Hopefully things be more interesting next week? Just skimming through this morning’s papers or looking at Newsnight last night I can only sympathise with a comment by Sally C that “politics is boring without Dave”. That’s absolutely spot on. Whatever your allegiance, whether you like Cameron or not, it’s hard to deny that he’s the one that politics is about at the moment and in his absence things seem to lack any spark. Is he indeed going to make it…
BBC Online But how long will it last? So there we have it. Brown’s address to Congress with its series of what was it seventeen separate standing ovations. The big question is whether it will help Labour’s standing in the polls. For the whole visit, particularly this event, is being reported in positive terms and there’s little doubt that for a British PM to be seen to be lauded in this way will go down well. My guess is that…
Brunel University Can businessmen ever become successful politicians? There’s a lot of traction at the moment behind Alan Sugar, the star of the Apprentice and the man who made his fortune with Amstrad, to become Labour’s 2012 candidate for the London Mayoralty. He’s been a strong party supporter for most of his life and has been used a lot by Labour in its promotions. He’s also a solidly based Londoner with East End origins and is listed as the 92nd…
BBC News Online Will the bookie win back its party sponsorship and more? Judging by level of activity going through PB’s odds comparison micro-site the Ladbrokes market on the words that Gordon Brown will use in today’s Congress speech has been one of the most popular non-election political betting events that we’ve seen. It will be recalled that punters have been offered odds on a range of words and phrases that the PM might use in the speech and if…
6 pm, March 23rd, National Liberal Club, Westminster Politicalbetting.com will be precisely five years old on Monday 23rd March and to celebrate it is throwing a party at what has now become the Site’s residence on earth, the beautiful National Liberal Club, situated just off the Embankment. Tickets will be £20 each if paid in advance or £25 cash on the door. There will be nibbles and free wine until it runs out: as the event is being generously sponsored…
Times Online Could it be said that Obama is snubbing him? Clearly Barack Obama or his advisers can read opinion polls and it appears that they have made their minds up about Gordon Brown. For not too long after the British party arrived in Washington news came through that there will be no joint press conference between the two leaders. Instead Brown is going to have to make do with what’s described as a a “pool spray”. This is where…
ComRes Independent poll Do bad polls lead to more bad polls? In the final days of last November’s White House race a leading US expert on voter behaviour observed: “Negative feelings about a campaign can discourage voters by making them less likely to go through what can be a painful process: Voting for someone who will lose.†Although we are probably at least a year off voting isn’t that what’s happening with Labour supporters at the moment? They saw in…
CONSERVATIVES 44% (+3) LABOUR 28% (+3) LIB DEMS 17% (-5) But for Nick Clegg’s party it’s back to normal The big news in the last ComRes poll a fortnight ago was a sensational boost for the Lib Dems which had them at 22% – only three points behind Labour. Tonight they are back at 17% which is broadly in line with the other pollsters – the question is whether this represents a change of opinion or is partly down to…