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What does Labour’s internal election briefing say?

By Mark Pack | Mon 27th April 2009 - 9:20 am

A leaked copy of Labour’s internal June elections briefing document show just how limited Labour’s hopes for the elections are. In a slide listing “Labour priorities”, the party’s ambitions for the elections are given as:

  • Maximise Labour vote in Euro election
  • Stop BNP gaining Euro seat
  • Hold 4 Labour County Councils
  • North Tyneside and Doncaster Mayoral races

“Maximise vote” is telling as the alternatives would be “gain seats” or “hold seats”. “Maximise vote” is polite shorthand for “lose as few seats as possible”.

Whilst stopping the BNP would be on many party’s equivalent lists, for county councils Labour’s ambitions are also very limited: simply trying to …

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