacking enquiry was cancelled "to avoid upsetting police". * Tony Blair drawn into phone hacking row after speaking with…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today the candidates faced two of the scariest challenges of any election - the PLP and Mumsnet. As we roll into the final stages now, every day counts, so there's still a lot of action from all of the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Following the endorsement of the Mirror last week, and the Observer yesterday, David Miliband today picked up the support of the Times. In an editorial today (£) the paper said David is the "only candidate…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * David Miliband tells the Independent that he has changed since the general election. * Ed Balls attacks the government's academies policy, saying it "failed the fairness test". * Tristram Hunt suggests…
By Mark Ferguson / @MarkFergusonUK Labour's five leadership candidates have just come off the Sky News' debate stage in Norwich. It was one of the last chances the candidates will have to speak to the country in a TV debate. Once again…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Tomorrow is the Sky News hustings, but today the candidates made a flurry of media appearances, attended member meet and greets, and concentrated on GOTV as members vote come flooding in. ED BALLS became…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Yesterday, both David and Ed Miliband released YouGov polls. The data from both of these polls was presented in a way that was designed to make you agree with the essential premises behind their campaigns…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Another low key in the leadership race today as the campaigns concentrate on the behind the scenes work of getting out the vote, and the ghost of Blair continues to haunt the front (and comment) pages of…
