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Do the blues need to do more to de-toxify the brand?

Do the blues need to do more to de-toxify the brand?

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Ipsos-MORI What do we think of the MORI leader/party “like/dislike” numbers? One of Ipsos-MORI’s “hardy annuals” is this series of questions contrasting the like/dislike of the three main party leaders with voters views of their parties. This is the first time since the general election and formation of the coalition government that these questions have been put and the summary of responses is featured above. In terms of likeability Cameron comes out top with Clegg in second place and Miliband…

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Will this 2004 decision cost Labour the 2015 election?

Will this 2004 decision cost Labour the 2015 election?

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BBC News archive How long will the Goodwin knighthood remain a live issue? I very much doubt that when in 2004 Tony Blair signed off Gordon Brown’s recommendation of a knighthood for the then RBS boss, Sir Fred Goodwin, that anybody had any idea that this would be a live political issue seven years later. At the time Goodwin was one of the UK’s must successful businessmen to be lauded and praised and, as it turned out, to be included…

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EdM gets a by-election ratings boost

EdM gets a by-election ratings boost

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David Cameron David Cameron “doing well/badly” (YouGov) All (last week) CON voters LAB voters LD voters Well 45(-1) 96 9 76 Badly 48(+2) 3 89 23 Ed Miliband Ed Miliband “doing well/badly” (YouGov) All (last week) CON voters LAB voters LD voters Well 33 (+5) 17 66 32 Badly 43 (-6) 66 20 55 Nick Clegg Nick Clegg “doing well/badly” (YouGov) All (last week) CON voters LAB voters LD voters Well 30(nc) 63 4 74 Badly 60 (nc) 27 92…

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Is David Cameron betting on a Lib Dem victory?

Is David Cameron betting on a Lib Dem victory?

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ConHome If so – should you be doing the same? According to Jonathan Isaby in ConservativeHome there are signs that the Tories are not really trying to win the Old & Sad by-election. He writes: ..I am detecting increasing concerns from various quarters that the party machine is not putting its all behind Kashif Ali’s campaign to win the seat in which he was less than 2,500 votes behind the winning candidate in May. Many of those I have spoken…

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Will Dave/Nick/Ed all still be there at the general election?

Will Dave/Nick/Ed all still be there at the general election?

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It’s 6/4 that they won’t Several traditional bookmakers have been running markets on which of the three party leaders will be first to leave their post and I’ve yet to tempted by any of them. The markets are open-ended and it could be years before you get a return. The new betting exchange, Smarkets, has a slightly different structure in that there’s an option on Cameron/Clegg/Miliband all still being in their jobs at the time of the next general election….

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Will Cameron’s “pimping” have won the day?

Will Cameron’s “pimping” have won the day?

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What’ll be the political affect of the decision – win or lose? In just under an hour the voting by FIFA on the venue for the 2018 World Cup will be announced in Zurich after a morning of presentations and a remarkable Tweet by Ed Miliband’s chief media spokesperson, Kate Myler. In it she accused the Prime Minister of “pimping himself out in Zurich..” – a quote that’s likely to be repeated back at the opposition leader time and time…

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Nick Clegg – “Politician of the Year”

Nick Clegg – “Politician of the Year”

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What do we think of the Spectator’s line-up of awards? We’re coming to that point in the calendar when we also start to look back over the year that was and the first set-piece event took place last night – The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards 2010. This was the line-up after an extraordinary and eventful year that simply did not go to plan. Who could have predicted these names on January 1st? Newcomer of the Year: Caroline Lucas…

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Why’s Dave’s “contract” being honoured but not Nick’s pledge?

Why’s Dave’s “contract” being honoured but not Nick’s pledge?

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Could the differing treatment be what undermines the pact? In the run up to polling day on May 6th the Tories sent out a mailer to selected voters in key marginal seats headed “A contract between the Conservative Party and You”. It was designed to ease voters’ concerns about certain key areas of spending that the red team said were being cut. Most of the items listed were directed at pensioners – keeping free bus basses, the winter fuel allowance,…

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