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Following their entries into the race all four contenders set up dedicated campaign Twitter accounts and the numbers in the chart above show how many followers they have attracted.
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It's not often I smile on a Monday....
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/618037825368420352
WTF really weird choice of phrase from the Germans
Burnham 21%
Cooper 12%
Corbyn 8%
Kendall 5%
https://yougov.co.uk/publicopinion/archive/?page=5
As for Germany's words, I'd imagine they are speaking in anticipation of it all going even more tits up for Greece, when they may not even be able to import food etc in the near future.
BREAKING:
Greece will issue a new decree today to extend the bank holiday for a few more days, bankers are telling Reuters.
On the topic of political betting - the Telegraph have (eventually!) done a wonderful obituary for Ron Pollard, who died last month aged 89. He was the first bookmaker in Britain to offer odds on politics, when with Ladbrokes in the 1960s
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11719070/Ron-Pollard-odds-maker-obituary.html
Alternatively they are putting their effort into campaigning amongst party members who will actually make the decision.
Where FM Salmond is negotiating Scottish independence with PM Miliband?
Welcome to the echo chamber.....
Meanwhile, in more cheerful news:
http://news.sky.com/story/1514224/new-uk-car-sales-hit-record-high-in-june
Not unless these numbers leave the twitterbubble and are reflected in the real world.
Too many twits might make a twat.
Labour doing exactly that.
We shall as ever, see.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJOzIWJWIAA1DLx.jpg:large
Burnham 2.2 / 2.24
Cooper 3.9 / 4.1
Kendall 4.7 / 5
Corbyn 13.5 / 15
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/#/politics/market/1.103946886
In terms of the candidates' personal accounts:
Burnham - 79.7k
Cooper - 69.1k
Corbyn - 49.4k
Kendall - 33.8k
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/2166631/Andy-Burnham-writes-letter-of-apology-to-Shami-Chakrabarti-for-David-Davis-comments.html
I must say I find the idea that German bankers are models of rectitude by comparison with Greek bankers a bit surprising. In the period leading up the credit crisis German banks behaved dreadfully - frittering away without understanding much of their money on products they did not understand. And as for Deutsche Bank: well, hmm, ethical conduct is not the first thought that comes to mind. Google them to see what they've been up to.
The Greeks may well be feckless. But the Germans have airbrushed out of their memory much of their own economic history and the recent behaviour of their banks.
This is one of those cases where you rather hope that both sides could lose.
Perhaps it is also a day where someone with time on their hands could dig out all those quotes from various Euro-worthies when the euro went live on how this was going to herald everlasting peace and prosperity for all.
I rather thought - though doubtless someone will correct me - that even France and Germany failed to comply with the convergence and other rules needed for euro entry and that the rules were changed to accommodate them.
On topic: if Corbyn comes first or second, it will show that Labour have retreated to a small comfort zone on another planet.
I think '99%" may be on the low side......
https://twitter.com/MarkReckless/status/617807761313779712
M&S Bank; First Direct paying 6% Gross - Maximums are 250/300/mth. I did the First Direct one in about 2 minutes, the 300 has been deducted already!, and am applying for the M&S one too.
It does seem to me that Kendall has failed to make a Cameron like break through to the membership. In fact she has picked up a surprising amount of hostility for someone whose positions are so undeveloped.
Corbyn doesn't even seem to want to win. He simply wants his arguments and perspective to be heard for reasons that completely escape me.
Cooper is just stunningly dull. A compromise candidate at the very best and not a very good compromise at that despite probably being the cleverest of the four.
Burnham is really nothing special but he is so far out in front that I think he is out of sight to the peloton and will remain so.
I frankly wish it was more interesting but it just isn't. Maybe, if Ed had stayed on for 6 months as Lord Bragg was referring to this morning and let Labour think about where they wanted to be led before deciding who was doing the leading it might have been better. But I frankly doubt it.
http://labourlist.org/2015/07/unite-back-jeremy-corbyn-to-be-labour-leader-with-andy-burnham-as-second-preference/
How much does this help/hinder Corbyn I wonder?
So, the Germans are acting like a dominatrix with PMS.
'I should say that twitter is especially unreliable for assessing popularity'
According to Twitter Labour's election landslide was nailed on two months ago.
IIRC, Burnham would win the first round but second preferences would break for Cooper.
It would be AV wot won it.
Presumably because both are unlikely to win.
Of course there are other, more logical, explanations available, like the more centrist contenders both being uninspiring.
I'm starting to think that Corbyn could win it....
Wow - just wow! I do so hope you are right. That is also the Tim Farron approach for the LDs..
It is great news for the Tories.
The only way I could vote for one of the centrist options would be to hold my nose.... I don't think either of them offer anything to the general public...
Corbyn and Kendall are not outstanding candidates but at least they offer something different to no policy, more of the same....
+IHT Cut; End of rent subsidies for people on 30k+ in social housing. I mean really !
-That ludicrous "right to buy" scheme.
Any more for any more ?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14fJtyTh2RTSJdobOwYcU8-GQhFIsc1TYy86y369QdXc/edit#gid=0
"BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top prosecutor said Monday she has been told that smugglers' boats bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe are also carrying Islamic State group fighters.
...
Coninsx said the agency's coordination efforts are ongoing and she couldn't divulge what information EU nations had provided.
She told The Associated Press it isn't yet clear what problem the reported infiltration of Islamic militants may pose for European law enforcement. But she said groups like Islamic State are also using proceeds from people trafficking to fund terrorism."
Full report here:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/29599fc513b8443085e63c60fbf11c3c/eu-official-terrorists-could-cross-mediterranean-europe
No wonder they're coming over.
I'll get my coat
"UK Chancellor George Osborne says the UK government is "urging all sides to have a final go at defusing the crisis" in Greece. Addressing Parliament, the UK finance minister said the deteriorating situation in Greece meant growing risks for the UK.
The 2,000 British pensioners living in Greece have been given advice on setting up a British bank account, he said. Their pension payments will continue in the usual way, he said.
More British consular staff are being deployed to Greece and travellers are advised to take sufficient cash and prescription medicines on their Greek holidays, he said. "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-33382332
I wonder if Murder Incorporated happened today if it'd be called Killing4U.
Our car production in this country has gone up an extraordinary amount in recent years and it is a success story. Most European countries make very few or no cars, whereas more Nissans are made in Sunderland than cars of any kind in Italy.
If it wasn't for the fact that we are as car buyers possibly the least nationalistic when we make our choice - How else to explain the high share of Fiats in Italy, Citroens in France etc - Rover would have survived if Brits had been of similar mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmcmqTAu6b8
That was before the Tory-run BBC sacked Jeremy Clarkson, of course.
But maybe we should be more interested in things like 3D printing, something which might eliminate exports altogether (??).
HMRC sometimes don't seem too happy about the inevitable VAT reclaimations though ^^;
It's a good reason why Greece needs to be sorted out properly - and by that I can only see Grexit being the means, the weak Euro/strong pound is killing exporters.