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Ipsos-MORI After every election Ipsos-MORI produce a table like the one above which becomes a great point of reference for the demographics of what happened. The remarkable feature here is the over-65 group which, as predicted here. were the ones most likely to turn out and vote Tory. Interestingly 2010 follows the pattern previous elections where the group least engaged are younger women. Look at the turnout gap compared with men in the same age group. There’s also a big…

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Bestbetting And Ed Miliband continues to edge out The chart shows the movement on the Labour leadership market with Andy Burnham continuing to make progress at the expense of the two Eds – Balls and Miliband – who have seen their prices ease. A lot depends of course on all of them surmounting the next hurdle – getting the required number of 33 MP nominees. I’m on all the top four at prices between 7/1 and 22/1. Mike Smithson

PB May 23 2007 Sometimes it’s quite fun to go back and look at an old PB thread to see what perceptions were then. Well the one above is well worth looking at coming as it did more than a month before Brown became PM. HenryG Manson reviewed the runners for the Labour leadership election AFTER Brown. William Hill had then just put up a market. Interestingly there’s no mention of Andy Burnham or Ed Miliband – though his brother…

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