Whatgas average price of a litre of unleaded What’ll record levels and the VAT increase going to do? One trend that’s hardly been commented upon over the holiday period has been the rising cost of filling your car up. Over the past few days the price has been edging upwards and we are now at record levels. This can have a political impact. Labour’s low point in the polls in July 2008 coincided with the last high in the price…
Would it be too much for both parties to swallow? The main political story this Boxing Day morning is a report of comments by an unnamed Tory minister that the coalition could go into the next election with some form of electoral pact. According to the report by Patrick Hennessy and Jonathan Wynne-Jones, “the minister, often seen as one of a tight inner-circle of “Cameroons”, went further than any member of the government yet has in endorsing joint candidates.” Referring…
ACROSS  1.  Knowledgeable source that makes nothing clear (6)  5. Greek island rejected tax on property (8)  9. Debtor’s right to pursue gold hidden by Gordon Brown, the author (8) 10. See 2 down. 11. Spring sees the first of Earl Grey’s reforms (6) 12. Victor is a National hero (8) 14. Hannibal got confused with Tory politician (7,5) 17. English historian and ex Tory MP on the radio (7,5) 20. Pleased with newspaper backing Paulson split universal banks (8) 22….
Did anybody ever work out what it was all about? And are there any other gems we can look at during this long Christmas holiday? Please post links in the thread below. Mike Smithson
Would the smarter strategy be to talk them up? An intriguing feature of Labour’s OES by-election campaign is that it is trying to confirm the ongoing media narrative that the Tories are not really trying. The party’s campaign manager, Iain Wright who got into parliament after winning the 2004 Hartlepool by-election, has been saying “I have seen no activity from the Tories whatsoever. I think they have left it too late.” On the face of it you’d think that the…
Client/pollster Date CON % LAB % LD % Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 22/12/10 40 42 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 21/12/10 40 42 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 20/12/10 40 43 8 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 19/12/10 39 42 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 16/12/10 41 41 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 15/12/10 42 40 8 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 14/12/10 39 42 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 13/12/10 41 42 9 Murdoch’s News International /YouGov 10/12/10 40 42 9…
Which party has netted the most? At the general election on May 6th 2010 a total of 8,316 of 45,092 votes that were cast in Oldham E & Saddleworth were postal ballots – that’s almost one in five and typical of what we saw in closely contested marginal seats. For the party machines like to “bank” as many votes as possible before the election so that on the day they can focus on getting the non-postal voters out. They are…
Newsspaper circulation figures November daily sales %age change on 2009 January 2000 figures Daily Mirror 1,177,629 -6.54 2,270,543 Daily Star 756,686 -8.10 502,647 The Sun 2,898,113 -2.04 3,557,336 Daily Express 639,690 -6.64 979,042 Daily Mail 2,100,885 -2.22 2,353,915 The Daily Telegraph 652,762 -12.28 1,022,263 Financial Times 400,699 -.09 435,478 The Guardian 270,582 -11.35 401,560 The Independent 177,636 -4.78 222,106 The Times 466,311 -17.21 726,349 Where does the printed media go from here?