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Should Gordon be learning from Hillary’s mistakes?

8/4/2007 Editor

How a show of humility could make Brown’s succession a certainty I’ve just come across this interesting article by Michael Tomasky in the “American Prospect” describing the “air of overdog entitlement” which he believes is damaging Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the nomination. In it Tomasky praises the quality of humility that characterised her campaign to be a US senator and contrasts that with the way she, and particularly her team, are approaching the drive for the nomination. He goes on:…

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Reid “pressing Miliband to stand against Brown”

8/4/2007 Editor

As the polls get worse the pressure for a challenge grows Against a background of new polls from YouGov and ICM showing the impact of the 1997 pension row on Brown’s current standings (see previous story) there’s the above lead in the Sunday Telegraph stating that the Home Secretary is adding his weight to those urging David Miliband to challenge for the leadership when Tony steps down. For a long period, of course, Reid himself was seen as a possible…

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Sunday poll gloom for Gordon (Updated 0315)

7/4/2007 Editor

ICM and YouGov report on the damage of the pension row Two polls by YouGov and ICM that will appear tomorrow in Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday papers, the News of the World and the Sunday Times show the damage to Gordon Brown’s reputation that the row over the 1997 pension changes has caused. Reports of what’s in the papers are just emerging but these seem to be the main highlights:- GB “Good or bad chancellor?” 52% of those surveyed by YouGov…

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Is this the man to take on Hillary or Obama?

7/4/2007 Editor

Should the Tories be doing much better in Wales?

6/4/2007 Editor

Does David Cameron’s appeal stop at Offa’s Dyke? Lots of excitement seems to have been generated over last night’s NOP poll on the Welsh Assembly elections – just under four weeks away. For the figures suggesting that the Tories could end in second place and become the main opposition party within the Assembly is being seen in some quarters as big news. But is this such a major development? Just looking at the numbers and comparisons with what happened four…

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BrandIndex betting to close at 4pm today

5/4/2007 Editor

IG Index have just called to say that because of the holiday weekend there will be no BrandIndex polling tomorrow so that this week’s market will close at 4pm today. The market will not operate, either, next week but will resume the week after. This means that this week’s figures will be based on four days polling and not five which could dilute any-pro-Blair Iran effect. Mike Smithson

Will Obama outspend Clinton in the primaries?

5/4/2007 Editor

Who’ll have most for February 5th 2008 “Super Duper Tuesday”? The big news in the 2008 White House race this week has been the announcements from the various camps about how successful they have been in fund-raising in the first quarter. Hillary Clinton kicked off earlier in the week with a statement from her campaign that a massive $26m had been raised from about 50,000 donors. The Obama camp waited a couple of days until last night when they announced…

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Will the freeing of the captives give a boost to Blair?

4/4/2007 Editor

Could Labour be helped in the May elections? What’s the domestic political impact going to be from this afternoon’s news about the Iranian decision to free the fifteen captured British service men and women? After a crisis that looked as though it could have gone on and on this afternoon’s developments must be bringing a huge sigh of relief to the government and Tony Blair. For their continued detention provided an ongoing reminder of the policy that got the Royal…

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