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Sean Fear – a great loss for the Tories and a great catch for UKIP

Sean Fear – a great loss for the Tories and a great catch for UKIP

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One thing that Sean isn’t is a “fruit-cake” On one of the Syrian threads last week long-standing PB regular, Sean Fear, announced that he’d switched from the Tories to UKIP. Sean’s relationship with the site is a long one. Back in 2004 he became just about the first regular Tory poster here at a time when the threads were totally dominated dominated by Labour supporters. He built up a great reputation for his courtesy, his detailed knowledge of elections and…

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Ladrokes offering evens that the SNP will increase the number Westminster MPs at GE2015

Ladrokes offering evens that the SNP will increase the number Westminster MPs at GE2015

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Ladbrokes have an interesting bet up on the number of SNP MPs at Westminster after the next general election. The prices are evens that it will be above 6.5 and evens that it will be below. The big election between now and 2015, of course, is the Scottish Indy referendum in September 2014. If YES wins then, I’d assume, there’d still be Scottish MPs in the UK parliament until a full transfer of power has taken place. If it’s NO…

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Reminder: Next PB gathering – Friday April 19th – Dirty Dicks

Reminder: Next PB gathering – Friday April 19th – Dirty Dicks

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As posted a couple of weeks ago the next PB gathering has been arranged for this coming Friday starting at 6.30pm at the historic Dirty Dicks pub in Bishopsgate – just across the road from the main entrance to Liverpool Street station. This is the first time that we’ve arranged an event for a Friday evening and I know that several PBers from around the country will be heading for London. The get together takes place at the back of…

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Starting tomorrow the PB Thursday Night Local Elections Special

Starting tomorrow the PB Thursday Night Local Elections Special

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Join us to get first news of what’s happening From tomorrow there will be a new feature on the site – The PB Thursday Local Elections Special. This will provide a focus for the council by-elections that take place on many Thursdays when real voters cast real votes in real elections. I know, many current PBers have a fund of knowledge in this area and do, already feed in information. A briefing, written by Harry Hayfield, on the seats at…

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And now the Sixth Annual StJohn PB Christmas Crossword

And now the Sixth Annual StJohn PB Christmas Crossword

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Across 1. Bishop is ultimately ridiculed – described by Cameron unfairly as man holding a stick and wearing fancy dress (6,6) 8. Right away Blair stopped one Labour source of wealth (3,4) 9. Physicist has wager in play (7) 11. Society rejected by European like Johnson (7) 12. Metal small safe holds money (7) 13. President’s film broadcast (5) 14. Old province where art is destroyed by wanton, heartless vandals (9) 16. Give elector an alternative (9) 19. Live down…

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Welcome to PB NightHawks – the overnight conversation

Welcome to PB NightHawks – the overnight conversation

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A special offer for PB party attendees A week tomorrow it’s the next PB gathering at the Dirty Dicks pub which is across the road from Liverpool Street station. I’ll be bringing with me some of the remaining copies of my 2007 book, The Political Punter, which is now out of print. It is a bit old bit but the basic principles stay the same. If anybody would like one please email me in advance. All I ask is that…

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Labour loses its ComRes lead

Labour loses its ComRes lead

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A new online poll by ComRes for the Indy on Sunday and Sunday Mirror has the following shares with changes on the last such poll in August . Con 38% (-) Lab 38% (-2) LD 11% (-) Others 13% (+2) So another pollster has Labour slipping back. Only YouGov now has Labour in the 40s. In other findings : Only 23% agree Lib Dems have “done a good job of moderating Conservative policies” – Only 24% agree Lib Dems a…

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