The Saturday night polling news starts to come out and it doesn’t look good for Ed

The Saturday night polling news starts to come out and it doesn’t look good for Ed

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The Saturday rolling poll thread Survation/MoS testing voting intentions with different LAB leaders. Cooper comes off worse – Johnson & Umuna best pic.twitter.com/sfh9m8VNWI — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 8, 2014 YouGov/S Times poll has only 34% of LAB voters thinking Ed Miliband is up to the job as party leader — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 8, 2014 Other side of coin is that less than 6 months from GE15 two recent polls, Opinium and Survation have the Tories down in…

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It’s being reported that Salmond will try to make his come-back taking on Danny Alexander in Inverness

It’s being reported that Salmond will try to make his come-back taking on Danny Alexander in Inverness

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Interesting. Salmond said to be planning bid to stand in Danny Alexander's seat at GE15 http://t.co/B5ei68uLG5 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 8, 2014 SNP 4/9 favoutite to oust Alexander in Inverness Ladbrokes http://t.co/OKFhPuoEOc latest odds on Inverness where it might be Salmond vs Alexander 4/9 SNP 2/1 LD 10/1 LAB — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 8, 2014 How the seat voted at GE10 How Inverness voted at GE10 pic.twitter.com/M1ZqVu6PTB — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 8, 2014 The extraordinary Inverness result from GE1992…

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Downing Street might have just saved Ed Miliband

Downing Street might have just saved Ed Miliband

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The EU Budget deal has moved the story on and taken the pressure off If you have bad news to get out, then Friday evening is as good a time as any to do it. MPs have gone back to their constituencies, the public is paying less attention and it falls in that gap between the weekday and weekend media. The timing of the announcement that the government is to pay the £1.7bn demanded by the EU – late, in…

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This week’s Local By-Election Results: A good day for the Tories

This week’s Local By-Election Results: A good day for the Tories

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Mevagissey on Cornwall (Lab Defence) Result: Conservative 348 (32% +8%), UKIP 281 (26% -2%), Labour 204 (19% -11%), Liberal Democrats 197 (18% +4%), Greens 50 (5% -2%) Conservative GAIN from Labour with a majority of 67 (6%) on a swing of 5% from UKIP to Conservative Bilton on Rugby (Con Defence) Result: Conservatives 668 (42%), UKIP 325 (20%), Liberal Democrats 280 (18%), Labour 212 (13%), Independent 60 (4%), Greens 37 (2%), TUSC 10 (1%) Conservative HOLD with a majority of…

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If the Miliband rumblings haven’t quietened down after the weekend then he could be in trouble

If the Miliband rumblings haven’t quietened down after the weekend then he could be in trouble

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Watch: New Statesman editor Jason Cowley defends the magazine's criticism of Ed Miliband #SkyNewsTonight http://t.co/y2rClEeNR3 — Sky News Tonight (@SkyNewsTonight) November 6, 2014 This article by the New Statesman's Editor has played big part in bringing LAB's Ed Miliband issue to a head. http://t.co/PlZNBPDE95 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 7, 2014 What seems to have set this off – a New Statesman article Looking over the past couple of days the trigger for the Miliband leadership speculation appears to have…

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Survation poll for the Mirror showing LAB 4% ahead could take some of the pressure off Ed

Survation poll for the Mirror showing LAB 4% ahead could take some of the pressure off Ed

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UKIP now within just 3% of the Tories Although Survation has become a major part of the UK polling scene since GE10 its standard Westminster voting surveys are only a small part of its output. Today, however, there’s a new poll for the Daily Mirror which could provide some relief for the Ed Miliband camp under siege after a day of leadership speculation. The 4% LAB margin is the biggest in any poll since YouGov recorded a 7% lead nearly…

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Local By-Election Preview: November 6th 2014

Local By-Election Preview: November 6th 2014

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Mevagissey on Cornwall (Lab Defence) Result of council at last election (2013): Independents 37, Liberal Democrats 36, Conservatives 31, Labour 8, UKIP 6, Mebyon Kernow 4, Green 1 (No Overall Control, Independents short by 25) Result of ward at last election (2013): Labour 391 (30%), UKIP 363 (28%), Conservative 316 (24%), Liberal Democrats 184 (14%), Green 62 (7%) Candidates duly nominated: Christopher Maynard (Lib Dem), Katherine Moseley (Green), James Mustoe (Con), Charmain Nicholas (Lab), Michael Williams (UKIP) This is the…

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