Ed retains his YouGov leadership lead for a third week.
The Leadership scores David Cameron is on minus 26 (minus 30 last week) Ed Miliband is on minus 23 (minus 27 last week) Nick Clegg is on minus 55 (minus 56 last week) Other yougov polling. The coverage of Cameron “chillaxing” doesn’t seem to have done any particular damage – only 33% say that he doesn’t work hard enough, compared to 39% who think he gets the balance right and 4% who think he works too hard. The YouGov VI…
The Eurovision open thread
Tonight is that great annual event, The Eurovision song contest. It will be interesting to see if the issues in the Eurozone affects voting tonight. I’m not expecting the Germans to give the Greeks zwölf punkte or the Greeks to give the Germans δώδεκα σημεία, but will the rest of Europe give the Greeks a sympathy vote? There have been rumours that some countries don’t want their contestants winning as they don’t want the costs of hosting the event next year…
Should you be betting on PRESIDENT Romney?
Betfair Politics Could we see the prices converge? At the start of May I suggested that a bet on Romney for president looked like a value proposition. At the time his Betfair price was 3.15 and I put the equivalent of three months of my state pension on it. Since then the price has edged in and is now at 2.7 – that’s 1.7/1 for those who have yet to come to terms with the betting exchange’s odds format. I…
The first splits between Cameron and Osborne emerge
Both ConservativeHome and The Times have the story that George Osborne was overruled by David Cameron and Nick Clegg over one of the biggest decisions in the Budget, cutting the top rate of tax from 50% to 40% prompting the first serious friction between the Prime Minister and Chancellor. As the Times note “This marks the first serious economic decision taken by the Tories without Mr Osborne’s agreement since 2005, when he and Mr Cameron took over the helm. and…
Welcome to PB NightHawks
Welcome once again to PB’s overnight open thread in the relaxing atmosphere of the PB NightHawks cafe.
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Will Europe be the issue that will end the coalition?
The Times are reporting that Tory MPs say Greek exit will force referendum What gives this story a lot of credence is that Nadeem Zahawi, who is close (and loyal) to George Osborne, said on the record: “If there is a requirement for a new treaty, which there must be, to deal in part with Greece’s exit, then it would trigger a referendum. We would have to make sure we would try and repatriate powers from the social chapter and bring…