Marf…on the day James Murdoch stepped aside
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Does Ed need more than the NHS to attack Dave with?
Is he becoming a one club golfer? For the fourth successive PMQs Ed Miliband focused his attacks on the government’s stance on the NHS bill and, on balance, he got the better of Dave again. This is a tricky one for the Tories and I thought that although Dave was better prepared today Miliband just edged it. But the opposition leader, surely, has got to find something else to go on. At some stage, perhaps not too far off, the…
LAB moves to six point lead with Ipsos-MORI
Is this the end of Dave’s “Veto Bounce” The February political monitor from MORI is out and LAB moves to a six point lead over the Tories with the LDs unchanged. In January the two parties were level with the blues still getting the benefit of the so-called “Veto Bounce”. All three main party leaders recorded negative satisfaction ratings, with more voters saying they were unhappy with the job they were doing than satisfied. Cameron’s personal rating was down 10…
Is Mitt just a little closer to the White House?
UPDATED NBC News is projecting Romney will win MI. — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) February 29, 2012 NBC has now called Michigan for Romney – all the networks called Arizona for Romney almost as soon as polls closed. @MikeSmithsonOGH
Could tonight trigger the entry of another contender?
It’s a massive night in the Republican party’s process to select a candidate to take on Barack Obama in November. This is what GOP strategist Matthew Dowd told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos today: “If Rick Santorum wins tonight it’s the equivalent of a 9.0 on a Richter scale. I mean it is going to shake Washington, it’s going to shake Republican establishment it’s just going to shake things to their very core. And I think what you’re going to see are…
What’s Rebekah’s police horse going to do to the story?
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Michigan: The pendulum swings back to Santorum
UPDATED Will Democrat “cross-overs” give him the edge? It’s election day in Michigan and the final poll from Public Policy Polling, based on telephone surveys last night, has reported a sharp move back to Santorum in the crucial primary. This is Romney’s home state and is a “must-win”. On Sunday night PPP had had him with a 2% lead. Last night the firm has found Santorum to be 5% ahead. It’s now Santorum 39%, Romney 34%, Paul 15%, Gingrich 10%….
LAB moves to three point lead in ComRes phone poll
Most people say “Tax the rich” to help poor A majority of people want George Osborne to raise taxes for the rich in next month’s Budget in order to take more low paid workers out of tax, according to a ComRes survey for The Independent. 60% of those sampled support the LDs main budget demand while 34% disagree. I am wary of polling like this – generally speaking people support tax increases that don’t affect them but oppose those that…