Hillary looks set to struggle in New Hampshire but Sanders unlikely to be much of a threat elsewhere

Hillary looks set to struggle in New Hampshire but Sanders unlikely to be much of a threat elsewhere

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Hillary now 16% BEHIND Sanders in New Hampshire – the state she won in 2008 pic.twitter.com/mcWGSGivVW — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 25, 2015 Where does the Democratic race stand now? Hillary Clinton continues to dominate the betting for the Democratic nomination for next year’s White House Race. She has slipped a bit but she is still a very tight odds on favourite. Her main opponent who has declared himself is the 74 year old Bernie Sanders an independent senator from…

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Local By-Election Results : September 24th 2015

Local By-Election Results : September 24th 2015

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Loddon on Norfolk (Con defence) Result of council at last election (2013): Conservatives 40, United Kingdom Independence Party 15, Labour 14, Liberal Democrats 10, Green 4, Independent 1 (No Overall Control, Conservatives short by 3) Result of ward at last election (2013): Conservatives 2,001 (64%), UKIP 594 (19%), Labour 383 (12%), Liberal Democrats 163 (5%) Result: Conserrvatives 1,094 (57% -7%), Labour 357 (19% +7%), Liberal Democrats 235 (12% +7%), UKIP 233 (12% -7%) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 737…

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David Herdson says the Migrant crisis has laid bare the EU’s big delusion

David Herdson says the Migrant crisis has laid bare the EU’s big delusion

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Ultimately, the Union must unite or perish Ever closer union: three words that have caused interminable difficulty for those who wanted – those who want – a European Common Market. Three words that are now superfluous, though not for the reasons that the Marketeers would like. The reason they’re superfluous is that the other initiatives the EU has undertaken contain an internal dynamic that supersedes any treaty rhetoric. Nowhere has that been more clearly demonstrated that with the migrant crisis…

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Jeremy Corbyn needs saving from his “friends”

Jeremy Corbyn needs saving from his “friends”

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This week’s column from Don Brind Jeremy Corbyn has done remarkably well in attracting MPs into the big tent, which his closest ally John McDonnell says he wants to inhabit. Although the leadership failed to recruit some of the front benchers they wanted to keep there has been none of the flouncing out that Polly Toynbee warned against. There has been a search for common ground rather than the highlighting differences – an approach I urged in a previous post….

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Polling shows the Labour Party brand in big trouble

Polling shows the Labour Party brand in big trouble

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This Thursday’s poll by Ipsos Mori is bad for Jeremy Corbyn but even worse for Labour, says Keiran Pedley. Today’s poll looked at public perceptions of Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron and the Labour and Conservative Party brands in detail. In addition to voting intention and asking respondents which of Cameron or Corbyn would make the ‘most capable Prime Minister’, the poll also listed a series of statements and asked which of them applied to each party and their leaders….

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UPDATE Corbyn becomes first LAB leader EVER to record negative ratings in his opening Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings

UPDATE Corbyn becomes first LAB leader EVER to record negative ratings in his opening Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings

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Ipsos MORI/Standard poll on Cameron vs Corbyn http://t.co/Dx8eHfXtGU pic.twitter.com/TmBGxko6Dt — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 24, 2015 53% tell Ipsos Standard poll that DC "most capable PM" compared with 27% for Corbyn — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 24, 2015

“Call me Dave”: The Ashcroft revelations in the Mail appear to have run out of steam

“Call me Dave”: The Ashcroft revelations in the Mail appear to have run out of steam

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Thursday's Daily Mail front page:UK drivers to sue VW for billions#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/gx01M70dY7 — Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) September 23, 2015 The “revelations” from Day 4 of the Daily Mail’s serialisation of Lord Ashcroft’s unofficial biography of Mr Cameron don’t quite have the potency of what we saw earlier in the week. There’s nothing on today’s front page that struck me as being a must read and interestingly the amount of space being allocated is declining. That’s the problem with serialisations…

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