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Voters are as opposed to Royal Mail privatisation as they are to British missile attacks on Syria

Voters are as opposed to Royal Mail privatisation as they are to British missile attacks on Syria

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I was very struck by the cross party opposition to Royal Mail privatisation in this morning’s YouGov poll. The overall polling looks very similar to that carried out ahead of the Commons vote on Syria though I doubt whether here public opinion be listened to quite so much. All three main parties have got their thumb prints in some ways on this in one way or another. If the main might minister in charge had been a Tory rather than…

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Betting on the Lib Dems getting 14% or higher with YouGov this year

Betting on the Lib Dems getting 14% or higher with YouGov this year

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Paddy Power have a market up on whether The Lib Dems will poll 14% or higher with YouGov this year. Paddy Power betting on whether the LDs will poll 14% or higher with YouGov in 2013 pic.twitter.com/QgsnvV6s9j — TSEofPB (@TSEofPB) September 3, 2013 The last time the Lib Dems polled higher than 14% with YouGov was when they polled 15% back in September 2010. The highest they have polled this year is 13% (twice) which was back in March. This…

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A bad day all round, except for the result

A bad day all round, except for the result

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David Herdson wonders if the biggest loser was Obama It’s unlikely that many of those involved in Thursday’s debate and vote will look back on their participation with pride.  Quite why parliament was recalled early when it was due to return next Monday anyway remains unclear, particularly given that the UN inspectors’ report should be published at the weekend or shortly after.  The assumption has to be that irreversible steps were planned before next week, probably at the initiative of…

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Cameron loses the Syria Vote

Cameron loses the Syria Vote

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Now that Dave has lost the vote on Syria Cameron loses Syria war vote; 272 v 285. — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) August 29, 2013   Perhaps it is time to review these markets, this is not good for Dave, his authority has diminished somewhat. I suspect there is no chance of UK participation in any military intervention in Syria now.   Ladbrokes, year of the election, 2013, 25/1 and Dave to leave as PM in 2016 with Ladbrokes at…

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Syria

Syria

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The above is the findings from the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times. YouGov noted on Sunday that The most recent survey supports findings in a YouGov survey from April, which suggested the use of chemical weapons in Syria would make little if any difference at all to the British public’s disinclination towards greater involvement.  Overnight there was further YouGov polling released on the reported plans for Syria and it makes for grim reading for David Cameron. Voters are against missile strikes…

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Ipsos-MORI party like-dislike ratings for UKIP raise doubts about the party’s future progress

Ipsos-MORI party like-dislike ratings for UKIP raise doubts about the party’s future progress

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How come that Farage’s party is now so disliked? One of the big problems with polling is that what tends to get reported is what fits the media narrative and other numbers can get ignored. Thus the big news from latest Ipsos-MORI “like/dislike” party and leader ratings was the big fall in Ed Miliband’s personal position which, of course, has been the big political story this summer. This has overshadowed other numbers from the firm about UKIP that might be…

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Cameron and Clegg The New Blair and Brown?

Cameron and Clegg The New Blair and Brown?

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Yesterday John Rentoul wrote a fascinating piece on the Dave and Nick relationship.   I am told that [David Cameron] has recently had a lot of “quite angry” meetings with Nick Clegg. Where once civil servants liked to compare the polite and mutually respectful dealings of the coalition leaders with the storms of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s dysfunctional “coalition”, insiders now say that there are similarities after all. I understand that one of Cameron and Clegg’s disputes was over…

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