Will his campaign for the nomination end in the same way? The Texas governor, Rick Perry, has become an even firmer favourite Betfair to take the nomination for the Republican party for next year’s White House race. His price seems to be getting tighter and it could be that in the next month or so that he touches evens. Certainly there appears to be very little money behind any of the other contenders. The fact that he seems to appeal…
Are the Conservatives Becoming Enemies of Conservation? The adoption of the tree by the Conservative Party five years ago appeared to signify more than an image re-spray. It built on an important historical strand of conservation running through the Conservative Party which understands in a world of chaotic change, continuity and conservation is increasingly important and reassuring. Tim Montgomorie described this sentiment earlier this year. ‘For us the preservation of the natural environment and good stewardship of the planet’s resources…
Betfair Politics Could Obama be beaten? The chart shows the trend in the Betfair “winning party” market in the 2012 White House race. As can be seen sentiment has been moving to the Republican party although this has slightly eased over the past few days. – something that’s been driven by the polls showing a weakening in Obama’s position. His approval ratings, the key measure used in the US, have seen a steady erosion in recent months. It could be…
Remember Scotland May 5 2011? There was as lot of excitement on Tuesday night when the News International/YouGov daily poll came out showing the Tories on 39% – just one point behind Labour on 40% – the smallest Labour lead for months. Last night’s poll had it looking differently although the changes, Labour up 2 the Tories down 2, were within the margin of error. But how much notice should we take of the daily changes from the online pollster…
PB’s nightly open thread with the excellent illustration by Marf as its symbol is now into its second week and seems to be going well. There are now prints available of Marf’s spoof of the Edward Hopper classic Nighthawks Café. This is a limited edition, signed by Marf in full colour for £60. If you are interested contact her here. Things are just starting to hot up as the new political year beckons. @MikeSmithsonPB
Is this going to make Miliband’s task much harder? According to Atul Hatwal of Labour Uncut there are about to be some explosive revelations in Alastair Darling’s upcoming memoir:- He writes: “.Darling details the total breakdown in trust between the prime minister and chancellor. He singles out Ed Balls and Shriti Vadhera as key Brown lieutenants running what amounted to a shadow treasury operation within government. Brown’s demeanour was increasingly “brutal and volcanicâ€, mistrusting Darling to the extent that he…
The latest YouGov daily poll for News International overnight had the Labour lead over the Tories at just 1% – the closest it’s been since January. This means that the gap between the main two parties at least brings it a bit closer to the latest from country’s most accurate pollster when tested against real elections, ICM. Last week, for the second month running, ICM had the Tories on 37% one point ahead of Labour on 36% – a poll…
Marf tells me that prints of her spoof of the Edward Hopper classic Nighthawks Café are now available. This is a limited edition, signed by Marf in full colour for £60. The actual size is A4. If you are interested contact her here. Have a good night. @MikeSmithsonPB