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The Final Debate – the first thread
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Labour unchanged in first post-Bigotgate poll
YouGov – the Sun Apr 29 Apr 28 CONSERVATIVES 34% 34% LIB DEMS 28% 31% LABOUR 27% 27% So it’s the Yellows that take the hit!! Well here it is – the first full voting intention survey after Mr. Brown/Mrs Duffy and Labour and the Tories are unchanged while Nick Clegg’s party goes down three. Labour will be relieved though all the next polling will be after the debate. Tonight’s debate on PB. New threads have been timed to be…
Tories move back into the lead with Angus Reid
Angus Reid – The Economist Apr 26 Apr 20 CONSERVATIVES 33% 32% LIB DEMS 30% 33% LABOUR 23% 23% Above is a new Angus Reid poll for this week’s Economist. Note that it is a touch out of date with the fieldwork ending last Monday. As well as the Tories moving up and the Lib Dems moving down a key feature is that Labour are still down at 23%. The firm continues to record the smallest shares for Brown’s party….
Marf’s Thursday take
More from Marf can been seen here. Site traffic hits new record. Yesterday the number of page downloads exceeded a third of a million – the highest ever in a 24 hour period. Thanks to some nifty work by my son, Robert, another server was brought into use and we just about coped. My guess is that today could see a new record. Mike Smithson
The reds slip 2 with TNS-BMRB
TRS-BMRB Apr 27 Apr 20 CONSERVATIVES 34% 34% LIB DEMS 30% 30% LABOUR 27% 29% There’s a new poll out from TNS-BMRB – the firm that operates on a face to face basis but where interviewees key in their voting intention responses in a confidential manner on a computer. Not much change on the previous week apart from the drop in the Labour share. Note that fieldwork finished on Tuesday – the day before Mr. Brown went to Rochdale. The…
Welcome to final debate day Mr. Brown
At least he’s making the headlines! This morning’s front pages were always going to be bloody for the PM and these won’t disappoint. Even the ultra-loyal Daily Mirror had a problem with this story. Maybe Brown is lucky that today is final debate day because at the least the media will have to move on. Tomorrow will all be about the this closing session which will frame the coverage for the final few days. Just reflecting on what happened the…