How the Financial Times sums up Osborne’s statement twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 5, 2012 And the Guardian twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 5, 2012 Mike Smithson For the latest polling and political betting news Follow @MSmithsonPB
Pie chart showing today’s YouGov poll which has CON just one off its lowest level with pollster twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 5, 2012 Today’s YouGov poll has the Tories down at 30% – just one point above their lowest level yet with the firm and 14% behind Labour. Although it is always dangerous reading too much into one single daily poll this latest finding means that the Labour lead has been at 12 or more in five out…
Did Cameron and Osborne over-celebrate the end of double-dip? Henry G Manson thinks they did.goo.gl/1tf5m twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 2, 2012 Henry G Manson on the politics of the GDP figures So eager were the Conservatives to trumpet the latest quarter’s economic growth figures that David Cameron almost fell foul of the rules preventing him from breaching the official publication time. The Prime Minister told Ed Miliband in a heated exchange at Prime Ministers Question Time a fortnight…
Conservatives 30 (+1) Labour 37 (nc) UKIP 12 (+1) Lib Dems 10 (-3) The changes are from the last Survation poll in June. They polled on behalf of the Mail on Sunday, they asked about various cabinet ministers, and should they be kept or fired. 44% want Ken Clarke to remain, whilst 28% want him fired. Support for Mr Clarke keeping his place is highest among Liberal Democrat voters, with only 11 per cent of them believing he should leave the…
The Times has an article discussing future Tory electoral strategies. It says key Tory ministers are pushing for a dramatic shift in the way the next Tory election campaign is run. One key Tory minister said “The next election shouldn’t be about love-bombing and seeking the vote we need to win to the Left. We can’t win votes by being cuddly Tory-Lib Dem lite. We actually need votes to the right of us,†said one minister who is holding meetings…
@msmithsonpb Any idea why Osborne 2nd fav to be next Tory leader with Betfair? — Basil Seal (@Thatcher007) August 5, 2012 Currently Betfair have Boris at 5.2/1 with Osborne at 6.6/1.
Would Dave sack his mate to remain PM? If the Olympics were not on then the story that would be dominating the headlines would be Cameron’s decision to put party unity ahead of the coalition on Lords reform. It’s been widely reported that Dave is going to abandon the plan following the rebellion by Tory back-benchers last month. The question now is what next? How will Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems respond? There’ve been suggestions that Dave will try…
BBC News Has Cameron made the right decision? After all the speculation the PM has said that Osborne stays as chancellor – not just for now but until the general election. This is the BBC report:- “..Mr Cameron, asked during a visit to the Olympics whether Mr Osborne would be staying in his job, said: “George Osborne is doing an excellent job in very difficult circumstances and he has my full support in going on doing that job.” Asked if…