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Nighthawks is now open

Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To you lurkers, why not delurk? It’s Not Unusual to delurk, once you delurk, you won’t be able to Help Yourself from posting, soon PB will feel like The Green, Green Grass of Home. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) The Milibelievers are destroying Labour’s…

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The Christmas Game: Part II

The Christmas Game: Part II

Many thanks to Harry Hayfield, for providing the fun for Christmas Day. Below are the The Google Earth outline of five UK parliamentary constituencies. Can you guess what those constituencies are with the only clue being all the maps are aligned North to South, The answers will be posted later on this evening, the answers to the previous thread are. Number One: Tyrone West, Number Two: Blaenau Gwent, Number Three: Ogmore, Number Four: Glasgow East, Number Five: Leicestershire North West Enjoy guessing six to ten….

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The Christmas Game: Part I

The Christmas Game: Part I

Many thanks to Harry Hayfield, for providing the fun for Christmas Day on PB. Below are the The Google Earth outline of five UK parliamentary constituencies. Can you guess what those constituencies are? The only clue being all the maps are aligned North to South. The answers will be posted when the thread for constituencies six to ten is published this afternoon. Have fun guessing one to five. TSE Constituency One Constituency Two Constituency Three Constituency Four Constituency Five

PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To you lurkers, To Cut A Long Story Short,  why not delurk? It’s True if you delurk, your contributions will be like Gold. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) PMQs: Inspired by Mandela, Cameron wanted to forgive his opponents Red Ed and Redder Ed: Cameron…

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Is it all about leader ratings and the economic lead?

Is it all about leader ratings and the economic lead?

Atul Hatwal at Labour-Uncut posted a piece yesterday about Labour’s polling, he had one observation, which stood out, and I decided to investigate if it were true, his observation was this, The fundamentals of politics do not change. Voters generally make their electoral choice on the basis of who they feel is best suited to be prime minister and which party they feel is the most economically competent. No opposition has ever won an election while being behind on both economic…

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Boris must be able to stand for the Tory leadership

Boris must be able to stand for the Tory leadership

Do the parties need to review their eligibility criteria?   Two things stand out from a quick glance at the odds for the next PM.  The first is that Ed Miliband (8/11, Ladbrokes), is rated about ten times more likely to be next to get the job than anyone else.  That’s not too surprising: he’s secure in his own position, Labour has had a steady lead in the polls for most of the parliament now and a built-in advantage in…

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Ipsos Mori poll on Scotland

Ipsos Mori poll on Scotland

Ipsos-Mori have published their Scottish Public Opinion Monitor.   @IpsosMORI #IndyRef poll sees YES closing the gap Yes 34% (+3) No 57% (-2) — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) December 10, 2013   The fieldwork for this poll was entirely after the publication of the White Paper, and for those wondering if the White Paper had any effect on the electorate, Ipsos-Mori notes The White Paper itself appears to have had a marginal effect on voters’ views. Around one in five (18%)…

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Nighthawks is now open

Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation If you’re going to be up All Day and All of the Night, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To you lurkers, why not delurk? If you delurk, Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy that you’ve delurked. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) The Liberal Democrats have accused Michael Gove’s department of “lying” and…

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