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Month: March 2011

Is this what the Tories fear about AV?

Is this what the Tories fear about AV?

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North Tyneside mayoral election 2005 Name 1st Choice Votes 1st choice  % 2nd Choice Votes 2nd choice % Final Labour John Lawrence Langford Harrison 34053 40.2 6407 61.6 40460 Conservative Linda Arkley 35467 41.8 3991 38.4 39458 Liberal Democrats Dr Joan Harvey 12761 15.1 N/A N/A N/A National Front Robert Nigel Batten 2470 2.9 N/A N/A N/A When an apparent winner became a loser The nearest elections Britain has got to AV have been in the the thirteen English councils where,…

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Nick Sparrow’s March PB Polling Column

Nick Sparrow’s March PB Polling Column

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Canadian pollsters advise voters to be wary of polls! Research-live, the online newspaper for the UK market research industry reports that the Marketing Research & Intelligence Association (MRIA) in Canada has been driven to take out a full-page advertisement in the The Hill Times (a political weekly) aimed at reversing criticism of opinions polls. It seems the ad is needed because the pollsters themselves have been blabbing about the state of their own industry. Some it seems have been quoted…

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Why’s the ECJ being so breathtakingly stupid?

Why’s the ECJ being so breathtakingly stupid?

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Bloomberg Should Britain say it will defy the court? The story that’s made me most angry today has been the extraordinary decision by the European Court of Justice to stop insurance companies from allowing women to pay smaller car insurance premiums even though they are less likely to have accidents. This is being stopped on ground of “gender equality”. Andy Cooke on the previous thread had this right:- What a stupid ruling by the ECJ! The different premiums aren’t based…

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Has Labour picked up the Cleggasm non-voters?

Has Labour picked up the Cleggasm non-voters?

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ComRes splits Total % 18-24 % 25-34 % 35-44 % 45-54% 55-64 % 65 plus % CON 35 17 26 33 31 39 50 LAB 39 59 43 39 39 39 30 LD 12 15 17 14 11 9 10 Is this why 1 in 7 LAB supporters failed to turn-out? One of my pet theories on opinion poll movements is that a lot of the change from survey to survey is driven by the least valuable electors of all…

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