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Will PB.C’s competition entrants get the by-elections right?

Will PB.C’s competition entrants get the by-elections right?

“Labour by 1% in BG but heading for 4th place in Bromley” Following the close of the PB.C by-election competition, the contest for the Westminster seat at Blaenau Gwent looks to be neck-and-neck. By averaging out all the entries received we are able to state what the overall view of all those who took part is and it will be interesting to see if their collective wisdom is accurate. These are the figures. Blaenau Gwent – Westminster: LAB 42.7: IND…

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Can Labour’s Viagra firm lobbyist regain Nye’s old seat?

Can Labour’s Viagra firm lobbyist regain Nye’s old seat?

How will he get on against the former steel-works shop steward? Amongst the giants in Labour’s history few can compare with Nye Bevan whose most lasting political achievement, surely, was the creation, against huge opposition, of the National Health Service in the cash-starved Britain in the aftermath of the Second World War. He was born in Tredegar and in 1929 was elected as Labour MP for the Ebbw Vale constituency which are now part of Blaenau Gwent. This will be…

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Can Heffer hurt Cameron in Bromley?

Can Heffer hurt Cameron in Bromley?

Could the result not be a forgone conclusion after all? So far punters have not got very excited about next Thursday’s by-elections in Bromley and Blaenau Gwent and on the betting markets very little money has been wagered. The Tories look a near certainty to hold onto the outer London seat and there’s does not seem to be much interest in whether Labour can win back its former Welsh stronghold taken by the late Peter Laws in 2005 after the…

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Which leader should be most worried about Bromley?

Which leader should be most worried about Bromley?

Tony Blair – will beating UKIP for 3rd place blunt the Brown attack dogs? We saw after the May locals how the impatient Brownites were ready to pile in to challenge Tony’s leadership after Labour’s disappointing results. If Bromley goes badly two weeks today will they be ready to pounce again? Aftter May 4th there appeared to be a concerted campaign to raise the temperature – but with no clear end game strategy. Maybe there might be something different this…

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Guest slot: A tour of Wales with CymruMark

Guest slot: A tour of Wales with CymruMark

Could next year’s Assembly elections see a non-Labour coalition? In all the chatter regarding the “Blair legacy” nobody seems to mention devolution. The West Lothian question raises its head on a regular basis now that England is governed by a party elected by Scottish and Welsh electors but nobody seriously suggests devolution be reversed. However Blair’s legacy could include the loss of Labour’s Welsh heartland. West of Offa’s Dyke there are a good few questions to be asked and answered…

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NOP: Labour set to win back the safest seat in Wales

NOP: Labour set to win back the safest seat in Wales

But what if the poll is as accurate as the Hartlepool one? An opinion poll by NOP for ITV isuggests that Labour is on target to win back what was its safest seat in Wales – Blaenau Gwent – in the coming parliamentary by-election. Such a result would restore Labour’s Commons majority to what it was before the Dunfermline loss and ease some of the jitters within the party. In a phone survey of with a sample of 1,000 NOP…

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Will this woman add further to Labour’s woes?

Will this woman add further to Labour’s woes?

Make a few bob on the Peter Law seats not being won back? So far there’s been little interest in the Betfair markets on the June 29th by-elections to fill Blaenau Gwent seats that the former Peter Law used to occupy at Westminster and the Welsh Assembly. On the face of it the area is a traditional solid Labour strong-hold and the seats should be returning to the party as a matter of course. Peter Law won in May 2005…

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Could Cameron catch a Chislehurst cold?

Could Cameron catch a Chislehurst cold?

Will B&C be the first Tory by-election hold of the 21st Century? For a party whose performance at by-elections can best be described as pitiful the Tories have had a remarkably good new millennium. For the only seat they have had to defend was Romsey in 2000 – a seat made vacant by the tragic fire in which Michael Colvin died. They lost it to the Lib Dems. The party went through the whole of the 2001-2005 Parliament without the…

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