Milibinned: Labour leader Ed Miliband follows Farage and Clegg in resigning
Labour leader Ed Miliband has resigned after the party’s poor performance in the general election which culminated in a Scottish wipeout and an English shift towards Conservative.It follows Liberal...
View ArticleBBC faced ‘regular, repeated threats from senior Tories’ claims Miliband...
Labour’s top election spin doctor has accused the Conservative Party of threatening the BBC with funding reforms if its election coverage “did not fall into line”.Tom Baldwin, one of Ed Miliband’s...
View ArticleThe final Election Beat podcast: Why pollsters got it so wrong, Labour's...
On the final Election Beat podcast, we look at what Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the humbled polling companies need to do to repair their reputations after the Conservatives' unexpected majority...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph vows to ‘destroy’ Labour with Jeremy Corbyn campaign
The Daily telegraph, stalwart of the right-wing media, has vowed to ‘consign Labour to electoral oblivion’ by mounting a vigorous campaign in support of hard-left leadership candidate Jeremy...
View ArticleTwitter reaction: Jeremy Corbyn picks up Labour leadership in landslide vote
Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the leader of the Labour party despite a consistent steam of press criticism and dissent within the party.The Islington North MP Corbyn who stole the hearts and minds...
View ArticleTristram Hunt warns Labour against social media disconnect
Labour’s former education secretary Tristram Hunt has warned his party against getting too distracted by social media and focus instead on the ‘real concerns’ of voters.Hunt frets that a growing focus...
View ArticleLabour appoints Seumas Milne as executive director of strategy and...
The Labour party has appointed Guardian columnist and executive editor Seumas Milne as executive director of strategy and communications, with effect from 26 October.A former comment and labour editor...
View ArticlePeople on the move: Hires and departures at Yahoo, the Lad Bible, Labour...
This week has seen another wave of appointments and departures at brands, media owners and agencies. The Drum has rounded up the key hires below.YahooYahoo's chief development officer Jacqueline Reses...
View ArticleLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn on bold new plans to break up big media groups
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is developing policies that will propose the break-up of some of the UK’s prominent media companies, according to reports, with the opposition leader preferring to promote...
View ArticleGeneral election 2015 ad spend: The Conservatives spent over £1m more than...
The Conservative party spent £1.2m of its ad budget for the 2015 General Election on Facebook campaigns, while Labour allocated just over £16K to the platform. Figures released by the Electoral...
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