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Even LAB voters are giving Johnson positive leader ratings

Even LAB voters are giving Johnson positive leader ratings

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There haven’t been many opinion polls of late but this afternoon we’ve got the detail of the latest Deltapoll which includes its regular well/badly leader ratings. The detail is shown in the panel above together with what those sampled did at GE2019 and the referendum. For me the most interesting numbers are the views of Johnson particularly the sub-set of LAB voters just three and a bit months ago. Generally there is a very clear party split in views of…

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9% of members of the UK cabinet have now tested positive

9% of members of the UK cabinet have now tested positive

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Let’s hope the same proportion doesn’t apply to the country as a whole On a morning of dramatic developments in the UK it has been announced that both PM Johnson and Healthsec Hancock have tested positive for the coronavirus. Given that there are just 23 members of the cabinet that means that just under 9% of its members have been afflicted. Maybe that is not surprising because the two have obviously spent a lot of time in each other’s company…

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If there is a London lockdown then YouGov finds it would have public backing

If there is a London lockdown then YouGov finds it would have public backing

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64% of Britons, including 57% of Londoners, say they would support putting London under lockdown #COVID19 https://t.co/gOkfN6aPSn pic.twitter.com/ckxSzAQVn0 — YouGov (@YouGov) March 19, 2020 And there’s no partisan divide on the issue The table above is very much in line with other party splits on dealing with the epidemic and worth emphasising given what we are seeing in the US where Republican voters are taking a very different view to the coronavirus crisis than Democrat ones. Here it is hard…

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Latest PM favourability polling from Ipsos MORI has Johnson’s numbers at a post-GE2019 low

Latest PM favourability polling from Ipsos MORI has Johnson’s numbers at a post-GE2019 low

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Ipsos MORI’s latest Political Pulse, just out, shows an increase in the the numbers viewing Johnson unfavourably compared to just after the election. While 41% had a negative opinion of Mr Johnson after the election in December, this has risen closer to half of Britons now (47%), giving him an overall net favourability score of -13 compared to -8 in late January . The pollster, which has been carrying out leader ratings for four decades, noted: “Having a gradual decline…

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What will be the name of the Boris Johnson’s baby?

What will be the name of the Boris Johnson’s baby?

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Ladbrokes have this market on the name of the baby Carrie Symonds will give birth to later this year and quite frankly this seems like a brilliant way to contribute to the Christmas bonus fund for Ladbrokes politics team. Whilst the screenshot at the top of this article doesn’t show the full list there’s nothing that sounds truly appealing, especially given we do not know the gender of the baby which will eliminate around fifty per cent of the names…

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Sabisky decides to go of his own accord

Sabisky decides to go of his own accord

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Hey all,The media hysteria about my old stuff online is mad but I wanted to help HMG not be a distraction. Accordingly I’ve decided to resign as a contractor. I hope no.10 hires more ppl w/ good geopolitical forecasting track records & that media learn to stop selective quoting — Andrew Sabisky (@AndrewSabisky) February 17, 2020 This saves Boris/Dom an ongoing embarrassment

Johnson coming under pressure to sack the Number 10 advisor who backs forced sterilisation

Johnson coming under pressure to sack the Number 10 advisor who backs forced sterilisation

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WATCH: Transport secretary Grant Shapps refuses to condemn Andrew Sabisky, a new adviser at No 10 who called for forced sterilisation of young women. #Ridge pic.twitter.com/xaBbXKEfq2 — The Red Roar (@TheRedRoar) February 16, 2020 NEW: Have spoken to multiple special advisers who say they and their cabinet ministers will refuse to work with Andrew Sabisky — they won’t attend meetings where he is present or respond to his emails— they will tell Boris Johnson to overrule Dominic Cummings and sack…

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Number 10’s power-grab is sowing the seeds of its own failure

Number 10’s power-grab is sowing the seeds of its own failure

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Cummings cannot re-engineer government while ignoring the human aspect Political power is notoriously nebulous. Like fairies, or the value of fiat money, if enough people belief in it, that in itself is enough to call it into being – just as the lack of belief is enough to destroy it. What then gives Boris Johnson the ability to accrete to himself and his advisors in Number Ten powers that no other prime minister has enjoyed? It’s not the size of…

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