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The NHS at 65: What do we really think of it?
Ipsos MORI: NHS at 65 from Ipsos MORI There’s also some Survation polling for the Mirror/ITV On NHS's 65th birthday 85% tell Survation that they were satisfied with their most recent experience of the service http://t.co/Sjjkl3GsRQ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 5, 2013 78% tell Survation Mirror/ITV Daybreak poll that the NHS should always remain free at the point of delivery http://t.co/fZ5Ms8IzjT — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 5, 2013 74% of sample in Survation NHS poll opposed the idea of…
Henry G Manson says that party selections rarely leave clean hands
Even Maggie received “help” to get Finchley Bismarck said “laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” The same could certainly be said of parliamentary selections. The scrutiny of Labour’s Falkirk selection has generated a good deal of recent media coverage and much of this can be put down to the fascination of Unite, the largest trade union in the country. It suits Conservative strategists and even some in the Labour Party to paint a…
Today’s front pages after the escalation of Labour’s row with UNITE
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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Special
Aylsham on Broadland (Con Defence) Last Local Election Result (2011): Con 34, Lib Dem 12, Lab 1 (Con majority of 21) Ward Result (emboldened denotes elected) Name of party First Candidate Second Candidate Third Candidate Conservative 1,336 1,253 1,010 Liberal Democrats 1,182 846 752 Labour 542 471 Greens 446 Broadland covers the area of Norfolk that is just to the north of Norwich City (and by a strange quirk of how these things are organised, are the main authority involved…
Ladrokes offering evens that the SNP will increase the number Westminster MPs at GE2015
Ladbrokes have an interesting bet up on the number of SNP MPs at Westminster after the next general election. The prices are evens that it will be above 6.5 and evens that it will be below. The big election between now and 2015, of course, is the Scottish Indy referendum in September 2014. If YES wins then, I’d assume, there’d still be Scottish MPs in the UK parliament until a full transfer of power has taken place. If it’s NO…
The Tory YouGov mini-surge seems to be over
The LAB lead setting down to pre-spending review levels Almost no change in today's YouGov Sun poll CON 32 LAB 40 LD 9 UKIP 13 For the 3rd consecutive day the LDs in single figures — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 4, 2013 Mike Smithson For the latest polling and political betting news Follow @MSmithsonPB
PB Nighthawks is now open
Home of the web’s best political conversation On A Night Like This, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, this thread is Especially For You,  ignore the Better The Devil You Know, and delurk tonight. I Should Be So Lucky if a few of you choose to delurk tonight. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant…