The map above shows the 2010 General election results, and shows Labour’s lack of seats in the South, a couple of years ago, the always perceptive Antifrank made this observation, which stuck in the mind, and puts the map into context Labour did appallingly in the south of England. In the south east, south west and eastern England combined, it won 10 seats. There were 197 on offer. Holding the 32 seats it lost in these regions in 2010 would have…
EdM’s poorest PMQs for some time. Didn’t seem to engage. Cameron meanwhile has a goodperformance. Dave 8/10 EdM 5/10 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 21, 2012 My Tweet on PMQs gives my verdict – Cameron was much better and in greater control today while for Ed Miliband it was a PMQs to forget. Why he chose the NHS, something that is hardly a current issue, for a his round of questions really looked odd. It didn’t work. Also today…
Its a clear choice: vote to allow an extra £4.3 Bn to EU, or back constituents at time of service cuts by saying “No” — Douglas Carswell MP (@DouglasCarswell) October 31, 2012 Government expects to lose EU budget vote specc.ie/TXvV3J — Coffee House (@Spectator_CH) October 31, 2012 If Miliband really wanted to win EU vote he shouldn’t be so aggresively public. Driven wavering Con MPs into Cameron’s arms — Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 31, 2012 Tory rebels not there yet…
Good chart from Ipsos-MORI showing how satisfaction with all leaders is on the decline with Clegg the worst. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 26, 2012 As ever with the monthly Ipsos-MORI political monitor there’s a mass of data and colourful charts one of which is featured above. Also this moth the firm asked, for the first time since January 2011, the “Like him, like his party” question. We haven’t got the full detail but several bullet points are available…
Dave looks set to staunchly defend his man It’s extraordinary to think that the whole Andrew Mitchell affair broke four weeks ago and yet the story still has legs. So far Dave has stuck by his Chief Whip which is in character. We’ve seen time and time again that he doesn’t operate like his predecessors whenever ministers get into trouble and keeps people on-board even though they have become damaged goods. No doubt Ed Miliband and Labour will have their…
Tweet EdM moves to within just 4% of Dave as “best PM” – his best ever position on this measure from YouGov — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 4, 2012 .At the start of 2012 Cameron led Miliband by 41% to 17% in YouGov’s best PM ratings. Today that’s 31% to 27% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 4, 2012 The Labour “don’t knows” are starting to support Ed We’ve now got the first “who would make the best Prime Minister” ratings…
Why did the Guardian & others give it coverage Last Saturday in what appeared to be a very aggressive move the Conservative party published the findings of a survey about Ed Miliband and Labour that it had commissioned from Populus. Unlike the firm’s standard voting intention surveys the poll was carried out online. Several papers including the Guardian and the Times gave it quite a bit of coverage and all added to the narrative about Ed Miliband. Populus, of course,…
Tweet The Henry G Manson verdict Today’s speech by Ed Miliband worked. It was a speech many thought he had in him and had seen glimpses of to Labour audiences on the campaign trail to be leader but feared would never be realised. The theme of One Nation Labour is very important because it is going to run right up to the election. Some have described the speech as ‘inspiring’ and even right of centre journalists seem complimentary about the…