What a day for political news This has been one of those days. After last night’s YouGov poll with its record lead we then had the charges in the News International case only to be followed an hour or so later by one of the four main telephone polls – Ipsos-MORI. Then there was the election to the Conservatives 1922 committee in which the old guard appears to have seen off the young usurpers. On top of that EdM has…
…YouGov points to a 1997-scale LABour landlside Update – Labour lead on 14: Latest YouGov/The Sun results 14th May CON 31%, LAB 45%, LD 7%, (UKIP 8%); APP -42 y-g.co/JPOlcP — YouGov (@YouGov) May 14, 2012 The YouGov LAB 45% CON 31% split is slightly better for Labour than in Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide when the voting wasLAB 44.4% CON 31.4% — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) May 15, 2012 Tonight’s YouGov lead for Labour of 14% is the highestrecorded by the…
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Holiday arrangements starting a week on Monday I’ve going to be away Andalucia for two and half weeks and won’t be taking my lap-top though I will still have my tablet and phone. Unlike previous holidays there will be no stand-in editor. We have found that it is just too big a task for someone who also has to work. The site will still operate driven mostly by continuation threads and things that have been set up in advance. @MikeSmithsonOGH…
We now make it 5/6 that David Cameron says ‘lol’ at least once during PMQs this year #LOLgate #camerontexts — Ladbrokes (@LadbrokesNews) May 11, 2012 You wait till the Prime Minister finds out what MILF means…. — Philip Cowley (@philipjcowley) May 11, 2012 The Moggster’s verdict re LOL. Jacob Rees-Mogg: “I would have thought he’d sign off yours sincerely, but never mind.†bit.ly/JERI9o — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) May 11, 2012 #leveson Not too charmed by RB’s feisty, winning ways, we…
Has it all been a terrible mistake? Today’s my 66th birthday and, as no doubt it will be hard to avoid today, the second anniversary of that Tuesday in May 2010 when Gordon Brown, Sarah and his two children left Number 10 for the last time as PM. It is also the second anniversary of Dave as prime minister and, of course, the creation of what all seemed so positive then, the coalition. Looking back to those heady days I…
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The boundary changes could be postponed in exchange for the LDs holding back on Lord reform. Winner=Ed Miliband bit.ly/IS9SWc — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) May 8, 2012 A delay Lords reform/boundary changes pact means that LAB can win overall majority with just 3% lead. CON needs 11% lead. — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) May 8, 2012 A delay Lords reform/boundary changes pact means that Nadine’s seat is safe for next time. — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) May 8, 2012 See Gary Gibbon’s post…