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Cabinet Minister Ladbrokes odds Party Cheryl Gillan 6/4 CON Andrew Lansley 5/1 CON Vince Cable 6/1 LD Ken Clarke 8/1 CON William Hague 10/1 CON Baroness Warsi 12/1 CON Caroline Spelman 12/1 CON Michael Moore 14/1 LD Theresa May 16/1 CON Iain Duncan Smith 20/1 CON Ed Davey 25/1 LD Owen Paterson 25/1 CON Andrew Mitchell 33/1 CON Lord Strathclyde 33/1 CON Michael Gove 33/1 CON Justine Greening 40/1 CON George Osborne 40/1 CON Danny Alexander 40/1 LD Eric Pickles…

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Joey Jones at LibDem retreat in Eastbourne confirms that Chris Huhne will be charge. Huhne expected to resign from Cabinet — adamboulton (@adamboultonSKY) February 3, 2012 Huhne speeding D-Day. I still love the fact that Aussie slang for a fast driver is…. ‘a hoon’. f24.my/xItDqA — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) February 3, 2012 Huhne and his ex wife, Vicky, due to be told the news in 10 minutes. Will it leak out? — Mike Smithson (@MikeSmithsonOGH) February 3, 2012 Bookies’ odds…

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My selection of this evening’s tweets:- Just 41 people contributed 25% of Romney’s campaign war chest…pwire.at/xSJbs1 — Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 2, 2012 #GOP: Romney 31% / Gingrich 25% / Santorum 17% / Paul 12% / Other 2% / Unsure 13% (Gallup nat’l tracking, Jan 28-Feb 1) j.mp/nEDXyw — PollingReport.com (@pollreport) February 2, 2012 Clegg is facing a potential dilemma over Chris Huhne, says James Forsyth: spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/76… — Coffee House (@Spectator_CH) February 2, 2012 Mike Smithson @MikeSmithsonOGH

Telegraph What can we read into this afternoon’s news? In a discussion over a drink at the weekend my lawyer friend who’s had a career as a prosecutor suggested that one of the major considerations for the CPS over the Huhne case would be whether it would be possible to hold a fair trial. This has gone on for such a long time and received a massive amount of publicity that an initial consideration would be whether it would be…

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Ashcroft poll on Scottish Referendum For independence Against independence “Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?” 41 59 “Do you agree or disagree that Scotland should be an independent country?” 39 61 “Should Scotland become an independent country, or should it remain part of the United Kingdom?“ 33 67 Which of the above is the fairest? Michael Ashcroft has funded some polling (I assume by Populus) on the way that changing the words in the Scottish referendum…

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… My selection of this evening’s tweets:- BBC must’ve run this story as a favour to Tories – 7-child family needing >£26k benefits spends £100/wk on fags & booze bbc.co.uk/news/uk-168121… — Greg Callus (@Morus1516) February 1, 2012 Forfeiture committee said it couldn’t strip Fred of his ‘K’ in 2009 bit.ly/zes6ZR — Gary Gibbon’s Blog (@GaryGibbonBlog) February 1, 2012 12 LibDem bedroom tax rebels:Brooke, crockhart, George, hancock, leech, rogerson,mulholl, Russell, sanders, swales, ward, wllms — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) February 1, 2012…

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Are his commons performances restoring confidence? Less than a fortnight ago Ed Miliband’s future as LAB leader seemed very much in doubt. William Hills took some big bets and concluded that the incumbent was a gonner. The price against Ed not surviving until the general election moved in to 8/11 and you could have got evens on him staying there. Things have changed rapidly. He did okay at PMQs last week and performed very well in response to Cameron’s commons…

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