What does #RomneyShambles say about Mitt’s view of foreigners?
Huffington Post Congratulations to Huff Post, if indeed it was them, for coining the term #RomneyShambles to describe the GOP contender’s critical comments about London 2012. It’s set off a whole series of Tweets and sums up the view on this side of the Atlantic over Mitt’s comments about the London games. Congratulations as well to David Cameron for his sharp response:- “”We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the…
Is Vince planning to leave the cabinet to become LD leader?
Would this position the yellows better for the general election? There’s a fascinating piece of speculation by Sue Cameron in the Telegraph about the Lib Dem leadership and the cabinet re-shuffle. She writes:– “..Interesting speculation… about Vince Cable, 69, the Business Secretary, who may step down with a view to becoming leader of the Lib Dems in the Commons. (The Lib Dem leader doesn’t have to be in the Cabinet even in coalition, and Nick Clegg could continue to be…
Dave’s “Best Prime Minister” lead narrows to just 5 points
He was beating Ed by 24% only six months ago When the Tories started to slip behind in the voting intention polling the party would take some comfort in the fact that their man invariably did far better than Ed Miliband in the leadership ratings. We heard it time and time again – there was no way, it was said that voters would ever elect the geeky Ed Miliband as PM. Then in the period following Osborne’s budget cock-ups the…
The NHS and immigration are the top movers in the MORI Issues Index
Ipsos-MORI Pensions & education move into the top 10 The July issues index from Ipsos-MORI for the Economist is just out and as can be seen from the chart there are big increases for immigration and the NHS. This polling has been carried out in the same way for 37 years and involves interviewees being asked face to face and completely unprompted to name the main issues they are are facing the country. It is always said that the lack…
George needs to choose between politics and economics?
Will the growth figures mean an end to his split jobs? The two positive things for ministers about today’s third quarter of negative figures are that everybody is focused on the Olympics and because the commons is in recess there are not the usual Wednesday PMQs. But they won’t go away totally unnoticed and provide further ammunition for those who are questioning the government’s strategy and Osborne’s varied roles. An added challenge is that the “blame the last lot” rhetoric…
New US polling suggests that Condi could be the game-changer
Condi on the ticket chopped 6 pts off Obama’s lead on both our MI and PA polls over the weekend- real game changer potential there — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012 Condi’s favorability rate in Pennsylvania is 60/27 and she nets Romney 6 points on Obama — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012 @MSmithsonPB yes — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) July 24, 2012 Could Rice on the ticket give Romney the White House? Later today the US pollster, Public Policy Polling, is issuing…
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