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Nadine could do Cameron a lot of damage if she switched to Ukip

Nadine could do Cameron a lot of damage if she switched to Ukip

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Tomorrow it will be exactly 6 months since @nadinedorriesmp was suspended as a CON MP. Farage is making overtures. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 5, 2013 It’s starting to appear “nasty” that the whip has not been restored to @nadinedorriesmp . — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) May 4, 2013 It’s time to “Free the Mid-Bedfordshire One” In 2008 the county council in Bedfordshire was abolished so it wasn’t one of the traditional shire counties where there was voting last Thursday….

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Boris Johnson for PM polling? He was overstated by all 6 pollsters in final surveys ahead of May 2012 mayoral race

Boris Johnson for PM polling? He was overstated by all 6 pollsters in final surveys ahead of May 2012 mayoral race

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Great Boris Private Eye cover that’ll become a classic if ever he does become CONleader/PM.via @hendopolis twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 4, 2013 Remember how Ken ran him so close? Just before the Easter weekend we reported on a new YouGov poll that had a Boris-led Tory party level pegging with an EdM LAB one when the named leader voting intention question was put. This caused something of a stir and was in line with similar polling at the…

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This is starting to look a bit like November 1990 when Mrs. Thatcher was brought down

This is starting to look a bit like November 1990 when Mrs. Thatcher was brought down

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Suddenly the race to replace Dave as CON leader goes public as Gove lashes out at Theresa May Ladbrokes move Gove out to 10/1 as next CON leader while others make May the 4/1 FAV.gu.com/p/3ed4v/tw twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 13, 2013 Michael Gove rounds on ‘disloyal’ Theresa May in extraordinary Cabinet outburst. Home Sec refuses to respond. Full story in Mail tomorrow — James Chapman (Mail) (@jameschappers) March 12, 2013 How the Mail is reporting the Gove-May skirmish…

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Theresa May and Tim Farron first went head to head at GE1992

Theresa May and Tim Farron first went head to head at GE1992

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Could the two losing candidates from NW Durham at GE1992 end up leading their parties? See panel twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 10, 2013 A foretaste of a general election to come? Thanks to PB poster Tim at the weekend for spotting this one – the battle for the rock solid LAB seat of Durham NW at the 1992 general election. Who would have thought then that just over two decades later the two losing candidates, Theresa May and…

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ConHome surveys suggests that most CON activists now believe that the next general election is lost

ConHome surveys suggests that most CON activists now believe that the next general election is lost

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The Eastleigh third place has just added to the gloom The Times leads on the ConHome survey suggesting that most Tories think #GE2015 is already lost. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 9, 2013 The Times is reporting that a Conhome survey found that just 7% ofCON members believe that the party come win a majority at #GE2015 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 8, 2013 75% of those in a Conhome survey reported in Times believe that Labour,either in coalition…

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Marf on Dave and the Ukip threat

Marf on Dave and the Ukip threat

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If you would like to purchase one of Marf’s prints or originals, please contact her here. Round up latest #GE2015 overall majority betting twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 4, 2013 Above table is from JustBookies which has a wide range of information and offers for punters.

What should David Cameron and the Conservatives do now to earn voters trust

What should David Cameron and the Conservatives do now to earn voters trust

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David Cameron channels his inner Lady Thatcher twitter.com/TSEofPB/status… — TSEPB (@TSEofPB) March 3, 2013 Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, David Cameron, says “There has been a barrage of advice this weekend following the Eastleigh by-election” he explains what he will do. The Sunday Telegraph also have a selection of activists, MPs and academics in and around the Conservative Party telling what went wrong at Eastleigh, and what the Tories need to do now if they are to form the next…

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