This is the laughometer from last night’s Fabian society 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 5
Ed Miliband 7
Ed Balls 9
Diane Abbott 7
Andy Burnham 6
These numbers are significantly higher across the board than for previous hustings. Last night was a first outing for the Uncut reporter operating the laughometer on this occasion. We have not yet been able to establish whether the leap in laughs was due to operator error, or to the candidates loosening up and getting funny.
Views from those present at last night’s Fabian as well as more than one other hustings would be welcome.
