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Does this make Clegg look a bit precious?

Does this make Clegg look a bit precious?

Was the front-runner right to make a formal complaint? In the introduction to the thread on Thursday’s Huhne-Clegg Question Time debate I noted that “there’s been a lot of edge between the two men during the campaign and there might just be fireworks.” Well it did not quite happen on that occasion but last night the contest, which has struggled to command much media attention, was topping the BBC bulletins after Nick Clegg made a formal complaint over the Huhne…

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Why is Nick Clegg still at 0.36/1?

Why is Nick Clegg still at 0.36/1?

Is there some “funny trading” taking place? With ballot packs in the Lib Dem leadership race due to go out early next week it’s likely that a significant proportion of the 65,000 members entitled to vote will have made their decisions and popped their envelopes back in the post by next weekend. So Thursday’s Huhne-Clegg debate in the special edition of Question Time came at a critical moment and might be highly influential – and the general view from Lib…

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The PBC Hustings: Nick Clegg – Friday 9am

The PBC Hustings: Nick Clegg – Friday 9am

I am pleased to confirm that the odds-on favourite, Nick Clegg will be appearing on the site from 9 am tomorrow morning in the second of our online hustings for the Lib Dem leadership contenders. Chris Huhne did his spot on Sunday morning. I’ll will publish a new thread at about 8.45am so that people can start posting questions. The plan is that the session should last an hour. Can I thank both candidates and their campaign teams for all…

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Labour lead down to 1% with Populus

Labour lead down to 1% with Populus

Big boost for the Lib Dems Populus, the only pollster which recorded solid Labour leads since June, has continued to report a Labour margin in its latest survey for the Times. The figures are with changes on a month ago – CON 36%(-2): LAB 37%(-3): LD 16%(+4) This will bring a lot of comfort to the Brown camp after the polls from ICM, ComRes and Ipsos-MORI had Tory leads of 5-7%. Of all the phone pollsters using past vote weighting…

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Flying blind on the Lib Dem race

Flying blind on the Lib Dem race

How certain is Clegg’s victory? The latest Betfair prices on the Lib Dem race have Nick Clegg at 0.36/1 and yesterday’s guest on the site, Chris Huhne at 2.85/1. I did notice that there was a slight movement to Huhne during the morning and I wondered whether his confident performance in our online hustings had given him a boost. Who knows? As far as I am aware there are unlikely to be any media-commissioned surveys of the electorate of party…

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This morning the focus is on Chris Huhne

This morning the focus is on Chris Huhne

Take part in the live online hustings from 11am This morning the person who has become the betting outsider in the race for Lib Dem leadership, the former journalist and MEP, Chris Huhne, joins us on PBC for the first of our two live online hustings. This is your chance to put questions to the man who in six weeks might be leading Britain’s third party. Please write your questions in the comments thread below and Chris will be standing…

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Why did Gordon use the BJ4BW phrase here?

Why did Gordon use the BJ4BW phrase here?

Has this become Brown’s Bournemouth gift to Cameron? After FPTP and the WLQ political anoraks are going to have to get used to another acronym – BJ4BW the new short-form for “British Jobs for British Workers” which is, of course, illegal under EU law. There’s lots of comment in the Sundays this morning on the political impact immigration and the number of immigrant workers in the UK with the Independent on Sunday commentator, John Rentoul, focussing on the origins of…

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Intrdoducing the PBC online Lib Dem hustings

Intrdoducing the PBC online Lib Dem hustings

Your chance to put your questions Politicalbetting has invited both the contenders in the Lib Dem leadership battle, Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne to take part in online hustings where users of the site can put their questions and discuss the issues with the contenders. The first, with Chris Huhne, will take place at 11am this Sunday morning and will last for about an hour and a half. A special thread will be opened shortly before this time. The format…

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