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Boost for the Tories as the economy once again becomes the top issue

Boost for the Tories as the economy once again becomes the top issue

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Good for CON. Economy moves to top slot in YouGov's issues trackers – those facing the country and you/your family pic.twitter.com/BLiBpch67N — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 1, 2015 A good start for the Crosby campaign The numbers in the YouGov issues trackers tables say it all. Big jumps for the economy to top slot as top issue facing the country and you/your family. This suggests that the opening salvoes of the campaign from Cameron and Co are the ones hitting…

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LAB regains YouGov lead and Newsnight index has gap down to 2 seats

LAB regains YouGov lead and Newsnight index has gap down to 2 seats

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After last night level pegging LAB lead by one: CON 35%, LAB 36%, LD 7%, UKIP 12%, GRN 5% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 31, 2015 @BBCNewsnight 's latest GE15 index pic.twitter.com/WeaN1h1LIT — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 31, 2015 My guess is that the Newsnight change is largely down to the new ComRes Scotland poll which is a tad more positive for LAB than other surveys.

Big boost for the Tories in tonight’s ComRes phone poll

Big boost for the Tories in tonight’s ComRes phone poll

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RT @tom_ComRes: Con lead by 4 points as Miliband sees no Paxo bounce – our new poll for @itvnews / @DailyMailUK pic.twitter.com/pTp9GCS0Ty — Andrew Hawkins (@Andrew_ComRes) March 29, 2015 Around twice as many Britons think Cameron is "strong" & "good on TV" compared to Miliband – @dailymailUK / @itvnews pic.twitter.com/QqGONGARKF — Tom Mludzinski (@tom_ComRes) March 29, 2015 Best PM from ComRes phone poll for Mail. Not good for Ed pic.twitter.com/NVsV3kQNx8 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 29, 2015 Confused about the…

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Tonight’s YouGov has LAB taking 4% lead and Ed getting ratings boost

Tonight’s YouGov has LAB taking 4% lead and Ed getting ratings boost

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How the S Times is reporting its YouGov poll. pic.twitter.com/9f4j4iMQ6L — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 28, 2015 LAB takes 4% lead with YouGov in poll all taken after Thurs TV programme LAB 36% Con 32% LD 8% Ukip 13% Green 6 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 28, 2015 Big lift in Miliband’s personal ratings. Best PM 23%, up 4% in a week. (Cameron 35%). Miliband personal rating -28%. Early march it was -48% — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 28, 2015 YouGov poll finds those who…

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By accident or design, the election’s got a debate series that could work

By accident or design, the election’s got a debate series that could work

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Multiple structures will probe the parties & leaders In a little over nine months’ time, the US presidential hopefuls will be campaigning hard in the then snow-bound small rural state of Iowa, the first in a long process of state-wide elections that will ultimately determine the two parties’ nominations. That process has evolved over the years, partly organically, partly by design but the main reason there’s been little wholesale reform in the schedule, despite offerings to that end being put…

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Marf on the big Commons story on the final day of the Parliament

Marf on the big Commons story on the final day of the Parliament

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Whoever’s idea it was it was a mistake The basic fact is that you don’t launch moves like this unless you are going to win. I’ve never been a fan of Bercow but to use what amounted to procedural trickery flew in the face of the way the House operates. What’s clear is that he emerges stronger from this failed attempt. He’s now there as long as he wants. Surely the best thing would have been to have done this…

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So was it, as was being predicted, the game-changer?

So was it, as was being predicted, the game-changer?

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Osbo kicks off pic.twitter.com/RZCeCEFwNp — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 18, 2015 Wait a few days before making a judgement The one thing we’ve learned from previous budgets, both LAB & CON, is that early judgements are not usually the right ones. Remember the initial polling on the March 2012 omni-shambles was fairly positive. What the budget does for all parties is to shape the way the economic debate will progress in this final period. Whatever I guess that this was…

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