Can George go on with declining backbench support?

Can George go on with declining backbench support?

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Could his obsession with Balls be his undoing? Yesterday’s fierce clashes in the Commons between Osborne and Balls have raised further questions about the future of the chancellor coming as it does after what are widely regarded as his budget cock-ups According to a report behind the paywall in the Times there’s growing unease amongst Tory MPs over his approach to the LIBOR scandal and the way that he’s allowed his response to ” be dominated by personal attacks on…

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Ann Romney says the VP pick might be a woman

Ann Romney says the VP pick might be a woman

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Should punters take this seriously? In a CBS TV interview this morning Ann Romney gave a hint that Mitt is thinking of choosing a woman as his running mate. She said that she and her husband had “been looking at” the possibility of choosing a woman to run alongside him. “And I’d love that option as well”. Take that as you will but if you think that there’s something in it then it narrows the field down for those betting…

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Ed Balls: Labour’s LIBOR lightning conductor?

Ed Balls: Labour’s LIBOR lightning conductor?

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Will this shield the party from Osborne’s attacks? As we all know big buildings are protected from lightning strikes by having a lightning conductor. The idea is that if lightning targets building it will strike the lightning rod and will be conducted to ground instead of passing through the building, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Isn’t this what could be the role for Ed Balls as more information comes out about links between the last government…

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Suddenly people aren’t saying “Ed is crap” anymore

Suddenly people aren’t saying “Ed is crap” anymore

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Is he now safe until at least the general election? There was a time not so long ago when hardly a week went by without what became known on PB as an “Ed is crap” thread. This was mostly driven by a series of less than convincing public appearances and his poor leader ratings. At one stage at the start of the year Miliband was barely getting the backing of a majority of his party’s supporters. Three months of solid…

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Had George just seen his negative ConHome ratings?

Had George just seen his negative ConHome ratings?

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Is the leadership slipping away from his grasp? For me the most striking feature of today PMQs was the look on Osborne’s face as he sat next to David Cameron. I wonder whether he’d seen the latest “poll” on ConservativeHome which for the first time has the chancellor showing a negative rating. He’s on -2 joining a select group of Tory cabinet ministers who get a minus number when percentage of those saying they are “satisfied” is deducted from those…

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Can the blues make the LIBOR affair stick on Labour and Miliband?

Can the blues make the LIBOR affair stick on Labour and Miliband?

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Could it really be be a game changer? The headlines are not good for Labour this morning as more accusations come into the open about the last government and the LIBOR scandal. You sense a real sense of relief in the battered blue team that now they can go on the attack. Whoever does the Tory HQ Twitter feed appears to be on steroids as every effort is made to maximise damage to the party with solid 40 ratings in…

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