Labourlist column
My Labourlist column this week is about the recent dip in the opinion polls:
http://labourlist.org/2012/01/whose-votes-have-we-lost-and-why/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 8:42 pm
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
http://labourlist.org/2012/01/whose-votes-have-we-lost-and-why/
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
3 Comments:
I think that Ed Miliband was unwise to say what he did. The next general election is some way off and spending decisions do not need to be made until then.
Luke's flexibility on the question of 'realism' is very welcome as reality can be difficult to measure.
Think of a victorious Truman posing with a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune which bore the headline:
"Dewey beats Truman"
Or think of that eve of election "rogue" poll that put the Conservatives ahead in 1970.
1:59 pm, January 25, 2012
Miliband?
Don't you mean the other Ed??
This all started with an attempt by Balls to get friendly "spin" from a supposedly sympathetic Graun journalist - but the way the latter framed it meant it blew of in his, and Labour's, face.
Must do better.
12:27 am, January 26, 2012
Okay, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls.
Either way, it was a self-inflicted and totally unnecessary wound. This sort of thing happened regularly under Foot and Kinnock.
2:29 pm, January 26, 2012
Post a Comment
<< Home