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Month: September 2007

Monday night thread

Monday night thread

To help ease the pressure on the server (especially after today’s outage), please continue your discussions here. Many thanks Paul Maggs “Double Carpet” Guest Editor

What does Autumn 2007 hold in the world of politics?

What does Autumn 2007 hold in the world of politics?

Firstly… today’s polls, including a DEAD-HEAT ComRes in the Independent has Lab 36, Con 36, LD 15 YouGov for GMTV has Lab 38, Con 35, LD 15 Obviously the CR poll showing the parties tied will make the biggest news, but even the YouGov poll shows that Labour’s lead is now small. Is that it for Gordon’s honeymoon, has the “Brown Bounce” run out of steam – and can we say goodbye to the prospect of an autumn election? Further…

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Sunday papers round-up

Sunday papers round-up

Politics stories from today’s newspapers There are no major stories today, as evidenced by the fact that most of the newspapers have different leads, and it doesn’t look as though there are any opinion polls out today either – although I’m sure that someone will correct me if there are. However, there is still plenty of political news and comment available, and the following articles may be of interest: The Sunday Times reports that Brown has come under more pressure…

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And the winner is……

And the winner is……

PBC Poster of the Year 2006-7 revealed Following a hard-fought campaign, but one which all candidates acknowledged was very clean and held in a good spirit, the final results of the competition can now be announced, with the official count of the online electronic voting being conducted at 6.30 Friday – 438 valid votes were cast. Sean Fear is the winner of the contest, with 95 votes (22%) and is the 2006-7 Poster of the Year. Sean T (79 votes/18%)…

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