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An interesting piece here on Steve McCabe’s view of the Crewe & Nantwich by election. He was, of course, Labour’s campaign manager who came under a lot of flack. He says “We set out to secure between 10,000-11,000 votes. Allowing for a turn out of around 35-40%, that was not unreasonable for a by-election. If there was no Liberal Democrat collapse, victory was possible, however unlikely.” Alas turnout was nearly 58% and the Lib Dems saw a partial collapse in…

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Con 47 (+2), Lab 23 (-2) LD 18 (0) Is the end now nigh for Gordon? A poll by YouGov in the Telegraph shows that Labour support is at the lowest since polling began in 1943. Brown’s personal popularity on a par with Major’s low Labour’s lowest score under Foot was only 23.5 How much worse can things get for Brown? Double Carpet

Wikipedia A guest article from Cityunslicker Even as the rumours of an imminent challenge to our glorious Prime Minister fade, there is still a good chance of an election before May 2010 – no doubt Tory central office is preparing for this and, hidden from view, may even be preparing a manifesto. The mantra ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ is going to hold firm for the next year or two as the UK economic situation worsens, recession or no recession. But…

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Please continue today’s discussions here. A reader asks about the Warwick Agreement…. On a related topic to this morning’s article, I’ve received an email from a PB reader: “I am interested about when the above agreement with the unions end, and when the new one starts – I believe the unions are going to give the Labour Government £8million. The question is of course, what they going to get for this money, is it money down the drain for them,…

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