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Month: March 2018

The Foreign Office goes on the PR offence over Russian Salisbury disinformation

The Foreign Office goes on the PR offence over Russian Salisbury disinformation

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The nerve agent came from Sweden,Ukraine did it to frame Russia,It was contamination from the UK's own research facility… Instead of providing an explanation for the Salisbury incident, Russia has launched a campaign of disinformation pic.twitter.com/dZQMXgnAFp — Foreign Office ?? (@foreignoffice) March 20, 2018 What say you Mr. Corbyn? The above video which has been issued by the Foreign Office looks appears to be a very different approach to diplomacy in relation to Russia than we have seen before. Clearly…

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It looks as though it could be after Easter before Pennsylvania punters get paid

It looks as though it could be after Easter before Pennsylvania punters get paid

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The above from the Wikipedia page on last Tuesday’s Pennsylvania special election sets out the result as it stands at the moment but those who have bet on It are going to have to wait some time before this has been resolved. The on the night winner was the Democratic contender but the margin was a fraction of a percent and it looks as though there will be a recount or some other move that could impact on the outcome….

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New Survation CON voter poll finds that 50% say Brexit should go ahead even if the deal threatened jobs and living standad

New Survation CON voter poll finds that 50% say Brexit should go ahead even if the deal threatened jobs and living standad

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But by 46% to 30% they’d back government if it proposed a second referendum There’s a new 1,507 sample Survation poll, restricted just to GE2015/GE2017 Conservative voters, which seeks to get their views on Brexit and related issues. Fieldwork took place last week. It appears that the sample was chosen by getting back to those who had participated in Survation polls ahead of the two previous elections. It was commissioned by a body called Citizens for Britain which is a…

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Labour candidates fear doorstep questions about Corbyn and the Kremlin

Labour candidates fear doorstep questions about Corbyn and the Kremlin

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Labour members on the front line are worried about how voters will react to Jeremy Corbyn’s equivocal response to the attempted assassination in Salisbury of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, and his daughter. The front line in this case is the May local elections, including polls in the 32 London boroughs where the Tories fear they are in for a drubbing. But at a training session last week for new candidates in one of those boroughs the very first question…

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Oh those Russians, you may have just ended the Labour party as we know it

Oh those Russians, you may have just ended the Labour party as we know it

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I suspect FPTP will stop this from happening. https://t.co/DYqNOdGvsl pic.twitter.com/34N2QPGk9G — TSE (@TSEofPB) March 18, 2018 That and the fact that they've failed to split away about 5 times already. — Martin Hoscik (@MartinHoscik) March 18, 2018 Today’s Sunday Times report Senior Labour MPs appalled by Jeremy Corbyn’s performance over the Salisbury poisoning have been in secret talks with the Liberal Democrats and at least one Conservative MP about forming a new political party called Start Again. Plans for a…

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If the DUP can make Martin McGuinness Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland then we shouldn’t rule them out making Corbyn Prime Minister

If the DUP can make Martin McGuinness Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland then we shouldn’t rule them out making Corbyn Prime Minister

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A Brexit deal that separates the Six Counties from the rest of the UK could rupture the DUP and Tory alliance for years. Over the last few years many observers on politics, myself included, have made assumptions that turned out be very wrong. Lib Dem incumbency would save them from a catastrophic seat loss in 2015, the electorate wouldn’t vote to make themselves poorer by Leaving the European Union, and Jeremy Corbyn’s backstory & a divided Labour party would see…

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Ahead of the May local elections Prof Michael Thrasher on the resources of The Elections Centre

Ahead of the May local elections Prof Michael Thrasher on the resources of The Elections Centre

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  Several recent up-dates and have been made to the Elections Centre website that should interest followers of Politicalbetting as we approach what appear to be an intriguing set of May local elections. The website also has two important additions – a new section covering council by-elections and another that hopefully will push the local elections database beyond the million candidate mark. The councils compositions calculator now covers the position up to and including last May’s local elections. There are other…

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