One thing’s for sure: the Labour leadership contest is a lot more uncertain than a lot
of people expected. Polls such as that by YouGov today, and analysis by Left Foot Forward
last week, suggest that the Brothers Miliband are pushing each other all the way to the
finishing line – particularly when second preference votes are stirred into the mix. Which is perhaps the main reason why even the smallest interventions could have an influence on the
result, and are worth tracking if you’re minded towards that kind of thing.
In which case, I point you towards Jon Cruddas’s article for the latest New Statesman in which he makes the case that Labour needs to do more to court English votes. And who else has made a similar argument recently? Ah, yes, David Miliband, and in the pages
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