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Month: February 2009

Has the “un-British weather” taken the heat out of BJ4BW?

Has the “un-British weather” taken the heat out of BJ4BW?

Will the disputes be whited out of the bulletins? A key element that stories like the rows over “British Jobs for British Workers” need is a rapid build up of media coverage and continuing a sense of momentum. That’s what happened with the fuel crisis in September 2000 and what, on Friday, looked like happening this morning. Alas while the disputes are still making some headlines the London-based national media has gone crazy for the snow story. This is in…

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Which of these Oxford men will replace Cameron?

Which of these Oxford men will replace Cameron?

Meet the front runners for next opposition leader According to weekend reports the race is already on for who should be Labour leader after the likely defeat at the coming general election. And the three who are said to be most actively campaigning are James Purnell (Balliol), Ed Balls (Keble) and Ed Miliband (Corpus Christi). Interestingly they are not the front-runners in the betting but have many thing in common. Two of them are still in their 30s (EM and…

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January was another 2 million month for PB

January was another 2 million month for PB

Traffic up more than a third on January 2008 The number of page downloads by PB users in January was 2,043,872 which compares with 1,272,458 in the same month in 2008. PB’s discussion threads continued to be the leading forum on any UK political site. There were 31,067 commentsduring the month taking the total to 925,809 since the site started on March 23rd 2004. We’ll hit the million mark at some stage in the next few months but I don’t…

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Does this sum up Labour’s internet challenge?

Does this sum up Labour’s internet challenge?

Will even loyalists waste time over such banalities? The above is reproduced from today’s pages on LabourList and reports on a new feature – a weekly bottle of champagne to the person writing the comment of the week. The prize is not a bad idea of itself and it should get a bit of interest – but just read this week’s winner. That’s hardly thought provoking stuff and if this is the best they’ve got then what does it say…

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Could YouGov tempt Salmond into taking the gamble?

Could YouGov tempt Salmond into taking the gamble?

What would a Scottish election now do for Gordon? With Scottish politics in turmoil following the rejection by Holyrood of the SNP budget last week there’s a YouGov survey for the Sunday Times of voting intentions north of the border which should give heart to Alex Salmond’s party. The poll suggests the following shares comparisons on a similar poll is September October when Labour was doing badly nationally:- Constituency: SNP 38% (-1): LAB 32% (+1): CON 13% (-1): LD 12%…

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