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How the Government’s online bike shop helped win the golds
Wow, our 22nd #GoldMedalStamp! No rest for our team this evening it seems. Well done @chrishoy! #OurGreatestTeam twitter.com/royalmailnews/… — Royal Mail News (@royalmailnews) August 7, 2012 But don’t expect a bargain or early delivery One of the critical elements behind Team GB’s success in the velodrome has been the equipment used – so much so that some of the losing teams have started to ask questions. For much of it has been developed by the team itself with the aim…
The bias to Labour remains even with new boundaries
Quite simply the red team’s vote is distributed more efficiently There’s a widespread assumption amongst many Tories that the new boundaries are a universal palliative which solve all the apparent bias to Labour within the system. This is wrong. The biggest reason why Labour can secure a majority with a much smaller vote share than the Tories is that the party’s support in general elections is distributed more efficiently. No boundary review can deal with that. Just look at the…
The evening Olympics thread
Australia now overtake the county of Bedfordshire in the gold medal league table — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 7, 2012
General election betting – most seats
Bestbetting odds comparison site The best value bet, surely, is 10/11 on Labour The chart shows the trend of best prices on the General Election most seats markets. This is not one I have entered yet simply because I don’t want to lock money up for two and a half years. Some people are punting and the value bet at the moment must be the 10/11 price on Labour winning most seats. The boundary changes were/are not the universal panacea…
The impact of reverting to the 2010 electoral map
Election outcome < New boundaries Old boundaries LAB MAJORITY LAB LEAD 4.3% LAB LEAD 3% LAB MOST SEATS CON LEAD below 2.2% CON LEAD below 4% CON MOST SEATS CON LEAD above 2.2% CON LEAD 4% CON MAJORITY CON LEAD above 7.4% CON LEAD 11% How the Lords reform rebellion has cost the Tories Following yesterday’s statement from Nick Clegg on the abandonment of Lords reform the working assumption must now be that the next general election will be fought...
It’s situation normal at the Olympics
The GB golds keep on coming
It looks like the new boundaries are in trouble
Clegg will says abandoned elected Lords means no strengthened executive check in Lords and that means smaller Commons must go too. — Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) August 6, 2012 Clegg prepares to make statement on Lords reform Who said that August was going to be a quiet political month? Patrick Wintour of the Guardian has Tweeted what I understand will be the essence of Nick Clegg’s statement on Lords reform this afternoon. It looks as though the ground is being prepared…