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The resilient PM ploughs on to March 29th and her running down the clock strategy might just work

The resilient PM ploughs on to March 29th and her running down the clock strategy might just work

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In a very uncertain political environment in the UK one thing we can predict with some certainty is that these few months in British politics will be the focus of massive amount of study and examination in decades to come. How did we get to where we are and most of all was the PM’s approach the right one? I just wonder how she is going to be regarded by history. She was a Remainer she took the view on…

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New YouGov leader ratings finds both TMay and Corbyn struggling with their voters from GE2017

New YouGov leader ratings finds both TMay and Corbyn struggling with their voters from GE2017

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Getting on for half of GE2017 LAB voters view Corbyn unfavourably Only minutes after I published the previous thread bemoaning the fact that we see very few leader ratings surveys in British polls up popped YouGov with its latest favorability numbers. The main figures for Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are in the screenshot above. To my mind the most important cross-break is the party split from the 2017 General Election. What do those who voted for you last time…

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Ahead of this afternoon’s May-Corbyn meeting the two leaders get warmed up with a spiky PMQs exchange

Ahead of this afternoon’s May-Corbyn meeting the two leaders get warmed up with a spiky PMQs exchange

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Jeremy Corbyn: "None of that was very clear to me, I don't know about anybody else" Labour leader is unimpressed by Theresa May's answer on "alternative arrangements" to replace the Irish backstop in #Brexit deal#PMQs updates: https://t.co/1SWYMqgzLk pic.twitter.com/VmJW0qvPhy — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 30, 2019 If we were to predict the outcome of this afternoon’s historic meeting face-to-face meeting between TMay and Mr Corbyn based on what happened at today’s PMQs it is hard to see this taking things very…

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With 60 days to go the uncertainty is greater than ever

With 60 days to go the uncertainty is greater than ever

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Betdata.io Ahead of the crunch parliamentary week punters don’t think the March 29 exit will happen One of the good things about betting trend charts is that they are a way of seeing how opinions, at least of those who ready to risk money betting on politics, are developing over time. We are today exactly 60 days before the Article 50 deadline expires when the UK is due to leave the EU. Yet it is still far from clear whether…

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Ten minisisters ready to tell TMay that they’ll resign unless there’s a deal within a fortnight

Ten minisisters ready to tell TMay that they’ll resign unless there’s a deal within a fortnight

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EXCLUSIVE Remain ministers said PM must commit to securing Brexit deal within 2 weeks if she is to avoid resignations over no deal during conference call TONIGHT A dozen ministers on call including Amber Rudd, Greg Clark, David Gauke & Caroline Nokes https://t.co/J7JP22x1LO — Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) January 27, 2019 The pressure’s now coming from those who backed remain The Telegraph is reporting details of at telephone conference call earlier this evening by about a dozen ministers who are pro-European….

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Theresa May – the wrong woman for her time?

Theresa May – the wrong woman for her time?

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So this is how constitutional settlements are brokered: not at a measured pace with Olympian detachment and the wisdom of Solomon but at high speed in a blind funk with a deal cobbled together in shadowy alcoves. It’s not pretty. It’s also something that the Prime Minister must hate. Successful governing politicians who have to answer to the electorate often try to avoid making hard choices. Angela Merkel has been so effective at this that her name has been verbed…

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A Customs Union deal needs to be on the table if No Deal is to be avoided

A Customs Union deal needs to be on the table if No Deal is to be avoided

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The only way to get Brexit Deal votes is to go softer It’s lonely at the top. It’s probably lonelier if you cut yourself off and isolate yourself from your colleagues, even if they are after their own interests and your own job. This last week has proven just how politically lonely Theresa May is, yet still she carries on. There’s something admirable in that and perhaps it’s no small part of the explanation for the rise in rise in…

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Some comfort for TMay from YouGov – 56% of those polled have felt sympathy for her

Some comfort for TMay from YouGov – 56% of those polled have felt sympathy for her

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Sympathy for Theresa May has risen over the past few months, but only slightly. 56% of Brits now say they have felt sympathy for her at some point (up 7% from September), but 37% say they never have https://t.co/DOSE0MCAhV pic.twitter.com/AA2wdR8uD6 — YouGov (@YouGov) January 18, 2019 It’s not going to make getting Brexit through any easier Even amongst LAB voters there’s a relatively high percentage holding this view – 43% against 52% who haven’t. There’s quite a gender divide with…

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