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It looks like mentioning Ed’s name is no longer a drag for Labour

It looks like mentioning Ed’s name is no longer a drag for Labour

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  As part of their polling for The Times, YouGov asked “Imagine that at the next election the party leaders remained David Cameron for the Conservatives, Ed Miliband for Labour and Nick Clegg for the Liberal Democrats. How would you vote?” Normally they ask “If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for? Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Scottish Nationalist/Plaid cymru, some other party, would not vote, don’t know” Now the first thing that caught my eye…

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Cameron’s big 2015 debate gamble: to play or to sabotage

Cameron’s big 2015 debate gamble: to play or to sabotage

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The 5-3-2 proposal is unworkable and looks like a wrecking attempt There’s no doubt that David Cameron looks like someone who wants to avoid the kind of leaders’ debates that dominated the 2010 election.  He’s on record as saying that he’d prefer a different format, though the lack of engagement in the process to design them suggests no great urgency on his or his party’s part. Indeed, the proposal to have three debates – one between him and Ed Miliband,…

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By-election in Newark as Patrick Mercer resigns – Will Farage stand?

By-election in Newark as Patrick Mercer resigns – Will Farage stand?

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New PB Thread on the Newark by-election http://t.co/4w5rDEVYsB pic.twitter.com/3lZWA51Yug — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) April 29, 2014 So we have a by-election in Newark. Earlier on today, when I speculated on whether a Newark by-election will be held on May 22nd, the same day as the locals and Euros, Mark Senior posted It is impossible for there to be a by election in Newark or anywhere else on May 22nd . section 14 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013…

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CON fights back against UKIP with what’s been a hugely effective voter mobilisation strategy in the US

CON fights back against UKIP with what’s been a hugely effective voter mobilisation strategy in the US

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This from the Tories look like a smart campaigning import from the US. The PM wants to talk to ME pic.twitter.com/EwzBsI03ta — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 28, 2014 Big data giving the personal touch This morning Tory chairman, Grant Shapps, sent me the above email with an invitation to take part in a conference call with the Prime Minister tonight. Although the text doesn’t say it specifically there’s a suggestion that I could be in dialogue with Mr. Cameron. On…

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Are we really only five months away from Dave’s resignation?

Are we really only five months away from Dave’s resignation?

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Benedict Brogan wrote the other day David Cameron will resign if he loses Scotland. A Prime Minister who allows the break-up of the United Kingdom cannot suffer such a statement of no confidence and continue in office. That much is understood in Downing Street, where a gnawing doubt about the referendum gets worse by the day. The vote takes place in five months this Friday. Angst rather than panic describes the feeling apparent among those involved – but is it…

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Each day the political potency of the flooding gets bigger

Each day the political potency of the flooding gets bigger

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Paterson/No 10 brief v Smith. Pickles denounces Smith. Paterson complains abt Pickles to No 10, who back Smith. Paterson denies row. Chaos — Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) February 10, 2014 No, Owen Paterson hasn't bought a spray can. pic.twitter.com/Zy1BsYnr17 — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) February 10, 2014 David Cameron’s response The judgement on the Environment Agency Looking at the party splits CON voters are much more likely to blame the Environment Agency than David Cameron. The ones most supportive of the…

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The David Cameron paradox: His “little black book” could form both the CON and LD manifestos

The David Cameron paradox: His “little black book” could form both the CON and LD manifestos

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In an interview with Speccie editor, Fraser Nelson David Cameron gives an interesting insight into how his party will present itself at GE2015 “..The coalition is still strong and radical, he says, ‘but because of what I see as the problems facing Britain — and what I want to do next as Prime Minister — I feel very passionately that I want single party government’. It’s strange, I say, he doesn’t come across as a man held captive by the…

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Will it be English Tories that swings the IndyRef for the Yes Side?

Will it be English Tories that swings the IndyRef for the Yes Side?

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Will it be English Tories that swings the IndyRef for the Yes Side? New PB Thread http://t.co/8YtUktuchO pic.twitter.com/Z7Zjjxkoc7 — TSEofPB (@TSEofPB) November 29, 2013 On the love that might finally dare to speak its name. For those of us betting and/or wanting Scotland to vote for independence, bar one poll that was commissioned by the SNP, the general thrust of the recent polling hasn’t been favourable for us, so where will this surge in support for the Yes Side come from? In…

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