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Is Boris on manoeuvres?

Is Boris on manoeuvres?

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Benedict Brogan has an article in today’s Telegraph headlined Boris is unstoppable, and now Murdoch wants him to lead the Tory party For me, there were two bits that stood out. The outbreak of speculation about his chances, or even his suitability, should worry Mr Cameron less than the reason for the sudden outbreak of Boris-mania: Conservative donors have had enough, and are lining up behind the London Mayor. In City terms, the money men are shorting the Tory leadership….

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Will this be a vote winner for the Lib Dems?

Will this be a vote winner for the Lib Dems?

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The Independent is reporting that A government-wide spending review is to be scaled back because Nick Clegg is refusing to commit to billions of pounds of further cuts in the welfare budget…whilst  the Liberal Democrats are likely to fight the election on a pledge to clear the remaining deficit through tax rises such as a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2m and a cut in the 40 per cent tax relief on pension contributions enjoyed by higher rate taxpayers….

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Should Dave and George worry about the ConHome survey?

Should Dave and George worry about the ConHome survey?

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ConHome survey: Boris most backed at 32% as successor to Dave. Hague24/DDavis10/Gove19/Hammond7/Fox3/Osborne2 bit.ly/QIMidr — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 30, 2012 51% of CON activists DON’T WANT Dave to lead party at gen election – ConHome survey. DC49/BORIS18/Hague/12/..bit.ly/QIMidr — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 30, 2012 ConHome survey: Osborne scores 0% when activists asked who they’d like to lead party at gen election. bit.ly/QIMidr — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 30, 2012 ConHome survey: 53% of party activists think Labour will return to…

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Does Burley represent the Tory future or the Tory past?

Does Burley represent the Tory future or the Tory past?

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Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones! — Aidan Burley MP (@AidanBurleyMP) July 27, 2012 The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen – more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next? — Aidan Burley MP (@AidanBurleyMP) July 27, 2012 Seems my tweet has been misunderstood. I was talking about the way it was handled in the show, not…

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Dave’s “Best Prime Minister” lead narrows to just 5 points

Dave’s “Best Prime Minister” lead narrows to just 5 points

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He was beating Ed by 24% only six months ago When the Tories started to slip behind in the voting intention polling the party would take some comfort in the fact that their man invariably did far better than Ed Miliband in the leadership ratings. We heard it time and time again – there was no way, it was said that voters would ever elect the geeky Ed Miliband as PM. Then in the period following Osborne’s budget cock-ups the…

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George needs to choose between politics and economics?

George needs to choose between politics and economics?

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Will the growth figures mean an end to his split jobs? The two positive things for ministers about today’s third quarter of negative figures are that everybody is focused on the Olympics and because the commons is in recess there are not the usual Wednesday PMQs. But they won’t go away totally unnoticed and provide further ammunition for those who are questioning the government’s strategy and Osborne’s varied roles. An added challenge is that the “blame the last lot” rhetoric…

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Could EdM be the only one left standing?

Could EdM be the only one left standing?

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Does today’s news put Dave’s future in doubt? Today’s dramatic announcement from the Crown Prosecution Service isn’t good news for David Cameron and must raise the prospect of him not making it through as leader to the general election set for May 2015. There is a growing anti-Cameron faction within the parliamentary party and there must be a possibility that this could add to it. This combined with the growing chorus for Vince Cable with the Lib Dems opens up…

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What will the “Turnip Taleban” say about Liz Truss now?

What will the “Turnip Taleban” say about Liz Truss now?

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New Statesman Did they nearly stop Mrs Thatcher Mark 2? Liz Truss, the 38 year old ex-President of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats turned Tory MP, first came to national prominence six months before the general election when what became dubbed as the “Turnip Taleban” sought to de-select her in her SW Norfolk constituency. A leader of this faction was quoted at the time as saying: “Sorry, no, I have never said I’m anti-women. I have got absolutely nothing against…

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