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The very early results show the Tories doing well and being optimistic

The very early results show the Tories doing well and being optimistic

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Nuneaton & Bedworth, results of seats up: Con: 11 (+9)Lab: 6 (-8)Grn: 0 (-1) Chgs. w/ 2014 — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 3, 2018 Senior tories expecting Labour to take Trafford – would be a big win for them, taking prosperous NW Tory area – currently only Tory council in NW — Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 3, 2018 FWIW: I'm refusing to buy Labour's current line that Wandsworth is totally out of reach. What's clear, though, is that they were…

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Ahead of this morning’s YouGov London poll what happened at the capital’s last elections and the Feb 2018 poll

Ahead of this morning’s YouGov London poll what happened at the capital’s last elections and the Feb 2018 poll

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With so little polling or other hard data ahead of next Thursday’s elections there’s a lot of focus this morning on the new YouGov London Poll from YouGov for QMUL. As can be seen the February survey suggested that Labour were going to make huge gains and it was on this that the early betting and predictions have been made. There has been a suggestion that the latest survey is going to be nothing like as good for Labour hence…

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Alastair Meeks looks ahead to next month’s local elections

Alastair Meeks looks ahead to next month’s local elections

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Every year, the politically engaged pore over the local elections, seeking to make deductions about what they mean for national politics. They do so undeterred by the fact that the relationship between local elections and national elections is not all that strong and they disregard the fact that local elections have an independent purpose from acting as a proxy national opinion poll. It’s usually a largely fruitless exercise that serves only to keep wonks occupied until Eurovision hits our screens….

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