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Month: August 2012

Night hawks is open

Night hawks is open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events. If you’ve always been a lurker, then this thread is, Especially for You, why not join in tonight?

Nearly half of Lib Dem members want Nick Clegg to resign as Leader by May 2015.

Nearly half of Lib Dem members want Nick Clegg to resign as Leader by May 2015.

Is this the moment for Vince Cable to seize the leadership? It hasn’t been a good few years for Nick Clegg, some of the lowlights include Membership has slumped by 25% in a year The AV referendum was lost, which caused a rumpus in cabinet Plans for an elected House of Lords have been dropped Disappointing local election results He still remains the worst performing leader with the Ipsos-Mori leadership ratings, and with the Lib Dems polling with some of…

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Betting opportunities on Julian Assange

Betting opportunities on Julian Assange

Guest slot by David Lenton. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 12 months then I’m sure you’ve heard of Julian Assange – you know that kinda weird looking guy from Wiki Leaks? Anyway in what can only be described as a self serving publicity stunt online bookmaker Stan James have decided it’s time to open up two betting markets surrounding Ecuador’s latest and greatest. How Will Assange Leave The Ecuadorian Embassy? The first of the two…

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Shifting to the right will lead to electoral oblivion for the Tories

Shifting to the right will lead to electoral oblivion for the Tories

All the focus should be on the LD undecideds For me the most significant polling data that we’ve had since the 2010 general election was the 1,500 sized sample Ashcroft phone poll of Corby voters ahead of the Westminster by-election due to take place in November. This was in one of the seats that the Tories won in 2010 and which they have to hang onto and more if they have any hope winning a majority. The poll came out…

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Richard Nabavi on The American Presidential election: Swing, Shift and Jiggle

Richard Nabavi on The American Presidential election: Swing, Shift and Jiggle

  Why Electoral College bands are not created equal   State 2008 lead        Poll average        Elec College Votes    Cumulative ECV Nevada 12.5 5 6 243 Wisconsin 13.9 3.5 10 253 New Hampshire 9.6 3.5 4 257 Ohio 4.6 1.8 18 275 Iowa 9.5 1 6 281 Colorado 9 1 9 290 Virginia 6.3 1 13 303 Florida 2.8 1 29 332 North Carolina 0.3 -1 15 347 Missouri -0.1 -6.3 10 357 Montana…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation As Frankie said, Relax, and converse into the night on the day’s political events. If you’ve always been a lurker why not join in tonight? A round up on today’s events. ComRes have some polling on the economy Following on from this morning’s thread, Ladbrokes have a market on whether some members of the cabinet will still be in the cabinet on the 1st of October.