Odds and Ends #40: Has Labour already made a mistake?

Plus could a dodgy polling model hand the US election to Trump?

Picture Credit: Number 10 on Flickr. (Though I added the thought bubble, obviously.)

Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your irregular round-up of interesting links, shorter takes and other interesting things that I think you’ll like.

This week a brief note from me on a potential mistake that Labour may have already made – and it isn’t even anything to do with the Postcode Address File.

Plus an intriguing interview, a trip to America’s banter timeline, a fun nugget of Parliamentary history, and a link to an amazing essay that is one of the single most inspiring things I’ve ever read.

So read on for more!

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Has Labour already made a mistake?