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New Statesman hustings: laughometer

We did a laugh count at tonight’s New Statesman leadership hustings.

Tiny chuckles weren’t recorded.

We maintained our rule that to score you had to get a proper laugh from a significant portion of the room.

David Miliband  1

Ed Miliband  2

Andy Burnham  1

Ed Balls  2

Diane Abbott 5

Make of it what you will.


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3 Responses to “New Statesman hustings: laughometer”

  1. Bla bla says:
    June 10, 2010 at 11:03 am

    I think David Milliband’s laugh was people laughing at him

  2. News » Blog Archive » Live blog: today in politics says:
    June 10, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    […] 11.35am: The New Statesman held a hustings for the Labour leadership candidates last night. My colleague Allegra Stratton has reported some of the exchanges in her story in the paper today, and there is more on LabourList, which was blogging the event live. Alex Smith, the LabourList editor, says Diane Abbott and Ed Miliband received the best reception. According to Labour Uncut, Abbott easily got the most laughs. […]

  3. Live blog: today in politics | Observer News says:
    June 16, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    […] 11.35am: The New Statesman held a hustings for the Labour leadership candidates last night. My colleague Allegra Stratton has reported some of the exchanges in her story in the paper today, and there is more on LabourList, which was blogging the event live. Alex Smith, the LabourList editor, says Diane Abbott and Ed Miliband received the best reception. According to Labour Uncut, Abbott easily got the most laughs. […]

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