To election junkies like me the Cambridge Analytica stuff is fascinating but where is it going to lead?

To election junkies like me the Cambridge Analytica stuff is fascinating but where is it going to lead?

Isn’t it just election losers seeking to undermine the legitimacy of results? Given the amount of publicity the Cambridge Analytica story has had over the past few days both in the UK and in the US the big question is where is this all going to lead politically? The Westminster SNP leader, Ian Blackford, used both his allocated PMQ questions in the clip shown above. In the US are the revelations going to make it that bit harder for Mr…

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If its Corbyn versus May again next time my money would be on the Tories

If its Corbyn versus May again next time my money would be on the Tories

Tories now back as odds-on favourites We could be more than four years away from the next general election and it is possible that neither Corbyn or Theresa May will be leading the parties by then. But if the two were to be the main party leaders next time, whenever that is, my money would be on the Conservatives. Firstly it is always the case that we look at elections through the prism of what happened last time rather than…

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UKIP drops to just 1% in latest ICM poll

UKIP drops to just 1% in latest ICM poll

Tories now 3 points ahead with ICMCON 44+1LAB 41-1LD 8 +1GRN 2 -1UKIP 1 -1 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 20, 2018 Is it all over now the party’s task is almost complete? Ever since the referendum on June 23rd 2016 life has been pretty difficult for UKIP the party, which undoubtedly played a huge part in shaping this dramatic decision. Since then we’ve all followed the various leadership issues and I chuckled when Fairy liquid produced an advertisement suggesting…

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The Foreign Office goes on the PR offence over Russian Salisbury disinformation

The Foreign Office goes on the PR offence over Russian Salisbury disinformation

The nerve agent came from Sweden,Ukraine did it to frame Russia,It was contamination from the UK's own research facility… Instead of providing an explanation for the Salisbury incident, Russia has launched a campaign of disinformation pic.twitter.com/dZQMXgnAFp — Foreign Office ?? (@foreignoffice) March 20, 2018 What say you Mr. Corbyn? The above video which has been issued by the Foreign Office looks appears to be a very different approach to diplomacy in relation to Russia than we have seen before. Clearly…

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It looks as though it could be after Easter before Pennsylvania punters get paid

It looks as though it could be after Easter before Pennsylvania punters get paid

The above from the Wikipedia page on last Tuesday’s Pennsylvania special election sets out the result as it stands at the moment but those who have bet on It are going to have to wait some time before this has been resolved. The on the night winner was the Democratic contender but the margin was a fraction of a percent and it looks as though there will be a recount or some other move that could impact on the outcome….

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New Survation CON voter poll finds that 50% say Brexit should go ahead even if the deal threatened jobs and living standad

New Survation CON voter poll finds that 50% say Brexit should go ahead even if the deal threatened jobs and living standad

But by 46% to 30% they’d back government if it proposed a second referendum There’s a new 1,507 sample Survation poll, restricted just to GE2015/GE2017 Conservative voters, which seeks to get their views on Brexit and related issues. Fieldwork took place last week. It appears that the sample was chosen by getting back to those who had participated in Survation polls ahead of the two previous elections. It was commissioned by a body called Citizens for Britain which is a…

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