How the papers are covering Margaret Thatcher
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TSE on Thatcher
I was only twelve when Lady Thatcher was replaced as Tory Leader and Prime Minister, I remember my mother being particularly happy at the news. Growing up in 1980s South Yorkshire, I was used to hearing abusive things said about Margaret Thatcher, particularly in the aftermath of the miners’ strike. But as some of you may have guessed, those things didn’t have a lasting effect on me or my views on Lady Thatcher. She set the benchmark that…
RIP: Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013) – Britain’s first woman PM
Mrs Thatcher dies ( (born 13 October 1925 – died 8 April 2013) twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 8, 2013 Chart from Ipsos-MORI showing 2011 finding on how modern PMs are rated. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 8, 2013
Ukip could be contesting 70 percent of the council seats up for election on May 2
Back in 2009 the Ukip proportion was about one in five Over the next couple of days we should see the full nomination list for the council seats that are due to be contested on May 2nd and the big focus is on how many candidates Ukip will manage to field. For given what’s been happening in recent council by-elections the presence of Ukip on the ballot forms can have a big impact on outcomes. Given that the Tories are…
It is 16-1 that this man will win South Shields and become Ukip’s first elected MP
A poster for UKIP’s Richard Elvin from Middlesbrough by election.He’s tobe candidate in #SouthShields twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013 Ukip choose the man who came second in Middlesbrough It is being reported that Ukip have become the first of the major contenders to choose their candidate for the South Shields by-election, due next month. He’s Richard Elvin who lives just 14 miles away so is not too far off being a local. Looking at a short TV…
YouGov has the LDs with the fewest proportion of supporters considering themselves to be working class
Fascinating table from YouGov on what social class people say theybelong to linked to their voting intention twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013 YouGov
If stepping up the rhetoric on welfare was supposed to boost CON poll ratings it has yet to work
Welfare reform is only important electorally if it impacts on voting behaviour & so far we’ve seen no evidence of that — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 7, 2013 Ukip equal highest levels with both YouGov and Opinium New Opinium/Observer online poll without past vote weighting – LAB 38, CON28, UKIP 17, LD 8% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 6, 2013 Today’s YouGov for Sunday Times.CON 30,LAB 40,LD 11,UKIP 13.So Tories 1% above low point with firm &Ukip =ing high point….
Is Any Other Party worth a bet for South Shields?
Latest pie chart showing the betting activity and odds on #SouthShields by election. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 6, 2013 Rather than a Bradford West – maybe a Blaenau Gwent? The South Shields by-election ought to be as close to a certainty as it’s possible to get as by-elections go. With Labour the sole main party of opposition, in a seat that they’ve held since 1935 where they’re defending a majority of more than eleven thousand secured on a…