Are there any good budget bets? Firstly thanks to Marf for her budget day cartoon. The reason that we’ve not seen much of her work on the site recently is that all her energies have been focussed on a special exhibition that opens in April in London – more details on that later. On the budget itself the level of briefing and leaks that we’ve seen is reminiscent of Gordon Brown’s days at the treasury when lots of information and…
Poll Date CON % LAB % LD % OTH % Angus Reid/ 20/03/11 32 41 10 17 Angus Reid/ 04/03/11 33 41 10 16 Angus Reid/ 10/02/11 34 40 11 15 Angus Reid/Sunday Express 28/02/11 32 43 11 14 Angus Reid/ 25/01/11 33 41 12 13 Angus Reid/ 06/01/11 35 40 12 15 Angus Reid/ 20/12/10 35 41 9 12 Angus Reid/ 29/11/10 35 40 13 13 Angus Reid/ 28/10/10 35 37 15 11 Angus Reid/Sunday Express 01/10/10 35 38…
Pollster/publication Question wording Date Right % Wrong % YouGov for the Sun Do you think Britain, France, the US and other countries are right or wrong to take military action in Libya? 20/03/11 to 21/03/11 45 36 Pollster/publication Question wording Date Agree % Disagree % ComRes online for ITV news It is right for the UK to take military action against Colonel Gadafi’s forces in Libya 18/03/11 to 20/03/11 35 43 Is it down to timing and the wording? At 10pm…
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The weekly Jonathan on Sunday slot The close cooperation of Sarkozy and Cameron has been one of the most interesting features of the Libyan Crisis. Europe’s two leading military powers have rarely worked together more closely. They used their seat at the UN Security council effectively. With the US prepared to take a back seat, are we seeing the development of a new European military capability? On Cameron’s watch, is Europe taking another step towards statehood? Last November, Cameron and…
S Telegraph What can the whips do about the open primary winner? Of all the 650 MPs who were elected last May Sarah Wollaston was almost unique. For she became Tory candidate following an open primary in July 2009 in which every elector in Totnes, irrespective of their party allegiance, was sent a postal ballot. Other Conservative candidates were selected by so-called primaries but only in the Devon seat and in Gosport did the blues go to the expense of…
Or can Balls build on his lead? Perhaps the most surprising finding from today’s MORI poll were the above ones on who would make “best chancellor” for the pollster found, and I think this is a first, that Balls is ahead. Certainly Labour’s man has been playing a big public role and has always seized opportunities to make news and get coverage. What a turnaround for the man whose apparent unelectability was a key issue in last autumn’s Labour leadership…