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How will the parties campaign in OE&S?

How will the parties campaign in OE&S?

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How do they motivate the voters at Holiday time? It is unlikely that Saddleworth in January has ever been mistaken for Barbados. It is also unlikely that there will be a surge of enthusiasm in the next two weeks from local voters to discover the intricacies of the various candidates’ policies in the forthcoming by-election to succeed Phil Woolas. The combination of these two things will make the Oldham East & Saddleworth election different from the norm and the parties…

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Tonight’s by-election betting prices

Tonight’s by-election betting prices

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Oldham E betting LABOUR LIB DEMS TORIES Ladbrokes 2/9 (1/7) 9/2 (5/1) 10/1 William Hill 1/5 (1/7) 4/1 (7/1) 10/1 (8/1) Victor Chandler 1/6 6/1 10/1 Smarkets 0.31/1 100/15 10/01/10 Betfair 30/100 (1/5) 24/5 (10/30) 81/5 (7/1) Doubts about Tory commitment sends punters to the yellows There’s been quite a lot of movement on the by-election markets in response to the growing narrative that the blues are not really trying – reinforced during the afternoon by ambivalent comments from the…

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Is David Cameron betting on a Lib Dem victory?

Is David Cameron betting on a Lib Dem victory?

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ConHome If so – should you be doing the same? According to Jonathan Isaby in ConservativeHome there are signs that the Tories are not really trying to win the Old & Sad by-election. He writes: ..I am detecting increasing concerns from various quarters that the party machine is not putting its all behind Kashif Ali’s campaign to win the seat in which he was less than 2,500 votes behind the winning candidate in May. Many of those I have spoken…

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Oldham E & Saddleworth – the opening prices

Oldham E & Saddleworth – the opening prices

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Oldham E & Saddleworth by-election betting LABOUR LIB DEMS TORIES Ladbrokes 1/7 5/1 10/1 William Hill 1/7 7/1 8/1 Victor Chandler 1/6 6/1 10/1 Smarkets 0.31/1 4.88/1 4.55/1 Betfair 1/5 7/2 10/1 From what I can see there are five current betting markets on the Old & Sad by election that takes place on January 13th. Labour is the heavy odds-on favourite in all of them though there is some variation. Be warned – getting bets of a reasonable size…

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Welcome to the New Era: Campaign Day One

Welcome to the New Era: Campaign Day One

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Manchester Evening News How will the coalition operate in its first by-election? The headline in the Manchester Evening News says it all. The Lib Dems will be moving the old & Sad by-election writ today and a Tory prime minister accuses Labour of “running scared”. Clearly the decision to put convention to one side and for a non-incumbent party to be moving the writ suggests a high degree of co-operation between the coalition partners. For if Labour object the overwhelming…

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Is Old & Sad going to be on January 13th?

Is Old & Sad going to be on January 13th?

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What will the holiday season do to the campaign? The Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election was touched on during PMQs and this has sparked off a lot of speculation on the timing. Some reports suggest that the writ will be moved by the Lib Dems tomorrow which would make Thursday January 13th the big day. This is not an issue over which the speaker has control. If the writ is moved it has to be dealt with in the house…

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Will one of these three be Britain’s next MP?

Will one of these three be Britain’s next MP?

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Labour chooses its candidate for Old & Sad Thanks to the excellent Saddleworth News site for this – the pictures and details of the three short-listed candidates for the Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election that will take place in the new year. Local members decide tomorrow and their decision could be critical because in high profile by-elections the candidate can make a huge difference one way or the other. Wisely Labour are keeping it local and have gone for figures…

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How would you vote if you were a LD MP?

How would you vote if you were a LD MP?

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Is abstention the option for wusses? Just four days to go before the big commons vote on fees and what could potentially be a career-ending decision for each of the 57 MPs who were elected for the Lib Dems last May. What would you do in their position – there are just three options: You vote for the tripling of the maximum fee and risk being accused of breaking your promises and alienating a significant part of your electorate who…

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