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Boost for Cameron in first “Best PM” poll

Boost for Cameron in first “Best PM” poll

Best PM ? All voters% CON voters% LAB voters% LD voters% David Cameron 40 97 5 13 Ed Miliband 24 1 68 4 Nick Clegg 8 1 4 55 Don’t know 28 2 23 27 But is it just because EdM is relatively unknown? We now have the first data from YouGov of responses to the “Who would make the best PM” question since Ed Miliband’s election. This is one of those questions where the incumbent has a big advantage…

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Who’ll win the “Battle of the Balls?”

Who’ll win the “Battle of the Balls?”

Daily Mail Could Labour be heading for a second family crisis? After Labour’s conference in Manchester was overshadowed by the aftermath of the battle of the brothers the media are now turning their attention to another potential family drama at the top of the party – which of husband & wife, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, will end up as shadow chancellor? For it’s not so long ago that Yvette was being strongly tipped as a leadership contender and she’s…

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Was this afternoon the end of DM’s political career?

Was this afternoon the end of DM’s political career?

FT blogs There are a number of reports that beaten leadership contender, David Miliband, has left Manchester and is on his way back to London. There’s a strong suggestion that he hasn’t filled in his shadow cabinet papers which have to be in by 5pm tomorrow. If so then it would appear that he’s backing down from front-line politics. The day must have been very challenging with the big story this evening being the comments he was seen to have…

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How could the Beeb make such a pig’s ear of this?

How could the Beeb make such a pig’s ear of this?

Click to play When will they learn – we want the fecking numbers! Fortunately on Saturday afternoon I watched the Labour leadership results being announced on SkyNews and have only just caught up with how the BBC did after reading of a formal complaint made by a PB regular to the BBC and reported on the previous thread. It’s the same fault we get every time. They don’t think that we want the numbers so we had the ridiculous spectacle…

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Labour take lead in first poll of the EdM era

Labour take lead in first poll of the EdM era

Poll Date CON LAB LD LEAD YouGov/Sun 27/09/10 39 40 12 -1 YouGov/Sunday Times 24/09/10 39 38 15 1 YouGov/Sun 23/09/10 41 37 13 4 YouGov/Sun 22/09/10 43 36 14 7 YouGov/Sun 21/09/10 39 39 13 0 YouGov/Sun 20/09/10 42 38 11 4 YouGov/Sunday Times 17/09/10 41 39 13 2 YouGov/Sun 16/09/10 41 38 12 3 YouGov/Sun 15/09/10 42 39 12 3 YouGov/Sun 14/09/10 40 39 12 1 YouGov/Sun 13/09/10 41 38 12 3 YouGov/Sunday Times 10/09/10 42 38 14…

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Harry Hayfield’s September local by elections summary

Harry Hayfield’s September local by elections summary

Votes Cast / Seats Won and Change Labour 11,694 votes (40.64%) winning 7 seats (unchanged on last time) Conservatives 8,573 votes (29.79%) winning 5 seats (-3 seats on last time) Liberal Democrats 4,611 votes (16.02%) winning 4 seats (+2 seats on last time) SNP 1,382 votes (4.80%) winning 0 seats (unchanged on last time) Greens 822 votes (2.86%) winning 0 seats (unchanged on last time) Independents 700 votes (2.43%) winning 1 seat (+1 seat on last time) UKIP 451 votes…

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