Labour leadership campaign update

I last blogged the statistics when the MPs nominations closed but, joy oh joy, I see that the Labour Party website are updating twice a day with Trade Unions, Constituency Labour Parties, Socialist Societies and MEPs. I won't update these figures twice a day as life us way too short but will occasionally.

Diane Abbott - 33 MPs 1 TUs 13 CLPs 0 SSs 0 MEPs
Ed Balls - 33 MPs 1 TUs 6 CLPs 0 SSs 0 MEPs
Andy Burnham - 33 MPs 0 TUs 20 CLPs 1 SSs 1 MEPs
David Miliband - 81 MPs 2 TUs 71 CLPs 0 SSs 6MEPs
Ed Miliband - 63 MPs 0 TUs 53 CLPs 1 SSs 6 MEPs

So what do we see. David Miliband is still leading the pack but being caught by his even slimier brother Ed. Andy Burnham has overtaken the vile Ed Balls, as has Diane Abbott.

This contest will not be decided on first preferences though so the first to drop out will have a huge bearing on the final result. If Diane Abbott drops out first then Ed Balls could benefit from her second preference votes but if she stays above Ed Balls then all could be lost for Gordon Brown's right-hand man. I wonder if David Miliband is too linked with Tony Blair and cowardice to get that many second preferences, if so then Ed Miliband as I said some time ago, could be the eventual victor. If so I look forward to more of the UK population realising how unpleasant he is.