Embed from Getty Images There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–224 Whatever else you think of Brexit, we are being led by powerful currents taking…
This week’s podcast is split into two parts. In part one, Keiran is joined in the studio by Adam Drummond, Head of Political Polling at Opinium. Keiran and Adam discuss all things data in the aftermath of Theresa May’s big Brexit speech. They discuss the public’s reaction to May’s speech, attitudes to ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ Brexits (and why numbers are not always what they seem), immigration polling, May’s approval ratings and polling on the NHS. Keiran also explains why he…
This was from election day in April 1992 Tomorrow's Sun front page is a straight lift of its paper on the day of the 1992 General Election pic.twitter.com/jpKmFRH3ty — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2017 Tomorrow’s front page https://twitter.com/tonygallagher/status/821819701886091264 https://twitter.com/WoohaDavid/status/821830344160792577
This could be a tight 4 way contest The main non-BREXIT UK political news during the day has been that UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall, looks all set to become candidate in the Stoke Central by-election – the seat being made vacant by the Tristram Hunt departure. On Betfair the development has caused UKIP chances to move from 29% to 31% At GE2015 the purples beat the Tories by 33 votes into second place there and look to be in…
Could she be the one to take down Trump? With Trump’s inauguration taking place on Friday there’s been a flurry of betting activity on the newly elected Senator from California, Kamala Harris, for the next White House Race in 2020. This followed a lot of coverage of her part in fighting against Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions. In November she became the second black woman and first Indian American elected to serve in the Senate. She’s a…
Theresa May promises a Parliamentary vote on @Brexit, but what does that mean? We explain https://t.co/SvqS1P6UEa pic.twitter.com/uVzopLB3Yb — Bloomberg (@business) January 17, 2017 PM now on phone to Tusk who says UK approach now "more realistic" https://t.co/VFExNl61GO — Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) January 17, 2017 The Front National loved May's speech https://t.co/J7IkSmoh7i — Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) January 17, 2017 When Downing Street briefed they were expecting May's speech to cause "market correction" did they mean upwards? https://t.co/NVl8w4NRk9 pic.twitter.com/81gAFzQ6nX — Ben Chu…
Tweet
“Message discipline and clarity is like good underwear. You don’t want to wave it around but you notice if it’s not there.” The tweet by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith didn’t mention Jeremy Corbyn by name but her tweet was undoubtedly prompted last week’s “relaunch.” Smith who was appointed the country’s first woman Home Secretary by Gordon Brown in 2007 was of course aware that supporters of the Labour leader scorn the New Labour virtue of message discipline. I’m a…