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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As ComRes publishes polling that suggests Labour support is stagnant since the general election at just 30% (Con 36%, Lab 30%, LD 23%), today's events were mostly focussed around the BAME hustings in…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today in Tribune Oona King has begun to lay out in greater detail her vision for the capital. As is perhaps to be expected, the pitch begins with what King sees as an advantage held over Livingstone - an…
By Richard Darlington Yesterday I predicted Newsnight could produce a Gillian Duffy/Sharon Storer/Joe the Plumber moment. I was wrong. Last night's Newsnight Labour Leader's debate was summed up by this tweet: "Yeah well done audience. For…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 One of the most interesting sections of the Fabians leadership hustings last night was based on the simple question from the audience: which three things do you most regret or disagree with from the last…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Tonight's Fabian hustings, sponsored by LabourList amongst others, was much more passionate and vigorous than the Youth hustings on Friday night. The style of hustings, with each candidate stood behind a…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The new Office of Budget Responsibility reported today that projected growth for 2011 is down to 2.6% for 2011 from the 3.25% predicted by the Treasury under Labour. The OBR also believe that borrowing…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * "The Tories and the right-wing press can call me all the names they like, but they'll never knock me down." -- Ed Balls talks about family, his childhood and differences with Gordon Brown in the Mirror…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Surging from only eleven nominations this morning, Diane Abbot has been nominated. Abbott's entry was aided by the withdrawal of John McDonnell, the support of party "big beasts" like Jack Straw and acting…
By Paul Burgin / @Paul_Burgin A lot of politicos have their favourite leadership election, or one that readily springs to mind. For some it's the drama of November 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was removed from office. For others it was the…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On the day all but one of the leadership candidates attended their first hustings (of at least fifty), with the GMB in Southport, (minus ED BALLS who had Education questions in Parliament), ANDY BURNHAM…
By Declan Gaffney In a piece for LabourList on Tuesday, Paul Richards offered some reasons for Ken Livingstone's defeat in the 2008 Mayoral Election: "Most of all, he lost the support in outer London of white, hard-working families." Paul…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Peter Mandelson has written a frank and revealing article in the Times today, in which he says he regrets that he opposed a contest between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1994 for the Labour leadership…
