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Are the Tories getting too much coverage?

Are the Tories getting too much coverage?

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Is the ‘policy a day’ crowding Labour out of the spotlight? If the purpose of a media campaign is to get noticed and get talked about, then the Cameron/NHS posters have been a remarkable success: from spoof versions going viral on the web to questions on Mock the Week to references by Gordon Brown in PMQ’s, the posters have gained attention way beyond most political campaigns. One effect of not just the Tory NHS poster campaign but also the proposals…

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Is this how Iraq could play out during the campaign?

Is this how Iraq could play out during the campaign?

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Question Time BBC1 – Click to watch Was Hain’s discomfiture a taste of what’s to come? Anybody who followed the previous thread will have got a taste of the passions and anger that were aroused by the discussion on Labour and Iraq on last night’s BBC Question Time programme. It takes up the first twenty minutes and is well worth watching. Already it has prompted that arch-Blair defender, the Indy’s John Rentoul, to blog with his misgiving about how the…

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It’s no change in 10,344 sample YouGov poll

It’s no change in 10,344 sample YouGov poll

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CON 42% (nc) LAB 30% (nc) LD 16% (nc) Is the Sun using polling to help undermine Brown? On Wednesday evening in the immediate aftermath of the abortive H-H coup attempt we had news of a Sun YouGov poll that had Labour just nine points behind. Almost all of the fieldwork had taken place before news of that development was being reported. Then the following evening we had another poll in the paper showing that the Tories had moved up…

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Could fox-hunting be the winning formula for Labour?

Could fox-hunting be the winning formula for Labour?

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Is it more ammunition for the class war strategy? According to ConHome, at the time of July’s Norwich North by election the above was an official Labour flyer used in the failed defence of that seat. The approach was also used in the Eddisbury by election in 1999 when the climate was much more clement for NuLab. Well according to the Indy this morning there are, indeed, Labour plans to make an apparent commitment by David Cameron to repeal the…

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Should the Indy/Comres have heeded Sir Humphrey’s advice?

Should the Indy/Comres have heeded Sir Humphrey’s advice?

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Isn’t it all about how the questions are framed? The above clip always makes me chuckle and although it’s from a comedy show and is perhaps a bit over the top it’s a useful reminder about the hazards of non-standard polling questions. So what are we too make of the poll findings from the ComRes survey that the Indy is leading on this morning. The first non-voting related question asked whether respondees agreed that “A Conservative Government would mainly represent…

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What’s this going to do to the campaign?

What’s this going to do to the campaign?

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SkyNews Why’s Cameron taking such a gamble? So now we have it. British election campaigns are never going to be the same again. For the long push by the broadcasters to get live TV debates between the three main leaders seems to have succeeded. ITV will host the first chaired by Alistair Stewart; Sky has the second with Adam Boulton while the final one will be a BBC affair with David Dimbleby in the che chair. Each programme will last…

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How valid is the quickie PBR poll in the Times?

How valid is the quickie PBR poll in the Times?

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Politicalbetting.com – Thursday evening after the 2008 budget Is instant polling reaction a guide to anything? Every Friday after budgets, and now the PBR, the Times publishes the findings of a quickie small sample non-voting intention Populus poll and invariably this is good for the government. But how seriously should we take it? Shouldn’t we look at the record. I raised this one last March and I raise it again. The above is from the post published here about a…

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Has the PBR changed the media narrative?

Has the PBR changed the media narrative?

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Your papers Mr. Darling Here is a selection is selection of today’s front pages from Sky News and the coverage is almost universally negative for Mr. Darling and for the government. The only paper that seeks to put a positive slant on it is the ultra-loyal Daily Mirror which has been doing this for the party for decades. If this was meant to be the platform to launch Labour’s election campaign then the best that can be said is that…

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