YouGov data: PB chart And another YouGov boost for Vince Cable Preferred Chancellor Total(change) Vince Cable 28% (+6) William Hague 15% (-1) Ken Clarke 9%(-) Phillip Hammond 2% (-1) Theresa May 2%(-) Nick Clegg 2%(-) Don’t know 43% (-4) The change figures shows the shifts in the past week to the question “which of the following do you think would make the best replacement Chancellor of the Exchequer?” Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB
Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones! — Aidan Burley MP (@AidanBurleyMP) July 27, 2012 The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen – more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next? — Aidan Burley MP (@AidanBurleyMP) July 27, 2012 Seems my tweet has been misunderstood. I was talking about the way it was handled in the show, not…
How did you rate Danny Boyle’s Olympic Opening ceremony I’d give it 10 out 10 9 out of 10 8 out of 10 7 out of 10 6 out of 10 5 out of 10 4 out of 10 3 out of 10 2 out of 10 1 out of 10 0 out of 10
Do governments of host countries get an Olympic boost? Since ancient times, rulers have used festivals and games as distractions for the masses; an entertained populace is likely to be a content one, or at least a more content one than it would otherwise have been. Does this feed through to a government’s re-election chances? Surprisingly, it seems it might do. In the 116-year history of the modern Olympic games, only three have been held in wholly non-democratic countries: Berlin…
Well done Danny Boyle
Nursing Times According to the Nursing Times there’s a segment in tonight’s opening ceremony that celebrates the “greatness of the NHS”. I wonder if Mitt Romney will take a bathroom break at that point. Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB
Baroness Warsi 3/1 Jeremy Hunt 5/1 Caroline Spelman 6/1 Cheryl Gillan 8/1 Ken Clarke 10/1 Theresa May 10/1 Lord Strathclyde 12/1 Andrew Lansley 14/1 Vince Cable 16/1 Michael Moore 16/1 William Hague 25/1 Owen Paterson 25/1 Nick Clegg 25/1 Ed Davey 33/1 Andrew Mitchell 33/1 Michael Gove 33/1 George Osborne 33/1 David Cameron 33/1 Iain Duncan Smith 40/1 Danny Alexander 40/1 Justine Greening 50/1 Eric Pickles 50/1 Philip Hammond 66/1 Who’ll be out in Dave’s first big shake-up? Apart from…
Henry G Manson looks at Cable and Hague If the Coalition government was formed strictly in the national interest then David Cameron would surely be at least considering the value of installing Vince Cable in Number 11. Over two years George Osborne has overseen a contraction of the economy when growth of 5% was planned. With a botched budget and a string of u-turns and an unpopular cut in the very top rate of tax, the gloss has well and…