Comments on: Labour MP switches from Ed to David after balloting members

By: TlakTone

TlakTone — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:04:52 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: Labour MP switches from Ed to David after balloting members http://bit.ly/9ZMPl9

By: Mary Galbraith

Mary Galbraith — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:27:24 +0000

I find this compelling: Both the overwhelming result for David Miliband; and the inclusive process.
http://bit.ly/9ZMPl9

By: Aaron Kumar

Aaron Kumar — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:26:11 +0000

RT @judyk113: Even better; John Mann's switch from Ed Mili to D Mili was based on a genuine primary of 5,000 Labour voters. Attn MPs! http://bit.ly/9Wgh33

By: Ben Cooper

Ben Cooper — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:03:24 +0000

RT @judyk113: Even better; John Mann's switch from Ed Mili to D Mili was based on a genuine primary of 5,000 Labour voters. Attn MPs! http://bit.ly/9Wgh33

By: Will

Will — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:36:12 +0000

"Labour MP switches from Ed to David after balloting members" – http://tinyurl.com/2uhxdqq

By: CLP nominations reinforce MPs' endorsements | Left Foot Forward

CLP nominations reinforce MPs' endorsements | Left Foot Forward — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:43:38 +0000

[...] most important example of a switcher CLP was David Miliband’s victory in the Bassetlaw primary, because it also converted John Mann MP’s own vote. None of the other CLP nominations carry [...]

By: housecarl

housecarl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:02:51 +0000

As a former foreign secretary and rumoured challenger to Gordon Brown, David Miliband has a much higher profile than any of the other candidates. Therefore it was obvious that he would win a wider primary amongst voters who have n’t been very engaged with the leadership campaign and probably don’t know comparatively little about E Miliband, Balls, Burnham or Abbot.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that in 4 years time the electorate would prefer him to other potential party leaders, or that he’d be best for the party. I can’t imagine that a relative nobody like David Cameron would have had much chance of winning a Tory Primary back in 2005.

That doesn’t make primaries – or David Miliband’s victory – redundant, but it does mean they should be taken with a pinch of salt.

By: Alison Charlton

Alison Charlton — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:12:59 +0000

@DAaronovitch Primaries make what has been a pretty dull campaign, interesting. MP switches support: Left ft fwd http://bit.ly/9Wgh33

By: John77

John77 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:52:52 +0000

David Miliband got an absolute majority of first preferences and you think it is necessary to look at how many second and third preferences he got in order to determine the winner!
What form of alternative voting system do you support?

By: Huw Irranca-Davies

Huw Irranca-Davies — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:25:28 +0000

RT @blairmcdougall: RT @leftfootfwd: Labour MP switches from Ed to David after balloting members http://bit.ly/9ZMPl9