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BBC News Will individual registration make Labour’s task harder? The news on the revised electoral registration arrangements to be put in place before the next general election might not sound particularly significant but it could make life that much harder for Labour at the next election. Until now the head of a household makes a list eligible voters each and does not have to provide ID for them. Now the plan is that by 2014, before the planned 2015 general…

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Poll Date CON LAB LD LEAD 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 4 YouGov/Sun 09/09/10 42 37 14 5 YouGov/Sun 08/09/10 43 38 12 5 YouGov/Sun 07/09/10 42 38 13 4 YouGov/Sun 06/09/10 42 37 13 5 YouGov/Sunday Times 03/09/10 42 37 12 5 YouGov/Sun 02/09/10 42 37 12 5 YouGov/Sun 01/09/10 43 37 12 6 YouGov/Sun 31/08/10 43 38 11 5 YouGov/Sunday Times 27/08/10 41 37 13…

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Are his supporters more likely to have voted? Some key detail has come out this evening from the YouGov labour leadership poll which suggests that EdM’s position is even better than the top-line figures suggested. The detailed data breaks responses down in both the party member and trade unionists sections according to whether respondents had already voted or not. About 40% had already cast their ballots and of these in both sections Ed Miliband was doing far better than amongst…

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SkyNews Could we see disruption on a massive scale? By comparison with the 70s and 80s modern industrial action has had relatively little impact on the lives of the public – with the possible exception of London tube passengers and some people flying BA. What’s made an impression on me in the past year is how difficult it’s been for some unions to make their action effective. BA managed to operate a significant proportion of its flights during the recent…

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New YouGov poll points to Ed Miliband victory The Press Association is reporting the following: The Labour leadership contest remains too close to call with one poll suggesting Ed Miliband could snatch victory by a narrow margin. A survey of Labour members and trade unionists by YouGov for the Sunday Times showed bookies’ favourite David Miliband enjoying a narrow lead on first preferences. But the pollster calculated that once lower-ranking candidates were eliminated and their second choices redistributed the younger…

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Can they make him a proxy for Coulson? With Speaker Bercow announcing that there’ll be a debate tomorrow on the phone tapping allegations it’s worth noting the interesting take on the affair Telegraph by Labour’s former number director of political operations at Number 10, John McTernan. He writes: “..The problem is that the attack on Andy Coulson, Cameron’s communications chief and the tabloid’s former editor, is transparently party-political. This is perfectly justifiable in terms of the Westminster game – as…

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