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Delaying till after the election the Chilcot report on Iraq is good news for Labour

21/1/2015 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

Marf on Clegg's assertion that Chilcot report on Iraq war being "sexed-down" pic.twitter.com/A6OuNgAACw — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 21, 2015 Reminding voters of the conflict not good for the red team At PMQs today EdM opened by asserting that his party wants to Chilcot Inquire report to be published as soon as possible. Maybe but the he last thing, surely, that Labour wants in the run-up to May 7th is something to remind voters of the Iraq War although Ed…

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Oh the joy of being a swing voter in one of the super marginals that will decide the election

21/1/2015 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

Why DC is heading for Bedford. From Rob Hayward the GE2015 key seat change milestones on a uniform national swing pic.twitter.com/5iz6cWaLOL — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 20, 2015 One of the electors who won’t be taken for granted The above slide is from the Rob Hayward presentation and shows, on a uniform swing, the key tipping point seats. Column one is LAB to be on most seats, while the second column is the area for an overall LAB majority and…

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The evening thread – Marf on Democracy Day

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Marf on Democracy day pic.twitter.com/coMtLMz6dY — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 20, 2015 UPDATE YouGov gets its sensational poll. CON 2% ahead YouGov/Sun poll tonight: Labour at 5 year low, Greens at a new high. CON 32%, LAB 30%, UKIP 15%, GRN 10%, LDEM 8% http://t.co/qK4FVYbRro — Sun Politics (@Sun_Politics) January 20, 2015 So three pollsters now show Green surge Ashcroft 11% ICM 9% YouGov 10% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 20, 2015 Tonight's YouGov is the first CON lead with YoGov since Dec…

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The Greens move up 4% in the ICM/Guardian phone poll while LAB has a 3% lead

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Greens jump 4 to 9% in latest ICM monthly phone poll. LAB 3 ahead. http://t.co/KlZttaT4N2 pic.twitter.com/qimcgSjTOv — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 20, 2015 After yesterday’s poll from Lord Ashcroft showing the Greens on 11 percent there’s news this afternoon that ICM, the Guardian’s pollster, has the party on 9 percent – an increase of four points on last month. It really does appear that the row over the TV debates and general dissatisfaction with all of the main parties is…

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So far at least the post-IndyRef SNP surge has barely been seen in Scottish local by-elections

20/1/2015 Editor Comments 0 Comment

SNP poll surge not being seen in post IndyRef Scottish local by-elections. Chart from Rob Hayward – election analyst pic.twitter.com/H6u35Btkfi — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 19, 2015 Just compare that with the UKIP experience in England Yesterday I attended the annual media briefing by the respected elections analyst and former Conservative MP Robert Hayward. It was a packed and thought provoking session which will be reflected in the media in the coming weeks. There are a number of slides that…

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On a day when a poll had the CON+LAB aggregate at its lowest level since 1981 – Marf gives her take

19/1/2015 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

The latest Ashcroft national poll was a shocker – not just for the 11% GRN share but for the 57% aggregate total for CON and LAB – the lowest in any poll since 1981. Yet this comes on the same day that Populus online reported a CON+LAB aggregate of 71%. I can’t explain it – but Marf gives her view. Mike Smithson For 11 years viewing politics from OUTSIDE the Westminster bubble Follow @MSmithsonPB

Tories slump 5 while Greens jump to 11 in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

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Tories slump 5 while Greens jump to 11 in this week's Ashcroft poll pic.twitter.com/1tZD76oWPp — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 19, 2015 Greens hit their highest poll share ever in latest Ashcroft National Poll After last week’s poll which had the Tories 6% today’s Ashcroft National Poll is even more striking – Greens at 11% CON 29-5 LAB 28= LD 9+1 UKIP 15-1 GRN 11+3

Another Scottish poll gives a little bit of cheer to LAB but not that much

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Survation for the Daily Record SNP 46%-2 LAB 26%+2 CON 14%-2 LD 7%+2 UKIP 4%= On what is set to be a very big polling day the first news we have is of a Survation poll in Scotland for the Daily Record. The numbers are above and show that the SNP still has a very big lead over Labour which would cause Miliband’s party to lose a massive number of seats. Scotland is so important to this election because of…

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