A once in a lifetime chance: Have a drink on SeanT The next PB gathering will be at the Dirty Dicks pub just across the road from Liverpool Street Station in London from 1830 on Wednesday November 20th. These have become very much a tradition and a good time is generally had by all. There’s an area at the back of the pub on the first floor that is semi-reserved for us. Please try to make it if you can….
pic.twitter.com/mI8RVHixt1 — Mike Smithson (@PolPics) November 16, 2013 And all the parties are complicit Around fifty years ago, the prime minister of the day confided in his PR advisor that “the period since 1832, in which the middle classes had dominated government and politics, was disappearing†and that “power was passing to organised labourâ€. It was a surprisingly Marxist analysis to come from a Conservative PM but not untypically for a Marxist analysis, it was wrong. In some ways, Macmillan’s…
Ipsos-MORI also reports Greens up from 4 to 7 Charts from Ipsos-MORI showing today's poll which has LAB lead of 6% – up from level pegging last month pic.twitter.com/Wk5AflwS5C — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2013 LAB’s position with Populus best since end July Today's online poll from Populus sees LAB lead up Lab 40 (+1) Cons 31 (=) LD 11 (=) UKIP 10 (=) — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2013 All the leaders see their Ipsos-MORI ratings fall Table from Ipsos-MORI showing…
Seaton on Allerdale Labour 464 (40%), United Kingdom Independence Party 426 (37%), Conservative 133 (11%), Green 108 (9%), Liberal Democrat 30 (3%) Labour GAIN from Independent Labour GAIN overall control of Allerdale with an overall majority of 2 Winton East on Bournemouth Conservative 503 (42%), Labour 215 (18%), United Kingdom Independence Party 212 (18%), Liberal Democrat 191 (16%), Green 48 (4%), Independent 34 (3%) Conservative HOLD Seaton on Cumbria Labour 628 (47% +15%), United Kingdom Independence Party 483 (36% +11%),…
Henry G Manson says Ed should do it sooner not later Labour is signed up to an EU referendum in principle. Any new shift in powers will lead to one. That’s just a matter of time. Surely it’s better to take control and choose on your own terms and your own timing? The argument for ‘not right now’ is reasonably coherent. We must focus on jobs and growth. ‘Not 2017’ makes sense because signposting such a timetable four years would…
Seaton on Allderdale (Ind Defence) Result of last election (2011): Lab 28, Ind 16, Con 12 (No Overall Control, Lab and Opposition tied) Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Independent 1,055, 641 Labour 779, 586 Green 304 Candidates duly nominated: Mike Davidson (Con), Alistair Grey (Green), Mark Jenkinson (UKIP), Andrew Lawson (Lab), Chris Snowden (Lib Dem) Allerdale is one of those councils where the normal rules of local elections do not seem to apply. In the…
This is from a survey that looks at views of the parties in different parts of the country which doesn’t produce any startling conclusions – the Tories are less popular in the north while LAB had problems in the South outside London. These YouGov numbers are very similar to what Ipsos-MORI found in August when they asked about liking and disliking parties. There’s little doubt that if party wants to be liked then it’s better to be in opposition. Meanwhile…
If you would like to purchase one of Marf’s prints or originals, please contact her here. Latest YouGov sees UKIP up at 13% again Today's YouGov poll for the Sun sees LAB lead down to 8% CON 31 LAB 39 LD 9 UKIP 13 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 14, 2013 Farage’s party seems to poll within a range of 10-13% in the daily YouGov surveys and this morning’s figure is at the top of that range. On a bare uniform national swing this…