Is Gord capable of inspiring his party and the nation? This is picture that was first featured here at the end of 2006 several months before Brown became prime minister. There he is, amongst enthusiastic Labour supporters and you would expect him to at least make the effort to show that he is delighted to see them. But look at him – he is rigid and cold as a cucumber. He’s hardly an inspiration to even the most ardent enthusiast….
We are working on our technical issues – but there’s no quick fix PB’s cartoonist, Marf, has done a brilliant drawing this morning – but I’m having problems uploading it. You can see it by going to PB Channel 2 or her site LondonSketchbook.com We are looking urgently at the technical issues of coping with the mass of traffic that we’ve been getting – 1.35 million page views in the first week of June alone. This is far in excess…
UPDATED Why Labour should ALWAYS assume the worst Before we get into the days big story about whether Brown can hang on let’s have a quick look at the pollsters which, once again, have shown that the Golden Polling Rule still operates. This, as we’ve discussed here before, is that in CON-LAB contests the survey showing Labour in the least favourable position is the most accurate one – something that has happened on every occasion when polls have been tested…
How will a Tory Wales go down with Labour MPs? Of all the results so far tonight the one that stands out, surely, is from Wales. The massive collapse in Labour’s vote in what was a traditional stronghold and the emergence of the Tories as the top party in the principality seems to be totally astounding. This is one of those results that you simply could not have predicted and is so shocking that it could change the dynamics of…
Will this be the big story of the night? Although we are still waiting for an official announcement it’s starting to look as though one, and possibly two, BNP members will have won seats in Brussels in the Euro Elections. Although many had been predicting such a possibility the fact that this electoral success might have happened clearly has the potential to affect politics right across the board. Given Labour’s current travails is this going to help those who are…
(Spare a thought for our poor server) Robert
YouGov – June 3rd CON 26 LAB 16 LD 15 UKIP 18 GRN 10 BNP 5 ComRes – May 31st CON 24 LAB 22 LD 14 UKIP 17 GRN 15 BNP 2 ICM – May 28th CON 29 LAB 17 LD 20 UKIP 10 GRN 11 BNP 5 Populus – May 28th CON 30 LAB 16 LD 12 UKIP 19 GRN 10 BNP 5 BPIX – May 16th CON 30 LAB 17 LD 15 UKIP 17 GRN ?? BNP 5…
Get the TweetElect09: Watch in real time what people say widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Who will be laughing and who will be crying? So tonight sees the release of the results of the European Parliamentary Elections – 736 MEPs (plus 18 ‘virtual MEPs’ who will be seated if the Lisbon Treaty is passed) will be elected by and electorate of 350 million potential voters from 27 countries containing 500 million citizens. The Dutch have already…