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Tonight’s latest Lib Dem betting

Tonight’s latest Lib Dem betting

Latest Next LD leader odds from Ladbrokes bit.ly/c5gpH6 and Bet365 bit.ly/g4saCk twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2013 Latest NIck Clegg specials betting with Ladbrokes. bit.ly/c5gpH6 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2013

Rennardgate puts pressure on the Tories to ensure they win Eastleigh

Rennardgate puts pressure on the Tories to ensure they win Eastleigh

How can they fail with all this happening to the LDs? Terrible front pages for Nick Clegg this morning – 3 days before crucial #Eastleigh by-election twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 25, 2013 The appalling coverage for the LDs raises the #Eastleigh stakes for the Tories. They surely HAVE to win now. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 25, 2013 In the #Eastleigh betting LDs stable overnight but Ukip tightening. Table based on Betfair last trades. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike…

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Is Clegg going to be able to survive?

Is Clegg going to be able to survive?

Ladbrokes make it a 6/4 chance that Clegg won’t be Lib Dem leader at the general election twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 24, 2013 Inititial reaction to Clegg’s statement on #Eastleigh betting is for LD price to weaken & Tories to tighten twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 24, 2013 13% of LAB voters in the Populus #Eastleigh poll said they didn’t even know who Nick Clegg was. When asked they said “never heard of him” — Mike Smithson…

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Clegg says he intends to stay leader and Ladbrokes make him odds on FAV to hold seat

Clegg says he intends to stay leader and Ladbrokes make him odds on FAV to hold seat

Nick Clegg tells LBC that he intends to be LD leader after #GE2015. Ladbrokes make him 1/3 FAV to hold Shef Hallam twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 31, 2013 The Ladbrokes Sheffield Hallam betting.bit.ly/c5gpH6 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 31, 2013

The Clegg masochism strategy: The first leadership ratings have him up a net 9pc in a week

The Clegg masochism strategy: The first leadership ratings have him up a net 9pc in a week

Nick Clegg’s net YouGov ratings at best point since March 2012. Now minus 45%. In Sept they were -63%. LBC effect? twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013 Today’s net -45% the best in getting of for a year Piles of polling overnight including, as every Sunday morning, the YouGov leadership ratings. Cameron sees a net rise of 1 to minus 18%; Ed Miliband a net increase of 3 to minus 20% and Nick Clegg up 9 to minus…

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EdM, Dave and Nick should all be happy with first 2014 Euro elections poll

EdM, Dave and Nick should all be happy with first 2014 Euro elections poll

LAB set to double 2009 vote share according to first 2014 Euro election poll. Ukip up but in 3rd place behind CON twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 7, 2013 Survation has UKIP up on 2009 but down to 3rd place My chart shows the findings of the weekend’s Survation poll on the 2014 Euro elections and compares the vote shares from June 2009 when the elections were last held. Then was very much a low point for the Brown…

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Henry G Manson assesses the implications for Labour of Clegg staying until 2015

Henry G Manson assesses the implications for Labour of Clegg staying until 2015

Henry G Manson on the implications for Labour of Clegg staying until the general election. www7.politicalbetting.com/?p=53584 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 9, 2012 Any LAB-LD deal is dependent on Clegg going During this week’s Prime Minister’s Question Time Nick Clegg ruled himself as a future candidate for European Commissioner. The Lib Dem leader’s pro-European credentials were strong. He previously worked for Leon Brittan while he was a Commissioner and as an MEP for the East Midlands for five years….

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How Dave, Ed and Nick compare against each other – the latest Ipsos-MORI data

How Dave, Ed and Nick compare against each other – the latest Ipsos-MORI data

Good chart from Ipsos-MORI showing how satisfaction with all leaders is on the decline with Clegg the worst. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 26, 2012 As ever with the monthly Ipsos-MORI political monitor there’s a mass of data and colourful charts one of which is featured above. Also this moth the firm asked, for the first time since January 2011, the “Like him, like his party” question. We haven’t got the full detail but several bullet points are available…

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