Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?
Plus: It’s been a bad week for Starmer. And: is it time to bring back the big beasts of the Labour jungle?
It’s one of “three challenges” she identifies.
It’s highly unlikely he’ll be unseated – instead, he’ll limp on to May. We must use that time wisely, not rest on our laurels.
He invites Sir Andrew Dilnot to assess Yvette Cooper’s latest figures.
The Home Secretary’s statement to the Commons assuaged those who were demanding more from the Government. Questions remain, however.
The failure of Yvette Cooper and Tristram Hunt in the Commons yesterday was a symptom of a bigger Opposition problem.
The Opposition hoped for a grand piece of theatre – instead they produced a flop.
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The Labour Party have been keen to make political capital over the increase in the number of people using Foodbanks. Labour's response crass for various reasons. Foodbanks were already expanding under the Labour Government. Most of those that use foodbanks are in a short term crisis. The need for foodbanks […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Labour’s five-day jamboree ends today. There will be a closing speech by Harriet Harman at lunchtime, as well as some prior talks, before everyone leaves Manchester to the Greatest Football Team in the World, and decamps to their constituencies and to London. So apologies if this quick list of the […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter John Prescott took to Twitter yesterday to question whether David Miliband (last week) and Yvette Cooper (this week) should be writing for Rupert Murdoch's Sun on Sunday. Perhaps the Labour grown-ups want to reach The Sun's five million readers? Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wins a big spread (right) in […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Last week we reported some bad news for Ed Miliband, that according to a poll in the Sun, only 1 in 5 Labour voters would back him. Today signals further disappointment for the Labour leader with a poll on LabourList blaming Miliband's handling of public sector pensions strikes on 30th November for […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Today's Sun carries a YouGov poll which is bad news for the Labour party generally – and Ed Miliband personally. The poll suggests that only 1 in 5 Labour voters believe that Miliband is doing a good enough job. 51% of Labour voters saying that Miliband could do better. 40% […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter According to reports this morning, more evidence is emerging over a Labour cover up on immigration. Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Express refer to £165,000 of taxpayer-funded documents prepared by the Department for Communities and Local Government which were never published by the previous government. The documents contain new revelations […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. A photograph of one of the Miliband brothers. Some light relief… 23% of people see a photo of Ed Miliband and think it's David Miliband and 26% of people think David Miliband is Ed Miliband. 33% of voters correctly recognise Yvette Cooper as Yvette Cooper but 20% think she's […]