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Osborne’s speech: Content strong but his delivery not what you’d expect from a future leader

Osborne’s speech: Content strong but his delivery not what you’d expect from a future leader

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Osborne's delivery very poor. He'll need to improve dramatically if he wants to succeed Cameron pic.twitter.com/3OBe7BLPzP — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2015 Lots of content and @George_Osborne is good in parliament but that delivery made John Major look like Demosthenes — Adam Boulton (@adamboultonSKY) October 5, 2015 Osborne's audience is rather subdued pic.twitter.com/29KCHCJBHc — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2015 The PM listening to Osborne’s speech pic.twitter.com/1Gk2BP6Z3M — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2015 Given the CON successes of…

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The Guardian’s right – the Adonis move is a major coup for Osborne

The Guardian’s right – the Adonis move is a major coup for Osborne

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The Guardian main lead on Lord Adonis http://t.co/f5VIKvvhDx pic.twitter.com/69rq9jE7QG — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2015 Are others waiting to follow the ex-LAB cabinet minister? It has been pointed out very strongly overnight that Lord Adonis has not left the Labour Party. Maybe. But instead of being a Labour peer he will in future sit with the crossbenchers in the House of Lords which is a big move. You can understand some of the frustration for Adonis. While he was…

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Ipsos-MORI boost for Boris in the Cameron successor stakes

Ipsos-MORI boost for Boris in the Cameron successor stakes

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Boris Johnson top choice of GB voters for next CON leader – Ipsos-MORI pic.twitter.com/09GLsHMJmN — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 1, 2015 But George doing better with CON voters We’re going to have to get used to a lot of this – polling on the next Tory leader who could be the next Prime Minister. What’s striking is the huge difference between the all polled split and the numbers restricted to just Tory voters. George is in third place on 15%…

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We can’t assume that the next CON leader will enjoy the same personal premium that Cameron has had

We can’t assume that the next CON leader will enjoy the same personal premium that Cameron has had

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ComRes Indy on Sunday/S Mirror poll Sept 19 2015 This could make GE2020 less of a certainty The big known unknown of British politics is what is going to happen when David Cameron, as he’s said he will, steps down and won’t pursue a third term. Quite what the timing will be we don’t know but it is highly likely that a new Tory leader will have emerged by the time of the next election and based on current betting…

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UPDATE Corbyn becomes first LAB leader EVER to record negative ratings in his opening Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings

UPDATE Corbyn becomes first LAB leader EVER to record negative ratings in his opening Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings

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Ipsos MORI/Standard poll on Cameron vs Corbyn http://t.co/Dx8eHfXtGU pic.twitter.com/TmBGxko6Dt — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 24, 2015 53% tell Ipsos Standard poll that DC "most capable PM" compared with 27% for Corbyn — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 24, 2015

Boris slips to third for next leader in latest ConHome survey

Boris slips to third for next leader in latest ConHome survey

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Osborne moves to his higher level ever It’s perhaps hard to credit now but only a few weeks ago on the morning of the budget Boris was still strong betting favourite for next CON leader and Osborne could be had for 5/1 or longer. How things have changed. Boris has slipped and the money has been going on Osbo. The latest ConHome members’s survey reinforces the change in perception. George is seen as the master of all before him while…

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Pax Osbornia: recasting the political landscape into the 2030s

Pax Osbornia: recasting the political landscape into the 2030s

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But he still won’t be prime minister It takes a staggering degree of self-restraint and of confidence to know that you plan to increase the minimum wage by more than 10% and to choose to say nothing about it during an election campaign. It also shows a fine level of political judgement. Had George Osborne done so, he would have been accused of panicking and of allowing Labour to set the agenda. He probably wouldn’t have been believed and if…

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Don Brind’s question for the LAB 4: How will you get the better of Osborne in 2020?

Don Brind’s question for the LAB 4: How will you get the better of Osborne in 2020?

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This should be the decisive factor For Labour supporters the worst moment of the General Election campaign came a week ahead of polling day when Ed Miliband was ambushed by Tory activists in the BBC Question Time audience and left floundering over whether the Labour government spending had been too high. We didn’t need the Guardian/ICM poll which scored evening 44% for Cameron and 38% for Miliband to tell us that their guy had won and ours had lost. The…

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