He can also be assured of a flurry of media attention as a
result of the leadership campaign and its fallout and he has the opportunity to use that to his advantage.
[319] This followed the surprise
launch of a leadership campaign by Michael Gove, previously seen as a key ally of the Johnson campaign, who said (earlier that morning) that he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that Johnson «can not provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.»
That he has emerged from the early
part of the leadership campaign as the most ideologically energetic and robust of the candidates strengthens the case for older politicians.
The serious point is that he is on the way to successfully enshrining the points
of his leadership campaign as policy, allowing him more control over the direction of the party.
On economic competence, Labour's lead is down to 8 points compared to 22 points at the general election and, perhaps surprisingly given the Conservative party is in the
midst of a leadership campaign, while both parties are seen as divided, more people think Labour is divided than the Tories (70 % compared to 58 %).
That hardly needs restating after
weeks of a leadership campaign during which he has signalled his intention to return to the pre-Tony Blair era, when Labour was pure and unsullied by tawdry compromise.
Corbyn must use all the
fizz of his leadership campaign and get Momentum to hit the road, get out there and sell the vital message with honesty, integrity and Labour values.
When you look at the artwork that David Gentleman did for the Stop the War campaign, which was chaired by Corbyn, or simply the sharply designed
logo of his leadership campaign, you can see something of this older visual tradition of public relations in the UK.
At that year's Labour conference, he made what was widely interpreted as the opening
salvo of a leadership campaign - with a speech appealing to the party's «soul» telling activists «we are best when we are Labour».
They have switched from attacking Corbyn himself to attacking Momentum, the grassroots campaign set up by his supporters after he won last time, and which forms the
backbone of his leadership campaign now.
UPDATE 1: Nothing about this Sunday's polls yet, but this post on the Sky News blog reveals they have the first poll of Lib Dem
members of their leadership campaign which will be released on the 2nd December (so a week tomorrow).
The vacuum of leadership that opened up for two weeks or more after Cameron's resignation spoke to this collapse of the core executive's role — as did the Tories» subsequent
aborting of the leadership campaign, with all of Theresa May's rivals withdrawing.
One well - placed Lib Dem said: «Charles is finding it difficult because he is still in the
groove of his leadership campaign in which he had to distance himself from Ashdown.
Ed is faced with a shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19 members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the
message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell,
chairman of his leadership campaign, said when people joined they were told «very clearly» they would be able to vote in the contest, and «to deny them that democratic right flies against all the traditions of our party».
The ability of Jeremy Corbyn to appeal to a popular audience was clear from the
start of his leadership campaign in 2015 and no one has begun to understand it, though the attraction has more to do with personality than policies, though the manifesto was supremely important.
But President Obama is well positioned to begin this journey by exerting the
kind of leadership he campaigned on — disarming polarizing voices and building from the core.
Conservative MP Michael Chong, known as a more independent - minded politician than most, is bucking his federal counterparts by making his «revenue negative» carbon tax plan the
centrepiece of his leadership campaign.
[317][318] In what was anticipated to be the launch
of his leadership campaign, Johnson declared he would not campaign for leader, as he did not believe he could provide the necessary unity or leadership for the party.
At the launch
of his leadership campaign, Kassam called for a national referendum on the right of women in the UK to wear the niqāb, claimed then - U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump does not hold anti-Muslim opinions, and cast doubt on the multiple claims of sexual assault made against Trump.
That said, David Cameron specifically promised that he would take Conservative MEPs out of the EPP as part
of his leadership campaign - he needs to follow through on this pledge.
It also declined to say who commissioned the poll, though one
of the leadership campaigns is likely to have done so.
But speaking at the launch
of his leadership campaign this morning, Mr Corbyn insisted the party was»