Now can the Tories beat the bar chart kings?

Now can the Tories beat the bar chart kings?

Are they underestimating the LD by election machine? Reproduced above is the first Lib Dem bar chart of the Crewe & Nantwich campaign which has been cleverly designed to present the party as the one that will be able to challenge Labour. It’s smart and no doubt will be on leaflets that will thrust through thousands of letter boxes this weekend as hundred of activists pile into the area to support the campaign. The party’s great expertise is Westminster by…

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Has Harriet conceded that London is lost?

Has Harriet conceded that London is lost?

Is this bad news for Ken? After reading Stehert’s comment on the previous thread I’ve just watched the GMTV morning news when it looked as though the Labour Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, was conceding defeat in London. When pressed on the Mayoral race she said that she “did not expect the London result to be any different to the rest of the country.” Certainly there’s been a lot of Tory celebrations and I was amazed that ConservativeHome was ready to…

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A change in posting arrangements

A change in posting arrangements

The ramper/impersonator exposes a vulnerability Those who were on the site at about 6.30pm last night would have followed the attempt of a ramper to influence the Ken and Boris betting prices by creating exchanges as though they were by regular posters here. The “dialogue” started with him creating what purported to be a comment by me saying I had information about an exit poll saying things could be quite close. It then went to cover quite a few regular…

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When the markets got a result totally wrong

When the markets got a result totally wrong

The Dunfermline by election: final price Labour 0.2/1 favourite It’s very easy, especially on election days, to believe that there is some mystical quality about betting prices. If changes are taking place you assume someone knows something and that you should be following yourself. Quite often price changes are based on very little and in the absence of a real reason for a move it’s usually wise to hold your nerve. There was no better example of the markets being…

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