The big polling news tonight should be the March ICM survey for the Guardian which was pushed back from its normal slot so as to get reaction to the budget. The details will be published here when they are available – in the meantime here’s Marf’s take on the Libya bombing campaign. UPDATE: Tories back in the lead with ICM Poll/publication End date CON (%) LAB (%) LD (%) ICM Guardian 25/03/11 37 36 16 ICM Guardian 20/02/11 35 38…
After her return last week Marf, PB’s cartoonist, is hoping to make contributions to the site on a regular basis – tonight on the NHS changes. Welcome back Marf – we really missed you. Mike Smithson
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Could it top the 70% threshold? From reports from around the country it seems that polling stations have been busy and that turnout looks set to quite high – certainly above the 61% of 2005. At one polling station near me the number who’d voted in the first hour was four times higher than at the same location last October for Bedford’s mayoral by election when it was over 30%. More young people seem to be turning out. This is,…
Originals and prints of Marf’s PB cartoons are available here. The big story of the day, of course, has been Mr. Brown’s unguarded comments that were recorded about a woman he had been speaking to.
Or is it almost all over? To see more of Marf’s work check here.
Will levels be much higher than last time? My view on turnout has, for some time, been that it’s going to see quite an uplift from the 61% of 2005. At the last two elections the outcome was always a foregone conclusion and there was never any sense that change might come about. A fortnight tomorrow things will be different. A change is a real possibility and even at this late stage it’s not possible to predict the outcome. Voters,…
..PB.s Marf gives her take Thanks Marf – that’s great and really sets the scene. I’m off to Manchester tomorrow to be part of the panel of “experts” on the ITV post-debate debate chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby. It’s quite exciting and I feel honoured to be taking part. It starts at 10.30pm. Because of the massive security restrictions I doubt if I’ll be able to post – but PB will be left in the capable hands of the site’s team…