Take part in this quickie survey Negative responses to the statements, when you do nothing, are as important as positive ones. Thus if you think YES will win the referendum ignore the two questions on the size of the NO margin. Please consider each point. What are your predictions for the May 5 elections. Tick each one that you think will happen Turnout in AV referendum to exceed 40% NO to win with margin of 10% plus NO to win…
And Easter greetings from Marf May’s elections are important. Not only will they decide who controls millions of pounds, they will set the tone of politics and party morale for the year ahead. They are the first real indication of how votes stack up in the Coalition era. And outside the English cities, they will establish the activist base on which the parties will fight the next general election. The elections are most important for Labour. Out of office, the…
Is this now the beginning of the end? As James Forsyth of the Speccie is reporting the coalition “has been shaken to its foundation” by Lib Dem fury at the way the Tory-funded NO2AV campaign is going about its task. A particular beef is that NO campaign is making its main object of attacks the leader of its coalition partner who is being vilified for supporting coalition policies? Also the level of Cameron’s involvement in the NO effort goes back…
Can anything stop Salmond’s party now? Just a week and a half to go before the general election for the Scottish Parliament a new YouGov poll for Scotland on Sunday reports very similar trends to those we saw on Thursday from Ipsos-MORI. There appears to have been a sharp collapse in the Scottish Labour position over the past week with the SNP now touching vote shares in both sections which could leave the party only a few seats short of…
On the previous thread Beverley raised an issue that I have been pondering over – is the ballot form itself confusing and does it favour YES? She wrote:” I voted NO to AV yesterday, but I very nearly voted YES instead. I got the ballot paper and read the pre-amble that said (paraphrasing) “this is about whether to retain the FPTP systemâ€. Below was the actual referndum question and the YES and NO boxes. After reading the pre-amble I nearly…
Bedford Today Didn’t someone tell him about the nominations cock-up? Campaigning visits by party leaders and sitting PM’s to specific locations during the local elections are something of a rarity. The leader’s time is a precious resource and has to be used where it can do most good for the party. So how come that Cameron found himself this week putting fire in the bellies of Tory activists in the Bedford Borough ward of Oakley? For this is the only…
What happened to the unpopularity Cameron predicted? It’s been an expectation of many pundits and politicians that introducing government cuts will make the government unpopular. Two months ago, David Cameron himself repeated that sentiment. It’s certainly true that for the Lib Dems, government has brought unpopularity but the Tory share has remained just about unchanged. Even the Lib Dems may not be suffering from the cuts in general. The tuition fees issue and trust issue generally has been corrosive and…
PB Easter Survey: How active are you in politics? Tick all that apply. I’m a paid up member of a local party I attend local meetings I regularly deliver leaflets I canvas by phone I canvas on the door-step I am a candidate in the May 5th elections I help out on election days I generally go to my party’s national conferences I do none of the above