A new online poll by ComRes for the Indy on Sunday and Sunday Mirror has the following shares with changes on the last such poll in August . Con 38% (-) Lab 38% (-2) LD 11% (-) Others 13% (+2) So another pollster has Labour slipping back. Only YouGov now has Labour in the 40s. In other findings : Only 23% agree Lib Dems have “done a good job of moderating Conservative policies” – Only 24% agree Lib Dems a…
News of the World June 19 2010 What do we make of his Times comments? The threat of criminal charges hovering over Chris Huhne, which really started with the NOTW revelations last year about an affair, are referred to in a pre-conference Times interivew with the Lib Dem energy secretary. The report notes: “Mr Huhne has long intrigued colleagues by appearing to shrug off the police investigation into his driving record, and accusations — which he denies — that he…
PB’s first conference season poll summary Today we start the 2011 conference season which is traditionally a time when we look at the state of each party. As happens every year the first to he staged is the Lib Dem one which like the other main parties is holding its annual gathering in a big city, Birmingham, rather than at the seaside. Labour, next week, are in Liverpool while the Tories head to Manchester once again. From a polling point…
Will Chris Huhne survive for another 2 hours? The big betting issue for political punters tonight is whether Chris Huhne will still be in the cabinet at midnight. My guess is that he is and those of us who took the evens bet four months ago are going to end up with a nice profit. This story seems to have gone on so long and whatever your view of Huhne, and I’m a fan, you’ve got to admire the sheer…
Will we see more innovation? The big news in the world of polling is that the founder of ICM and occasional PB guest slot-writer, Nick Sparrow, is joining Populus as a special adviser. He will provide guidance on issues including business growth and methodological innovation. Nick launched ICM in 1989 and was at the helm when it was sold to Creston in 2006. He left the firm in 2009 and since then there’s been a lot of speculation over what…
Is Labour making mischief? It has been brought to my attention that the Nick Clegg YouTube extract on the previous thread takes on a very different meaning when the full quote is included. This is what he said in the speech in March 2008:-
Henry G Manson on what happens with another hung parliament I’m reasonably confident Labour is currently heading for hung parliament territory. Without a significant burst of support Ed Miliband’s Labour seems likely to struggle to achieve an outright majority – particularly given the boundary changes. If Labour were to become the largest party (and by no means is this a given) then it begs the question how would/could Labour work with the Liberal Democrats? The Labour Party has in many…
I’ve been quite overwhelmed with the number of responses from PBers, both posters and lurkers, who’ve emailed to say they’s like to join an informal get together in Birmingham on Monday evening. A lot of them, but by no means all, are attending the Lib Dem conference in the city and I’ve asked PB’s leading Brummie, racing tipster and Christmas cross-word compiler, StJohn, to advise on where to go. I’ll post here when we’ve got something firm. This all started…