Since the Syria vote a lot of the attention and comment has been focussed upon the Leadership of Dave and Ed, trying to work who was and will be the winner and the loser from the Syria vote. But what of Nick Clegg? He was dealt a damaging blow to his leadership as 24 out of his 57 MPs, including the Party President Tim Farron, revolted over his backing of military intervention in Syria. Tim Farron has a history of not…
Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk tonight, cross the Rubicon, from lurking to posting. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) George Osborne takes aim at Labour’s record in opposition What Osborne won’t admit: growth has increased because of slower cuts Who donates what to…
There were three polls released overnight, The YouGov for the Sunday Times, an Opinium poll for the Observer, and a Wisdom Index Poll for the Sunday Telegraph (which asks what voters think each party will get at the next General Election) On voting intention Sunday Times/YouGov Poll Con 34 Lab 38 LD 9 UKIP 12 — TSEofPB (@TSEofPB) September 8, 2013 Opinium poll for the Observer Labour lead down 2 to 5%. Con 30% (+1) Lab 35% (-1) LD 7% (-1)…
(Flag of Syria under French Mandate – From Wikimedia Commons) Imperial echoes in the Middle East Much of the debate surrounding potential military action in Syria has focussed on two aspects: what effect would such action have, and would it be lawful as things stand. In a sense, the two are linked in an unusual way. The normal reasons for intervening militarily are for one government to force a change of policy upon another, or to impose a settlement on…
Kimberly Walsh from last year’s final Tomorrow sees the eleventh series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing begin. Here’s a list of the line up of this year’s Strictly. The people I will be backing this year are the following Natalie Gumede  @ 4/1 Sophie Ellis-Bextor @ 8/1 Ben Cohen @ 10/1 Rachel Riley @ 11/2 Here’s why. Natalie Gumede Natalie Gumede was installed as the favourite for Strictly, because she has some training as a dancer in the past, the…
There has been another finding released by Panelbase from their poll commissioned by the SNP. The findings is that if the 2015 general election would result in another Tory-led or Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Government at Westminster,  41% said they are “very likely” to vote Yes and 9% “quite likely”. If they felt the next general election would result in a Labour-led Government at Westminster, 37% said they are “very likely” with another 10% “quite likely” to vote Yes. Whilst the…
Friday's Independent – "Labour says taxpayers may have to pay more for political parties" #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Y76Gg8yWhB — Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) September 5, 2013 There has been some alarm this week at the GMB’s early decision to reduce the money they give to Labour by £1M next year in response to Ed Miliband’s proposed changes. Ian Lavery MP is Chair of Labour’s parliamentary group of trade union MPs and has warned “I know other unions will be considering this move, and losing…
Following on from the National Audit Office’s publication of the  report into Universal Credit, we saw this Iain Duncan Smith cut from 16/1 to 8/1 to be Next Cabinet Minister out. http://t.co/BjfT8LIPF6 — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) September 5, 2013 I’ve been on longer odds on IDS, so I think the value has gone in this, however long standing and outstanding PB contributor, Peter from Putney suggested this bet earlier on today, which I think is a very good option, as…