Candidate Party Votes cast % share % change George Galloway RESPECT 18341 55.9 +52.8 Imran Hussain LAB 8201 25 -20.3 Jackie Whiteley CON 2746 8.4 -22.7 Jeanette Sunderland LD 1505 4.6 -7.1 Sonja McNally UKIP 1085 3.3 +1.3 Dawud Islam Green 481 1.5 -0.8 Was for many this about giving LAB a bloody nose? Just looking at the numbers compared with the general election and it’s clear that there was a huge anti-LAB tactical…
By the Grace of God we have won the most sensational victory in British political history. — George Galloway (@georgegalloway) March 29, 2012 This is what I wrote here on March 7th – just three weeks ago:- “..Could Bradford West break the pattern of LAB holds with a much reduced turnout? Could this be the ideal seat for the return to Westminster of the controversial Celebrity Big Brother star and ex-LAB and ex-RESPECT MP, George Galloway? Ladbrokes have just announced…
Are many being tempted by elected mayors/police commissioners? The news tonight that ex-LAB chief secretary of the treasury (him of the “there’s no money left” fame) Liam Byrne is quitting the shadow cabinet is an indicator of a big new trend in British politics. For over the next year maybe 30 high-salaried powerful jobs as elected mayors and policy commissioners will be up for grabs and by all accounts many MPs are interested. In May we have elections for the…
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Is this Cameron/Osborne’s worst crisis yet? The overnight YouGov poll reported for the second day running a 10 point LAB lead which followed the ComRes telephone survey on Monday night which also had a lead of that size. The YouGov shares were: CON 34%: LAB 44%: LD 10% Govt approval: Approve 25% Disapprove 61% This comes just eight days after Osborne’s budget with the lower of tax rates for the super–rich juxtaposed with a move, not properly explained, to reduce…
A LAB Councillor in N Yorks says his “real mother†is a 9ft green alien with eight fingers. bit.ly/H1tfdg — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) March 28, 2012 @MikeSmithsonOGH
Should the PM have been more guarded? The comments by David Cameron on motorists filling their tanks up have been sharply criticised by the petrol retailers because, they say, it is encouraging panic buying. Are they right or was the PM correct in advising people to take sensible precautions? As we saw in September 2000 a panic can soon be set off and that of itself can add to the shortages shortages. @MikeSmithsonOGH
Could he give Miliband/Labour a bloody nose? When the Bradford West by-election was called at the start of the month it looked a pretty standard LAB hold on an increased majority but with a reduced turnout. The voting at the general election was: LAB 45.3%: CON 31.15: LD 11.7% Then came news that George Galloway was entering the race in an attempt to get back into parliament. He opened in the betting at 33/1 but now has tightened to 10/1….