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If it really is “the economy stupid” then LAB has a big problem. But is it?

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Chart from YouGov showing the trend its "Blame for Spnding Cuts" tracker. LAB finding hard to shake this off pic.twitter.com/4chGkNN1Pq — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 12, 2013 Chart from YouGov with trend on party best able to handle economy. LAB behind pic.twitter.com/YKqWHVwhG0 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 12, 2013 But isn’t this being “priced in” to the voting figures? YouGov chart on what's happened in its polling since GE2010 pic.twitter.com/iVPRkDQYKS — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 12, 2013 That famous saying from…

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If UKIP supporters had answered this Populus online question in a certain way they could have boosted the “value” of their views by a factor of 13

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Regardless of which party, if any, you are likely to end up voting for at the next General Election due in May 2015 or are leaning towards at the moment, which political party would you say you have usually most closely identified yourself with? Yesterday afternoon I was at a polling seminar at the LSE attended by leading academics, pollsters and those, like me, with a keen interest in measuring political opinion. The highlight for many attendees was the sharp…

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Marf on George Osborne

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Latest Ipsos-MORI poll sees LAB lead down to 3 points and Ed’s satisfaction ratings at William Hague levels

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Ipsos-MORI headline figures just those certain to vote Amongst all those sampled by LAB lead 10 See pic.twitter.com/ehp7Mthk3B — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 11, 2013 All 4 main party leaders slip, though EdM the worst, in Ipsos-MORI satisfaction ratings. See pic.twitter.com/AqALmRGVdw — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 11, 2013 EdM's Ipsos-MORI satisfaction ratings now at William Hague levels. See trend chart pic.twitter.com/imwaazQfcj — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 11, 2013 In spite of this LAB still taking 31% of 2010 LDs Mike Smithson

Tim Farron – The Lib Dem leader at the General Election?

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Since the Syria vote a lot of the attention and comment has been focussed upon the Leadership of Dave and Ed, trying to work who was and will be the winner and the loser from the Syria vote. But what of Nick Clegg? HeÂ was dealt a damaging blow to his leadership as 24 out of his 57 MPs, including the Party President Tim Farron, revolted over his backing of military intervention in Syria. Tim Farron has a history of not…

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Nighthawks is now open

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Home of the webâ€™s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the dayâ€™s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk tonight, cross the Rubicon, from lurking to posting. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) George Osborne takes aim at Labourâ€™s record in opposition What Osborne won’t admit: growth has increased because of slower cuts Who donates what to…

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If EdM retains the 2010 LD>LAB switchers then it is job well done

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EdM at TUC Only thing that matters electorally is that LAB keeps 2010 LDs who've switched My view: nothing's changed pic.twitter.com/8mAI3VMgS2 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 10, 2013 It’s been a big day for Ed Miliband and I got the sense that many of the media reps went away from his TUC speech disappointed that the story they were expecting didn’t happen. For there was no booing or other obvious disent only a fairly lukewarm response from delegates. But that doesn’t matter…

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Time to bring on a replacement: Yvette Cooper should be shadow chancellor in place of her husband

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Sport here: according to #FT some around @Ed_Miliband think @edballsmp "may have to be sacrificed unless things turn around" — Benedict Brogan (@benedictbrogan) September 10, 2013 LAB slips further on the economy When Ed Balls was made shadow chancellor in January 2011 the Tories had a lead of just 2% in YouGov’s tracker on best party on the economy. Today’s YouGov has that at 7% which equals the largest Tory lead this year. Even more worrying for Labour is that…

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