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After this morning’s appalling error on the Today programme when cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt’s name was described with a “C” at the start of his surnane rather than an “H” there’s another incident that’s going to cause deep embarrassment. As the Tweet above explains an interview with a Lib Dem PPS who was said to be considering resigning over tuition fees was actually with an impostor. The Corporation, it would appear, was conned. Somebody needs to get a grip. Mike…

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I’m tied up for most of the day and won’t be in a position to publish a new piece until late afternoon. Today we could get news of the Old & Sad by election date and, of course, I am sure that everybody has heard this Today programme classic from this morning. Mike Smithson

PAPA since the General Election PB All Pollsters’ Average Date CON % LAB % LD % PAPA November 2010 30/11/10 36.6 39.4 12.6 PAPA October 2010 31/10/10 37.6 37.2 15.2 PAPA September 2010 30/09/10 37.8 37.0 14.8 PAPA August 2010 31/08/10 39.3 36.0 15.0 PAPA July 2010 31/07/10 40.0 36.7 15.0 PAPA June 2010 30/06/10 40.2 37.2 17.2 This shows the averages until the end of November. The PAPA from last night had CON 37: LAB 39: LD 12.8 Mike…

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Are the fees proposals going to get through? With it looking increasingly likely that almost all Lib Dem MPs will abstain on the student fees issue government business managers have come up with a wheeze that they hope will ensure the measure goes through – the vote will take place in the evening a week tomorrow. The idea according to Sky’s Jon Craig, is that , “MPs from smaller parties like the Democratic Unionists, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists will be…

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Poll Date CON % LAB % LD % Angus Reid/Politicalbetting 29/11/10 35 40 13 Angus Reid/ 28/10/10 35 37 15 Angus Reid/Sunday Express 01/10/10 35 38 16 Labour open up a 5 point lead with Angus Reid There’s a new voting intention poll from Angus Reid – only the third to be published by the firm since the general election and the first to come out of PB’s renewed relationship with the Canadian pollster. Like the previous two post-election surveys…

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i Is the gap really quite narrow? On the student fees issue – what exactly are the NUS demanding? Looking at their website their only real gripe seems to be that they want all courses at all universities whatever the duration to attract exactly the same price. So six years doing medicine at Bristol, or four years doing engineering at Cambridge has exactly the same effect on the graduate as a 3 year degree in basket weaving from Ex-Poly University….

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