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Can Monckton attract the climate change sceptics? The is Viscount Monckton (Christopher) – the former Thatcher aide who has become one of the world’s leading climate change sceptics and from this afternoon, it is Tweeted, the new deputy leader of UKIP. Monckton, who has a hereditary peerage but does not have a seat in the Lords, is related to the former Tory Chancellor and fellow climate change sceptic, Nigel Lawson. He is an experienced political campaigner and will add much…

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“Clegg doing well or badly?” Well Badly All voters 61% 17% Tory voters 85% 5% Labour voters 28% 40% LD voters 82% 3% “Cameron doing well or badly?” Well Badly All voters 57% 15% Tory voters 92% 0% Labour voters 23% 39% LD voters 62% 5% What does this say about the coalition? Some interesting leadership approval data from YouGov suggests that both Lib Dem and Tory voters are not too uncomfortable about the coalition. There’s strong support for Cameron…

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Could he have stopped the formation of the coalition? Labour blogger, Tom Harris MP, raises a very interesting counter-factual over what would have happened if Mr. Brown had resigned on the Friday afternoon after the election. Did the then PM’s actions, as Harris suggests, make it easier for the coalition to be formed? Under the heading “Gordon must take his share of the blame for the Coalition” he writes: “…why didn’t Gordon Brown simply resign as Prime Minister on the…

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