Sales tacks. What to do with the high street holes caused by shop closures

Sales tacks. What to do with the high street holes caused by shop closures

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Debenhams, House of Fraser, Homebase and more – this is the grim story of the UK high street so far this yearhttps://t.co/UhZU4a9v0E — Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) October 25, 2018 This has been a torrid time for many retailers. Every week brings news of another familiar high street shop on the skids. House of Fraser, Toys R Us, Maplins, Poundworld and Gaucho have all gone bust. Many household name chains are closing stores at a rate of knots. Rumours abound of big names struggling. …

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After 30 years the curtains close on regular Guardian/ICM polls

After 30 years the curtains close on regular Guardian/ICM polls

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The longest lasting poll series in British politics comes to an end. This is something of a sad moment in British politics. The longest lasting polling series, ICM for the Guardian, has come to an end after a total of 30 years. Polls have been running from the firm in the paper at least monthly since January 1989 when ICM replaced Marplan as the paper’s voting intention provider. The first one, as seen in the chart above, was in January…

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It is now a 33% chance on the betting markets that there’ll be a general election next year

It is now a 33% chance on the betting markets that there’ll be a general election next year

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Chart Betdata.io ATTENTION “Brenda from Bristol”! I can’t remember a time when there has been so much uncertainty about the short and medium-term of British politics. With the Article 50 date for Brexit less than 6 months away and still no deal with the EU it is extremely difficult to project what’s going to happen in the coming months. Labour is pressing for a general election and will use its MP numbers and what other power it has in the…

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Hammond’s budget: the tabloids react

Hammond’s budget: the tabloids react

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The budget – at least its been a break from Brexit My guess is that the Tories will not be too unhappy about the coverage of the budget. Mostly the papers are positive or neutral and he has managed to avoid horrors of the past like George Osborne’s pasty tax. So initially job well done and some prominence for the Chancellor who is nothing like a high profile as his predecessor George Osborne, who was sacked by Theresa May just…

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Seven days before the Midterms Trump sees a sharp drop in his approval ratings

Seven days before the Midterms Trump sees a sharp drop in his approval ratings

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With just a week to go before Trump’s first major electoral test since becoming President the latest Gallup approval rating sees a biggish drop. The chart shows that polling over the past week his net ratings edging down 4% to minus 14. This reverses a recent trend of his ratings getting better. In previous midterm the President approval ratings have been a broad indicator. Although Trump will not appear on any ballot next week his big message as he has…

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The budget spread bets – how many times will key words be mentioned?

The budget spread bets – how many times will key words be mentioned?

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At 3.30pm the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond will rise to set out his latest budget. I must say that I am still not used to this taking place in November and on a Monday. Throughout my adult life budgets have happened in March or early April and never on a Monday. We are where we are. I like the different approach to budget bets taken in the above Sporting Index set of markets. How many time will certain things happen or…

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In October 2017 LAB had an average poll lead of 2.4% – this October Corbyn’s party is 3% behind

In October 2017 LAB had an average poll lead of 2.4% – this October Corbyn’s party is 3% behind

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The polls turned in March which coincided with Corbyn’s response to Salisbury and antisemitism becoming a big issue October 2018 voting intention polls October 2017  voting intention polls Survation’s chart shows the timing of the switch   The Survation chart shows the LAB-CON splits in its Westminster voting intention polling since GE2017 when, of course, the firm was the most accurate pollster. Since then it has generally been recording the best figures for Labour and at times, like at the…

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The November 6th US Midterms – where we are and what might happen

The November 6th US Midterms – where we are and what might happen

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Viewcode looks at the detailed data The main elections on November 6th  are for 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate, 36 out of 50 state/district Governors, and 3 out of 5 territory Governors. This is an attempt to summarise the predictors. The following figures were taken between 11pm BST October 27th and 3:30am BST (2:30am GMT) October 28th 2018. Nationwide generic ballot polls The United States is a large country with…

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