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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life

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These don’t appear to be the actions of a PM confident of winning the referendum Senior Cameron aide asked rebels at Tory away day if moving Osborne would "save PM" in the event of a Brexit vote. See Sunday Times — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) April 30, 2016 Typo alert – The below tweet I think he means Foreign Sec, I hope Tory whip has also been asking Eurosceptics whether moving Osborne to foreign sex would help calm civil war. —…

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From Blair to Corbyn, Livingstone, and Hitler, 19 years is a long time in politics

From Blair to Corbyn, Livingstone, and Hitler, 19 years is a long time in politics

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Just a reminder how good embittered Blairites are at winning general elections for Labour. Corbynistas take note pic.twitter.com/tEFDUCfVf1 — TSE (@TSEofPB) May 1, 2016 Can things only get better for Labour? Not whilst the stench of anti-Semitism swirls around the party Nineteen years ago today, Tony Blair led the Labour Party back into government after eighteen years in opposition. 418 MPs elected, 145 gains, and a 179 seat majority. The way Labour and Corbyn are heading, they will be lucky…

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It’s the economy, stupid

It’s the economy, stupid

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If Leave wants to win they need to show that Brexit is the better option for the economy and the financial wellbeing of voters. We’ve been here before. We see the headline voting intention figures showing it neck and neck, yet the supplementaries on the economy show one side extending their clear lead further. Looking at the above supplementary questions from this week’s YouGov poll that showed Leave ahead by 1%, this referendum campaign, with the supplementaries showing more and more…

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Choosing Cameron’s successor – the process and the possibles

Choosing Cameron’s successor – the process and the possibles

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Alastair Meeks thinks they’ll select in completely the wrong way Epigone is an underused word.  Originating from the ancient Greek for “offspring”, it means “undistinguished successor”, referring to the sons of the Seven Against Thebes who sought to avenge their fathers. Politics is littered with epigoni.  Margaret Thatcher was followed by John Major, who had imbibed the economics but lacked the lustre.  John Major was followed by William Hague, who lacked not just the lustre but also the gravitas.  William…

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Next Thursday could start to restore our confidence in the polls

Next Thursday could start to restore our confidence in the polls

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Alastair Meeks on the importance of the London, Scottish & Welsh surveys The 2015 general election was a disaster for the polling companies. On the eve of the election, all the pollsters were predicting a hung Parliament with the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck. In the event, the Conservatives were 6% ahead of Labour and got an overall majority. Since then, the pollsters have flagellated themselves, put on hair shirts and sought to uncover what exactly went wrong. They…

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Immigration looks set to be Leave’s last card

Immigration looks set to be Leave’s last card

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Alastair Meeks looks at the outers The Remain side has started the fight at a furious pace, leaving Leave gasping for air after two blows to its solar plexus.  First, it got hit by a Treasury report claiming that by 2030 each British household could be £4,300 worse off if it voted to leave the EU.  Then Barack Obama weighed in with his view that if Britain were to vote to leave the EU, it would join the back of…

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Tonight’s US primaries – “North East Tuesday”

Tonight’s US primaries – “North East Tuesday”

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Pulpstar on the White House Race Dems On the Democrat side, expect Hillary to add to her total – the question for Sanders will be whether he can keep the damage to under 300 pledged delegates and perhaps scrape out a win in Rhode Island – which looks his best shot. The contest was over long ago anyways. On the GOP side, the states run through as follows Delaware A foregone conclusion, the only thing of interest will be whether…

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A minority government by another name

A minority government by another name

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Alastair Meeks asks how could David Cameron deal with a party within a party? David Cameron has had a cabal of fierce critics on the Conservative backbenches conspiring against him almost since the moment he became party leader.  In the new Parliament, the cabal has re-emerged and, emboldened by a small Conservative majority in the House of Commons, has periodically pounced to undermine their leadership’s plans on tax credit cuts, Sunday trading and benefit cuts, among other things.  The referendum…

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