Comment Andy Burnham is wrong – Labour doesn’t have until Spring to stop treading water There’s a great deal of interest today in Andy Burnham’s Guardian interview with Decca Aitkenhead. Whilst some have… Mark Ferguson 10th August, 2013, 2:11 pm
Comment Does Ed Miliband want a politician AND a strategist to run the General Election campaign? Earlier this week I argued that running a General Election campaign was a job for a professional campaign… Mark Ferguson 9th August, 2013, 10:00 am
Comment Is this who Labour will hire to take on Crosby and Messina? In the past few days – especially since Jim Messina was confirmed as David Cameron’s latest campaign hire… Mark Ferguson 7th August, 2013, 10:36 am
Comment Cameron may be “out of touch” – but the Labour leadership are running out of time Over the past few days Labour have pivoted decisively towards the government’s failure on Living Standards. Yesterday party… Mark Ferguson 6th August, 2013, 12:39 pm
Comment Jim Messina is a superb hire for the Tories – I wish Labour had hired him The news that Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager Jim Messina will be advising the Tories on the 2015 election… Mark Ferguson 2nd August, 2013, 5:25 pm
News Labour’s lead up to 11 with Populus (the polls are still all over the place) Today’s Populus poll has Labour’s lead over the Tories at 11 points (up 6) – Lab 40, Con… Mark Ferguson 2nd August, 2013, 2:40 pm
News Labour MP says “difficulty knowing what we stand for” under Miliband Labour MP George Mudie has laid into Ed Miliband’s leadership on WATO, telling them that Labour isn’t setting… Mark Ferguson 1st August, 2013, 1:35 pm
Comment Cameron is trying to stack the Lords – but the Labour leadership have no right to complain about it Today (or perhaps tomorrow) the palace will announce around 30 new peers – 15 for the Tories, 10… Mark Ferguson 1st August, 2013, 10:50 am
News Doreen Lawrence to become Labour peer Doreen Lawrence – the campaigner and mother of Stephen Lawrence – looks set to be confirmed as a… Mark Ferguson 31st July, 2013, 1:39 pm
Comment The narrowing polls are a worry – but worse, Labour MPs fear there’s a sense of “drift” Today’s ComRes poll for the Independent has the Labour lead over the Tories down to just 3 points,… Mark Ferguson 31st July, 2013, 10:27 am