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Picture: Lembit Opik’s post defeat interview on election night. I thought that this was one of the most gracious of the night. If Lembit could stop playing the fool he would be quite a formidable politician. – MS
Holiday arrangements on the site
It will mostly be open threads In a few hours time we’ll be heading for Portsmouth to take the 24 hour car ferry to Santander. During my time away PB will not operate as normal. I might pen the occasional piece but won’t be following the ongoing news narrative. I have no idea what the internet connectivity will be like at our holiday cottage over-looking the Minho river on the Spanish-Portugese border. There are some guest slots ready and members…
Lib Dems drop to 18 percent with ComRes
Fieldwork Pollster/publication CON LAB LD 25-27 June ComRes / The Independent 40 31 18 24-25 June ICM/Sunday Telegraph 41 35 16 24-25 June YouGov / Sunday Times 43 36 16 22-23 June YouGov / Sun 42 34 17 20-21 June YouGov / Sun 41 33 18 18-20 June ICM / The Guardian 39 31 21 18-20 June Ipsos MORI/Reuter 39 31 19 17-18 June YouGov / Sunday Times 39 34 19 16-17 June ComRes / Indy on Sunday 36 30…
Shouldn’t Gordon now resign his seat?
Is his continued absence becoming an issue? When Harriet Harman suggested to Cameron in the commons this afternoon that he ought to give his predecessor some credit for the work he had done with the G20 the PM had a sharp response. “I’d be delighted to, if he could be bothered to turn up to this House†For the continued absence of the former Prime Minister is being increasingly noticed and becoming an issue. For his own sake, surely, he…
Exactly three years ago today…..
Gordon became Prime Minister..
Are we heading back to two-party politics?
Is the flow of the past decades being reversed? At the general election on May 6th the proportion of the electors voting for the two main parties hit an all-time low. The total number of voters going blue-red was fewer than two in three of all votes cast. But are the exceptional circumstances of 2010 creating an environment in which two party politics can return? In the overnight polling ICM’s C41-L35-LD15 had the aggregate at 76% while YouGov’s C43-L36-LD16 put…
Lib Dems take huge hit from both ICM and YouGov
Fieldwork Pollster/publication CON LAB LD 23-24 June ICM/Sunday Telegraph 41 35 16 24-25 June YouGov / Sunday Times 43 36 16 22-23 June YouGov / Sun 42 34 17 20-21 June YouGov / Sun 41 33 18 18-20 June ICM / The Guardian 39 31 21 18-20 June Ipsos MORI/Reuter 39 31 19 17-18 June YouGov / Sunday Times 39 34 19 16-17 June ComRes / Indy on Sunday 36 30 23 10-11 June YouGov / Sunday Times 40 32…
Is BoJo ruling himself out of the Tory leadership?
Evening Standard Who’ll be the new favourite as Cameron’s successor? The big news in London politics this lunchtime has been that Boris Johnson has ended the speculation and announced that he will be running for a second term as Mayor in 2012. This has an impact on two betting markets – who’ll be the next Mayor and who’ll be the next Tory leader. For, amazingly, given he’s not been an MP since 2008, Boris has become the favourite to take…