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George,
Whats up in the house, is it smoking?
What makes a mite as Labour fail to groom potential aspirants from the youth organisations
and unions?
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Den tisdag, 18 augusti 2015 17:08 skrev WB <kyijomanyi@hotmail.com>:
Mr. George Okello:
I worry about Labour's fortunes if the best they ac do is return to Kinnock era.
So who is waiting in the wings to be courted to save labour?
WBK
I worry about Labour's fortunes if the best they ac do is return to Kinnock era.
So who is waiting in the wings to be courted to save labour?
WBK
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:41:26 +0100
> Subject: {UAH} Who's second in the Labour leadership election?
> From: opallog@gmail.com
> To: ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com
>
> Comrade Akim Odong/WBK,
>
> Here are tidbits about the Labour party elections. The Islingtom
> marxist is so far ahead despite all the previous Labour leaders (
> except Ed Milliband) warning the party not to vote for him. They
> claim he is "unelectable", but the question they were being asked on
> many programes last week is how can Jeremy be "unelectable" if
> currently, the polls show he has the support of over 95% of young
> people? If he can persuade Labour supporters to elect him in such
> large numbers, then why can't he persuade the wider British public? I
> think the other candidates are now just jockeying for position should
> Corbyn fail or be removed before the next election as some senior
> Blairite leaders have threatened to do- in which case they will split
> up the party,
>
>
>
> George Okello
>
>
> New Statesman
>
> Who's second in the Labour leadership election?
>
> Cooper's team criticised by all campaigns after claiming new data
> shows her ahead of Burnham.
>
> by George Eaton Published 17 August, 2015 - 22:20
>
> Tweet Widget
> Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper address delegates at the Progress
> annual conference in central London on May 16, 2015. Photograph: Getty
> Images.With all in Labour agreed that Jeremy Corbyn is in first place
> in the leadership election, the battle is on to claim challenger
> status. Both Andy Burnham and Yvetter Cooper's campaigns are fiercely
> briefing that they are in second place. Earlier this evening, Cooper's
> team announced that new data showed their candidate ahead of Burnham
> in every region of the country with the latter in fourth place in
> London (where a quarter of the selectorate is based). A spokesperson
> said: "Andy's campaign is struggling to respond to Jeremy which is why
> he is changing position from day to day.
>
> "Labour's chances of winning the next election are at stake here with
> serious consequences for all those who depend on a labour government.
> Andy needs to show some leadership and be clear whether he opposes
> Jeremy or not. Our figures show he will drop out in the second round
> because his campaign is failing to provide an effective alternative to
> Jeremy and he is losing first preferences as a consequence. If he
> isn't prepared to offer an alternative to Jeremy, he needs to step
> back and leave it to Yvette. And he should do the right thing by the
> party and tell people who do still support him to put second
> preferences for Yvette - something he is still refusing to do."
> In response, however, a Burnham source accused Cooper of "a desperate,
> panicked stunt" and said it was "completely untrue" that she was
> second. Well, they would say that, wouldn't say? But it's not just
> Team Burnham briefing their man is second. A rival campaign told me:
> "Yvette's team seem to believe that by simply saying something you can
> make it true. In reality, the only candidate with a shot at catching
> Jeremy is Andy as he's ahead of Yvette in every region in the country.
> The Cooper camp's spin does party members a disservice at a time when
> they are trying to make the right choice to save the future of their
> party." Sources from all sides have told me that their data, including
> from the last week (following Cooper's attack on Corbyn), shows
> Burnham in second.
>
> But Cooper's team are standing by their data. They argue that it is in
> Corbyn and Burnham's interests to argue that the latter is second
> (with both fishing for second-preference votes) and that Liz Kendall's
> phone-banks are almost "non-existent" rendering their data "pretty
> worthless". The most recent YouGov poll, which psephologists regard as
> more reliable than canvass records, showed Burnham three points ahead
> of Cooper (21-18) in the first round but tied with her in the second
> (23-23). Some key Kendall allies, such as John Woodcock and Gloria de
> Piero, have endorsed Burnham on arithmetical grounds. But others, such
> as Tristram Hunt and Ivan Lewis, have backed Cooper. Some, believing
> that Corbyn's lead is unassailable, have endorsed her in spite of
> believing that Burnham is ahead. One MP told me that he wanted to
> punish the latter for "pandering" to Corbyn and for "opportunism".
> The battle for "second" isn't just significant as an attempt to gain
> some late momentum. It also reflects the belief that whoever finishes
> as runner-up to Corbyn (who almost all expect to win) will be
> best-placed to take over should he fall before the election.
>
> Meanwhile, Cooper's campaign have accused Burnham's camp of "everyday
> sexism" after a source told me that Cooper's claims were "straight out
> of the Ed Balls playbook".
>
> Update: Cooper backer Seema Malhotra has responded to the "Ed Balls
> playbook" line. She said: "This is a leadership contest and of course
> there'll be debate on policy and politics. But Andy needs to stop his
> team resorting to sexist jibes. It doesn't help his campaign or the
> Labour Party."
