Is politics down to the great mortgage divide?

Is politics down to the great mortgage divide?

Have the interest rate cuts been behind the Brown bounce? Starting with the usual caveat about not reading too much into poll subsets there is some quite interesting data from the latest Ipsos-MORI poll linking the tenure of respondents to their voting intention. From what I can see the firm only started providing this information in November so there is almost nothing we can compare current figures with. But what we see in the panel above is an enormous split…

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The PB Poster of 2008: the Final round

The PB Poster of 2008: the Final round

Your chance to choose from the final four We are now at the final stage in the battle to become PB Poster of 2008. There are now just four people left in the contest:- David Herdson – winner of the “most insightful” category SeanT – winner of the “most amusing” category JackW – winner of the “best tipster” category SallyC – winner of the “best newcomer” category Voting will be by email to this address. Simply give your email the…

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Is this what’s driven Labour’s recovery?

Is this what’s driven Labour’s recovery?

But what happens if optimism begins to wane? One of the great things about Ipsos-MORI is that it has been around for a long time and in many cases has been asking the same questions in the same way for getting on for three decades. One of those questions has been the firm’s “Economic Optimism Index” where polling respondents are asked “Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse…

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When Gord became part of the panto……..

When Gord became part of the panto……..

Movieposter.com What does this say about public opinion? There’s an amusing piece by George Grant and Roger Waite in the Sunday Times about how Gordon has become the butt of some of the humour in this year’s pantomimes. “..The scene is a basement in the City. Cinderella, a redundant investment banker, is sobbing because she has been forced to take on a cleaning job. Suddenly, after a blinding flash, Gordon Brown is standing before her. “Don’t be afraid, Cinderella,” he…

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Is this how an election campaign might look?

Is this how an election campaign might look?

What do we think of the Indy on Sunday’s mock ads? There’s a great piece in the Indy on Sunday about how a 2009 general election might look in terms of the ads that will be appearing on poster sites up and down the country. The paper asked half a dozen top advertising agencies to come up with some ideas and reproduced above are just three of the twelve that are featured in the article. I’m not sure how the…

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SeanT wins the “most amusing” poster accolade

SeanT wins the “most amusing” poster accolade

There’s still time to vote for the PB posters of the year If you have not voted in the PB Posters of the year you now have until Sunday midday. As was reported on the previous thread voting in the “Most Amusing” category was stopped in the early hours of Saturday after an attempt was made to fix the poll. Accordingly I have taken as the final outcome the position of the nominees before the attempt was made – and…

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Morus’ Saturday Slant

Morus’ Saturday Slant

[Two men, quite burly, dark suits and ties, sunglasses, black gloves watching a front door. One of them keeps looking nervously in a ring binder] MCCANN: You sure this is it? GOLDBERG: How many towns called Haltemprice do you think there are around these parts? MCCANN: And this is definitely the house? GOLDBERG: Not many families called Davis in these parts. Wales mostly. MCCANN: I suppose. And you sure I’m right for this? GOLDBERG. You know what I said when…

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The PB Posters of 2008 – the voting

The PB Posters of 2008 – the voting

..and now the election you have all been waiting for!!! This is the voting for the PB Posters of the Year. Please select one in each category. Voting will continue throughout the weekend until 0400 on Monday morning. This is by first past the post and you can follow how the election is developing by clicking on view results. The nominees in each category are listed in REVERSE ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Make sure that you have clicked on the drop down…

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