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Has he got the mixture right? Leader of the Opposition Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband MP Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Women and Equalities Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Ed Balls MP Chief Whip Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP…

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Is he the only one that EdB would accept? Inevitably there are lots of rumours running about who EdM will chose as his shadow chancellor and there’s been a buzz about Alan Johnson. Just trying to think this through EdM will have a massive job dealing with EdB if the latter doesn’t get it. The former close Brown-aide and Schools Secretary is a powerful figure and my guess is that the only contenders whom he would accept are, possibly, his…

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Most to blame for spending cuts? All voters% CON voters LAB voters LD voters CON-LD coalition 20 2 49 9 Last Labour government 44 88 5 56 Both 22 6 28 23 Neither 8 2 13 10 Can the coalition continue winning on this question? In all the polling this week YouGov once again asked “And who do you think is most to blame for the current spending cuts?”. The response was almost exactly the same as it has been…

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Have they chosen a loser rather than a potential winner? I’ve been out for most of the day and am only just catching up – and one thing that stands out is the ComRes poll in London. For while it shows the red team in a healthy 39-36-16 position on Westminster voting intentions in the capital the responses for the 2012 London mayoral race, paints a grim picture. Boris Johnson is ahead by 44-35 with almost one in five of…

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Polling comparisons from 2004 Date CON % LAB % LD% General election result 05/05/05 33.2 36.2 22.7 YouGov/Mail on Sunday 08/05/04 40 36 18 YouGov/Telegraph 29/04/04 39 35 19 MORI 19/04/04 34 36 22 ICM/Guardian 18/04/04 33 38 22 Populus/Times 04/04/04 34 34 22 YouGov/Telegraph 25/03/04 39 34 20 MORI 16/03/04 35 35 23 ICM/Guardian 11/03/04 35 37 21 Populus/Times 07/03/04 34 36 22 YouGov/Telegraph 26/02/04 39 34 21 ICM/Guardian 22/02/04 34 36 21 MORI/FT 16/02/04 35 36 21 Populus/Times…

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Would Nadine really prefer to die? This is from E-politix “Nadine Dorries has said she would “rather die” than fight the next election in an alliance with the Liberal Democrats. “In my own perspective, and speaking in no other capacity but as an individual, I would rather die than go into a full election as a coalition candidate,” she said. “I fought them for every council seat, I fought Andrew Stunell in 2001 in Hazel Grove, I have been fighting…

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