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Northern Ireland Westminster Election 2019 – Review And Insight

Northern Ireland Westminster Election 2019 – Review And Insight

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First and foremost, congratulations to all 18 winning candidates and commiserations to all the losing ones. I will be covering plenty of information including what next?, future prediction, etc. With all the focus on the word “Brexit”, was this election really about brexit and did some parties help other and dent others? find out below First up we have the good old battle between D.U.P and the Alliance. Belfast East (Alliance Party vs DUP) DUP had a 8,500 majority going…

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Some fascinating analysis by YouGov

Some fascinating analysis by YouGov

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The age at which a person becomes more likely to vote Conservative than Labour is 39 – down from 47 at the last electionhttps://t.co/hC7KufOxBl pic.twitter.com/UFter2WicP — YouGov (@YouGov) December 17, 2019 YouGov have published some detailed analysis into how Britain voted last Thursday, I’m quite intrigued that the pivot point for someone more likely to vote Conservative has come down from 47 years old to 39 years old. So it isn’t just the oldies that vote Conservative. There’s a lot…

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Whichever party wins UK general elections one thing in British politics stays the same

Whichever party wins UK general elections one thing in British politics stays the same

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The table lists all the party leaders who have led their parties to general election victories since 1935. It does not include Gordon Brown (PM 2017-2010) and Jim Callaghan (PM 1976-1979) who became PM in the middle of parliaments and went onto to lose the following general elections. There is a blank in the column for Winston Churchill and John Major because neither went to university. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

Labour’s Delusions

Labour’s Delusions

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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.” Buffet’s saying has been one which many in finance have had cause to ponder in recent years. Turned round, it applies to political parties: “a toxic reputation takes 5 minutes to develop, 20 years to shake off.” Consider how long it’s taken the Tories to get past (if they have) the “nasty party” tag. From its development in the 1980s, it was 18 years before the…

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Labour’s last chance?

Labour’s last chance?

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You can only play with fire for so long before being burned Labour is rather fortunate. Rather than looking on at a mere disaster, its members and supporters could have been witness to the electorate having smote the ruin of a once-great party unto the dust. Despite Boris Johnson having led the Tories to their highest vote share since 1979 – and their sixth successive increase in share, the last three in government – there was surely the potential to…

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What Next for the Parties?

What Next for the Parties?

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The Tories It is quite a victory. 3 years after a humiliating withdrawal from his first attempt at the Tory leadership, Boris has the largest Tory majority since Thatcher, the sort May so wanted and far larger than Cameron ever managed. How sweet must he be feeling today. It also raises the very real possibility of the Tories winning the next GE; a 78-seat deficit is hard for an opposition party to overcome in one bound. So Boris now has…

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