Politicos were left bemused earlier when Diane Abbott, facing the media for the first time over her unwise race remarks, interrupted a live interview with Sky News to answer her mobile phone. Paul Waugh has revealed the phone call was from none other than Ed Miliband, with Labour sources claiming the Hackney MP was given [...]
With a growing media culture of obligation around the wearing of poppies and the observance of armistice day, Scrapbook can’t imagine Labour front bencher Diane Abbott was too pleased with herself after re-tweeting a YouGov poll during today’s two minutes silence. British Gas’ new media team also decided to commemorate 11/11/11 by tweeting a “winter warmer [...]
Ed Miliband is the favoured candidate of LGBT Labour members, according to an exclusive poll by Pink News. Despite having the backing of high profile Labour gays like Ben Bradshaw and Chris Bryant, as well as many prominent LGBT activists, David Miliband is 11-points behind his younger brother. The news comes after the elder Miliband was [...]
UPDATE 14:15 From what we’re hearing it might be less than 11! For a full list of her original nominators (and who they’re really voting for) see our updated breakdown. It was widely known that many of Abbott’s nominators wanted her on the ballot but would not support her in the final vote. Notwithstanding this fact, [...]
Oh yeah, Dave? Followed by a banana no doubt. Hat-tip: Grace Fletcher-Hackwood
Diane Abbott has followed Ed Balls to become the last leadership hopeful to launch their website. With parts of the site unfinished, however, the launch seems somewhat premature. In a message to 80,000 members on Labour’s email list, Abbott says ”If you want to know more, you can visit my website www.diane4leader.co.uk“. But at the time of writing the “About Me” [...]
UPDATE: It’s official, she’s on the ticket. David Miliband reportedly spent the morning on the phone persuading MPs to nominate her. UPDATE II: Abbott secured 10 of McDonnell’s 16 supporters (shown in red below). McDonnell’s supporters failing to nominate her are Martin Caton, Jim Dowd, Frank Field, Dai Harvard, Ian Lavery and Graeme Morrice. Supporters of [...]
