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Labour’s leadership race, World Cup-style
Posted by Nick Laitner at Tue, 15/06/2010 - 2:30pm in Political commentary
Appearing on Radio 5 during the last World Cup, in one of those effortless man-of-the-people turns that he did so well, Tony Blair was asked who Labour's Wayne Rooney might be. His response was unequivocal: David Miliband.
As the Labour leadership campaign enters its long, relentless stretch of hustings and meetings, Miliband senior may be reflecting on how Rooney has been performing thus far in the parallel, slightly more high profile campaign underway in South Africa.
The seven seats to watch at the General Election
Posted by Alex Finnegan at Mon, 18/01/2010 - 12:23pm in Political commentary
Forced resignations, retirement and defeat mean that at the next General Election we could see the biggest churn of MPs in Parliament since 1945. As many as half of all current MPs may not return and there are likely to be some interesting results on the night, so at Mandate we've compiled our 'Top 7' list of seats to watch at the next election.
1) Brentford and Isleworth
