Things I knew but didn't appreciate at the time: Ed Miliband was TALL: pic.twitter.com/z2Bh9oFD1u — Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) October 20, 2015 I must say I’m quite impressed and it says a lot about him. An event like tonight’s is clearly something that as Opposition Leader he had to attend and there are dress codes. He made the right decision. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet
We all know that David Cameron is not planning to remain as prime minister after the next general election. So the choice will between Corbyn, unless he’s replaced in the meantime, and AN Other. So why is it that pollsters, and presumably their media clients who agree to the form of questioning, continue with best p.m. ratings that include the current prime minister? The findings really don’t have any relevance to the next big election battle in the UK. Thankfully,…
LATEST Canadian vote share totals from CBC pic.twitter.com/9R5NWp6xol — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 20, 2015 Latest results from the CBC can be found here. https://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr/status/656317943504986112
Opinium has a new poll out showing almost no change in the voting intention numbers. CON still ahead by 5%. The firm is the only one to regularly ask leader approval questions and the latest survey is not good for Labour’s new leader. In September Opinium had him on a net minus 7 points. Tonight the gap between those who approve of him and those who don’t has widened to 19 points. These latest numbers mean that in every single…
In his own way there’s a touch of Obama about him I like the case has been made in this clip particularly the debate extract when Rubio is dealing with the language issue. The way he handled it is reminiscent of the conference speech Obama made in 2004 which brought him to prominence for the first time. The age factor is important given that all the potential Democratic party opponents are in their late 60s or 70s. With Rubio the…
Huffpost’s Paul Waugh has what appears like a scoop with a report that the House of Lords, where the Tories don’t have a majority, could kill the legislative move to change the tax credits system. This is because the means chosen by Osborne’s team to make this law is via a statutory instrument not new legislation. This has to be approved by both houses of parliament. Waugh writes: “..A rarely-used ‘fatal motion’ is set to be tabled in the House…
Me for @TheTimes: Cameron must choose. His one nation mission or cuts in tax credits http://t.co/cPIc5UzO7M pic.twitter.com/mLxSYFsSPf — Tim Montgomerie ?? (@montie) October 18, 2015 Remember that George has turned before The headline on Tim Montgomerie’s piece for tomorrow’s Times and his Tweet say it all. The pressure is building for a U-turn. Let’s recall what happened in the aftermath of Osborne’s 2012 “Omnishambles budget”. A whole series of measure from the so-called granny to the pasty tax all got…
44% of Ukip voters tell YouGov that they can envisage situations when they'd support armed forces coup in UK pic.twitter.com/hegZLZkFVs — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 18, 2015 11% of CON voters & 6% of LAB ones tell YouGov that they’d support coup by armed forces if Corbyn became Prime Minister — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 18, 2015 12% of UKIP voters & 5% of CON ones tell YouGov that they’d support coup by armed forces if Boris became Prime Minister…