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A well received speech from Cameron – but the Tories still have a huge challenge even to win most seats next time

A well received speech from Cameron – but the Tories still have a huge challenge even to win most seats next time

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At the start of the week the President of YouGov, Peter Kellner, declared that the Conservatives would “need a miracle” to win an majority at the next election. As things stand at the moment that must be right. Even protecting the 100 or so gains secured in 2010 is going to be a mammoth task and Labour are firm favourites in the betting to win most seats if not a majority. Yet today’s speech had a lot of merits. Cameron…

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David Cameron twitter betting

David Cameron twitter betting

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David Cameron has launched a twitter account. He has already received abuse. His twitter bio says Official profile of David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Account run by David Cameron and @conservatives team David Cameron will be hoping his previous comments about twitter, don’t come back to haunt him. Ladbrokes have a market up on David Cameron’s twitter account. I’ve backed that he’ll follow any account affiliated to a Labour politician/official Labour account by…

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Are we getting closer to an EU referendum?

Are we getting closer to an EU referendum?

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If so what would be the outcome? According to the BBC’s Nick Robinson David Cameron is set to address Tory back-bench concerns over the EU with a major speech in the next couple of month on Britain’s relationship with Brussels. Under the heading “David Cameron considers a referendum on Europe” Robinson writes:- “..The pressures on the prime minister are now much greater than they were before the 2010 election – UKIP is building support and many Westminster insiders believe they…

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Ashdown’s appointment makes it more certain that Clegg will survive

Ashdown’s appointment makes it more certain that Clegg will survive

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Dave is now the most vulnerable party leader? Probably the most significant aspect of Clegg’s conference speech was the appointment of ex-leader, Paddy Ashdown as head of the party’s 2015 general election campaign. This has been discussed in terms of his ability to reach Labour tactical voters who are central to the party holding onto those seats where the Tories are in second place. He’s also good at motivating activists. Ashdown, as we saw with his relations with Blair, was…

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Asking the same leadership questions in both the UK and US

Asking the same leadership questions in both the UK and US

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Ipsos-MORI It’s now clear that the leadership questions released on Cameron and Miliband earlier this week were part of a much bigger transatlantic survey involving the Ipsos group of which MORI is its UK arm. I thought it odd at the time that included in the list was “man of faith” – something that didn’t seem right from a UK perspective. The info-graphic above sets out the findings with stronger figures, in the main, for the incumbent in each case….

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Ed is doing better than Hague and IDS but is behind Blair and Cameron

Ed is doing better than Hague and IDS but is behind Blair and Cameron

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The Ipsos-MORI Opposition leader comparison A lot has been said in the past couple of days about leader ratings and I thought this Ipsos-MORI chart was worth putting up, It shows how Ed Miliband is doing against other recent leaders of the opposition at exactly the same stage since they took over the role. The chart is self-explanatory but EdM is a touch behind Cameron at this stage in Dave’s time as opposition leader. Both were miles ahead of IDS…

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Clegg’s Ipsos-MORI leadership ratings plummet to a new low

Clegg’s Ipsos-MORI leadership ratings plummet to a new low

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Ipsos-MORI And more polling numbers for EdM to worry about We’ve now got the full details of the September political monitor from Ipsos-MORI. The voting intention numbers are CON 30%(-2): LAB 41%(-1): LDEM 13%(+2). The big interest is on the leadership ratings, as seen in the graphic above, and the continued decline for Nick Clegg. Not only are these the worst ratings on record for the Deputy Prime Minister just 43% of existing party supporters told the firm that they…

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