>
> The Tories shouldn't blame young people for being unemployed when all
> they've done is made things worse
> Tags:Labour leadership 2015LabourYvette CooperAndy Burnham
>
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> Subject: {UAH} Who's second in the Labour leadership election?
> From: opallog@gmail.com
> To: ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com
>
> Comrade Akim Odong/WBK,
>
> Here are tidbits about the Labour party elections. The Islingtom
> marxist is so far ahead despite all the previous Labour leaders (
> except Ed Milliband) warning the party not to vote for him. They
> claim he is "unelectable", but the question they were being asked on
> many programes last week is how can Jeremy be "unelectable" if
> currently, the polls show he has the support of over 95% of young
> people? If he can persuade Labour supporters to elect him in such
> large numbers, then why can't he persuade the wider British public? I
> think the other candidates are now just jockeying for position should
> Corbyn fail or be removed before the next election as some senior
> Blairite leaders have threatened to do- in which case they will split
> up the party,
>
>
>
> George Okello
>
>
> New Statesman
>
> Who's second in the Labour leadership election?
>
> Cooper's team criticised by all campaigns after claiming new data
> shows her ahead of Burnham.
>
> by George Eaton Published 17 August, 2015 - 22:20
>
> Tweet Widget
> Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper address delegates at the Progress
> annual conference in central London on May 16, 2015. Photograph: Getty
> Images.With all in Labour agreed that Jeremy Corbyn is in first place
> in the leadership election, the battle is on to claim challenger
> status. Both Andy Burnham and Yvetter Cooper's campaigns are fiercely
> briefing that they are in second place. Earlier this evening, Cooper's
> team announced that new data showed their candidate ahead of Burnham
> in every region of the country with the latter in fourth place in
> London (where a quarter of the selectorate is based). A spokesperson
> said: "Andy's campaign is struggling to respond to Jeremy which is why
> he is changing position from day to day.
>
> "Labour's chances of winning the next election are at stake here with
> serious consequences for all those who depend on a labour government.
> Andy needs to show some leadership and be clear whether he opposes
> Jeremy or not. Our figures show he will drop out in the second round
> because his campaign is failing to provide an effective alternative to
> Jeremy and he is losing first preferences as a consequence. If he
> isn't prepared to offer an alternative to Jeremy, he needs to step
> back and leave it to Yvette. And he should do the right thing by the
> party and tell people who do still support him to put second
> preferences for Yvette - something he is still refusing to do."
> In response, however, a Burnham source accused Cooper of "a desperate,
> panicked stunt" and said it was "completely untrue" that she was
> second. Well, they would say that, wouldn't say? But it's not just
> Team Burnham briefing their man is second. A rival campaign told me:
> "Yvette's team seem to believe that by simply saying something you can
> make it true. In reality, the only candidate with a shot at catching
> Jeremy is Andy as he's ahead of Yvette in every region in the country.
> The Cooper camp's spin does party members a disservice at a time when
> they are trying to make the right choice to save the future of their
> party." Sources from all sides have told me that their data, including
> from the last week (following Cooper's attack on Corbyn), shows
> Burnham in second.
>
> But Cooper's team are standing by their data. They argue that it is in
> Corbyn and Burnham's interests to argue that the latter is second
> (with both fishing for second-preference votes) and that Liz Kendall's
> phone-banks are almost "non-existent" rendering their data "pretty
> worthless". The most recent YouGov poll, which psephologists regard as
> more reliable than canvass records, showed Burnham three points ahead
> of Cooper (21-18) in the first round but tied with her in the second
> (23-23). Some key Kendall allies, such as John Woodcock and Gloria de
> Piero, have endorsed Burnham on arithmetical grounds. But others, such
> as Tristram Hunt and Ivan Lewis, have backed Cooper. Some, believing
> that Corbyn's lead is unassailable, have endorsed her in spite of
> believing that Burnham is ahead. One MP told me that he wanted to
> punish the latter for "pandering" to Corbyn and for "opportunism".
> The battle for "second" isn't just significant as an attempt to gain
> some late momentum. It also reflects the belief that whoever finishes
> as runner-up to Corbyn (who almost all expect to win) will be
> best-placed to take over should he fall before the election.
>
> Meanwhile, Cooper's campaign have accused Burnham's camp of "everyday
> sexism" after a source told me that Cooper's claims were "straight out
> of the Ed Balls playbook".
>
> Update: Cooper backer Seema Malhotra has responded to the "Ed Balls
> playbook" line. She said: "This is a leadership contest and of course
> there'll be debate on policy and politics. But Andy needs to stop his
> team resorting to sexist jibes. It doesn't help his campaign or the
> Labour Party."
>
> The Tories shouldn't blame young people for being unemployed when all
> they've done is made things worse
> Tags:Labour leadership 2015LabourYvette CooperAndy Burnham
>
> --
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