If it’s good for the blues you’ll get this before midnight YouGov/Sun poll tonight: Labour’s lead just six points – CON 35%, LAB 41%, LDEM 10%, UKIP 9%. Can Cameron sustain the EU bounce? — Sun Politics (@Sun_Politics) January 28, 2013 If it’s not then you’ll have to wait till 6am for this Update: Labour lead at 9 – Latest YouGov/The Sun results 29th Jan – CON 33%, LAB 42%, LD 11%, UKIP 8%; APP -31 y-g.co/YfuYSG — YouGov (@YouGov)…
Was that the Tory EU referendum bounce that was? Today’s LAB lead 9% twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 30, 2013 Was that the referendum bounce that was? At 8am last Wednesday morning we were glued to our TV sets for Camerons’s long promised speech on UK’s relationship with the EU. The promise of an in-out referendum was a big one and something that will could dominate the #GE2015 election campaign. Initially the polls barely moved but then over the…
#GE2015 best odds LAB Maj 5/4 Ladbrokeshttp://bit.ly/c5gpH6 & PaddyPower; NOM 7/4 Stan JamesCON Maj4/1 PaddyPower(bit.ly/I8PkIO) . — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 29, 2013
+++Breaking CON loses #GE2015 +++@tnewtondunnAngus Robertson to confirm SNP WILL vote against the Govt and the boundaries review tonight. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 29, 2013 Tory boundary changes rebels: Glyn Davies, Philip Davies, David Davis. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) January 29, 2013 Latest #GE2015 Commons seats line betting prices from Ladbrokes: CON 278.5: LAB 309.5: LD 32.5. You bet evens up/downbit.ly/c5gpH6 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 29, 2013 Unless there is some remarkably bad management by the LAB and…
Based on the 2010 SEATS:VOTES ratio it’s hard to argue that the electoral system is biased against Tories. See chart twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 29, 2013 Other parties have much stronger cases We are here. The day that the Commons decide on the boundaries issue and no doubt there’ll be lots of moans and groans from Team Blue about how the system is biased against them. But is that the case? Based on how many voters it required…
In sharp contrast to online polls the 1st phone survey since Dave’s EU speech has Ukip up to 10%. www7.politicalbetting.com/?p=55988 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 28, 2013 ComRes/Indy poll has CON 32/LAB 39/LD 10/Ukip 10 We now only get three telephone polls each month which is a great pity. They cost a lot more to mount than an online survey and I take them more seriously. Tonight’s ComRes poll for the Independent sees the Tories gaining a bit of…
The HS2 route to the Midlands & North where a high proportion of the marginals are. An electoral winner or loser? twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 28, 2013 Is the plan right in spite of NIMBY noise? The day’s big announcement has been the extension of the HS2 ine from Birmingham to the East Midland and the North West – all areas with a high proportion of the country’s marginal seats. Come April/May 2015 this will be where a…
Ladbrokes make it evens that Ukip will outpoll CON in #EU2014.Might be a good bet. bit.ly/c5gpH6 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 28, 2013 Ladbrokes have a match bet market on which of CON and Ukip will do better in terms of votes at #EU2014 which take place in eighteen months time. Note that with the bet where LAB finish is irrelevant, It’s a straight fight between the blues and purples with, for the moment, CON being the odds-on favourite…