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Should the Tories select PPCs on the new boundaries or old?
Will there be a penalty for delaying the process? One consequential development from Clegg’s statement on the boundaries is that his party and Labour are now both choosing candidates based on the 2010 election electoral map. It’s generally regarded as good campaigning practice to get your choice made early so that the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate can build up a presence in the area. This is particularly important in the marginals where the odd few hundred votes can be decisive. Labour…
92 percent of Americans say Britain has run a successful Olympic Games
Will this add to the “feelgood factor” at home? New US polling finds that Americans overwhelmingly believe that Britain and London have run a successful Olympic Games. A CNN/ORC survey asked ““How successful would you say the city of London and the government of Great Britain have been at hosting this year’s Olympic Games: very successful, somewhat successful, not very successful, or not successful at all?” The findings are really quite staggering:- “Very successful†66% “Somewhat†26% “Not very†1%…
Will the ICM Wisdom Index poll impede the Boris band-wagon?
His “best PM” same as Ed but 4% below Dave ICM Wisdom Index Best PM rating: Dave 24%/Miliband and Boris 20%/Clegg 6%. bit.ly/QQVVds — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 11, 2012 ICM Wisdom Index for S Telegraph has CON 31(nc): LAB 38(nc): LD 17(nc). With Boris as leader the Tories would be up 1 with LAB down 1. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 11, 2012 ICM Wisdom Index with Boris named as CON leader. CON 32+1:LAB 38-1:LD 17 nc. So Boris…
Is this how Obama will portray Romney’s V-P pick?
Will Paul Ryan help or hinder the Romney campaign? Within the past hour it’s been announced that Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin congressman, Paul Ryan as his running mate. The telegenic 42 year old has made a big impact in Washington as chairman of the House Budget Committee and he’s very much seen as someone who’ll appeal to the party’s core supporters. But is there, perhaps, too much baggage around from his fights with the White House over the budget….
Over to Rio and then where?
How’s the race for the 2020 Games looking? Jacques Rogge is not given to using his Closing Ceremony speech at each Olympic Games to declare them ‘the best ever’, as his predecessor, Juan Antonio Samaranch usually did. Maybe that’s because he feels it cheapens his office and demeans previous hosts; alternatively, perhaps it’s that Athens 2004 with its organisational problems, and the spectacular but expensive and sterile Beijing 2008 don’t deserve the accolade. London, on the other hand, maybe does….
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The White House race: The polls look even worse for Romney
Real Clear Politics average Did it start to go wrong in London? The latest from the RCP polling average says its all – it’s been a horrible August so far for Mitt Romney. This, of course, shows the national polling which had been holding up reasonably well for Mitt. The state polls particularly in the key swing states have, with just one or two exceptions, been bad for him as well. As well as the negative media coverage of his…