Yesterday I posted a list of all the seats that Ashcroft has polled this year where the gap was 5% or less. Those could be the seats where the election is decided. These are the seats where the gap was 2% or less:
1% gap: Berwickshire, Castle Point, Colne Valley, High Peak, Norwich North, Torbay
Tie: Pudsey, Rossendale, South Ribble, Swindon South
Everyone seems to be relying on Ashcroft to make their winnings. I'm not sure I would.
Quickest way to the poor house.
Betting on Ashcroft polls, or against them?
No, the question is
Betting on Question 1 of the Ashcroft or against Question 2
Surely it has to be on Question 2. Q2 is nearer reality even though the candidate names aren't given. Q1 is more about core belief rather than practical voting.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
OMG Betfair Exchange is absolutely dead today. I have been able to place decent constituency bets on a daily basis and there has been absolutely nothing today.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Farage was not trying to appeal to soft blue Kippers, he was going for the red ones and I think it is a good strategy.
The indies are doing their best to eliminate each other down here... the guy who ran the Chinese unimaginatively buried his wife under the patio as well. We only do those sort of crimes round here. This husband and wife combo had half our village plastered in their signs last time around.
Councillor, 73, flew into a jealous rage and stabbed his wife, 47, eight times with seven inch kitchen knife 'when he discovered she was having an affair with the postman'
Yesterday I posted a list of all the seats that Ashcroft has polled this year where the gap was 5% or less. Those could be the seats where the election is decided. These are the seats where the gap was 2% or less:
1% gap: Berwickshire, Castle Point, Colne Valley, High Peak, Norwich North, Torbay
Tie: Pudsey, Rossendale, South Ribble, Swindon South
Labour are pissing up if they take Milton Keynes South tbh.
The South is not the wasteland for Labour that some people assume. They're doing pathetically in Kent and Essex, but all the signs are they're performing well in the "trendier" parts of the South (Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading).
I've never thought of Reading or Milton Keynes as trendy.
Are you one of those poor souls that lives in the wastelands north of the Watford gap?
If the Greens are targeting the left wing and ukip the right wing of Labour, could we be heading for a decade or so of Happy Times for the Conservatives?
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Farage was not trying to appeal to soft blue Kippers, he was going for the red ones and I think it is a good strategy.
I think Red Kippers are the key to UKIP's success in 2020.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Farage was not trying to appeal to soft blue Kippers, he was going for the red ones and I think it is a good strategy.
I think Red Kippers are the key to UKIP's success in 2020.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Farage was not trying to appeal to soft blue Kippers, he was going for the red ones and I think it is a good strategy.
Thats his problem - assuming you are right, which I doubt. Who is he? Red or Blue?
As for What Mark was saying - yes I agree. ''Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.'' If there is one thing for certain that has emerged from the campaign so far it must be 'Miliband in the pocket of the SNP'. And the anti Trident SNP are clearly painted as hard far left. This was the motivation of many lefties who voted YES in the referendum and being betrayed and humiliated by the NO vote which London Labour manufactured, they have decamped.
If the Greens are targeting the left wing and ukip the right wing of Labour, could we be heading for a decade or so of Happy Times for the Conservatives?
In Canada the Reform Party of Canada replacing the Canadian Conservative Party took ten years.
That's what I think the Conservative Party faces over the the next decade.
Yesterday I posted a list of all the seats that Ashcroft has polled this year where the gap was 5% or less. Those could be the seats where the election is decided. These are the seats where the gap was 2% or less:
1% gap: Berwickshire, Castle Point, Colne Valley, High Peak, Norwich North, Torbay
Tie: Pudsey, Rossendale, South Ribble, Swindon South
Labour are pissing up if they take Milton Keynes South tbh.
The South is not the wasteland for Labour that some people assume. They're doing pathetically in Kent and Essex, but all the signs are they're performing well in the "trendier" parts of the South (Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading).
I've never thought of Reading or Milton Keynes as trendy.
Are you one of those poor souls that lives in the wastelands north of the Watford gap?
It is not Chelsea but Reading has some real trendy parts with a lot of IT companies headquartered there and the main shopping centre Oracle pretty good with numerous stylish, riverside restaurants.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
If the Greens are targeting the left wing and ukip the right wing of Labour, could we be heading for a decade or so of Happy Times for the Conservatives?
Seems unlikely. Even if the Tories somehow scrape together another coalition which lasts the next parliament - no easy task given the dearth of obvious allies with sufficient numbers and a keenness to enter into a deal, and the many challenges they would face - they will then have been running a government which has been cutting for 10 years (I am certain targets will be pushed back to mean the deficit is erased at the very end). Even assuming Labour are not recovering in Scotland by then, and losing some support to Red Kippers (if they keep up that tactic, they seem to have scaled back a bit) and the Greens (coming to nothing once again it seems, and if not now, why afterwards?), I should think that will be made up by Con-Lab switchers (or Con stay ay homers) from what will be a stale, hated government.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
It might be the one thing that can really shift momentum if the Conservatives just keeping hammering on the point. It's probably the one big thing they've got right so far in this campaign. And now the numbers are starting to stack up to emphasise the threat is real, the right messaging can be very effective.
I was in Harrogate yesterday yellow diamond signs very prominent, impressive to say they do not have much of a chance against the blues.
Get a few after the polls close. They might be worth something in a few years if the worst happens to the LibDems.
Yes very true.
However they are still active in York Outer but their leaflets never mention the national position, just attack the Council which is currently Labour. I believe they have given up in this seat, especially when they did not win it last time.
Yesterday I posted a list of all the seats that Ashcroft has polled this year where the gap was 5% or less. Those could be the seats where the election is decided. These are the seats where the gap was 2% or less:
1% gap: Berwickshire, Castle Point, Colne Valley, High Peak, Norwich North, Torbay
Tie: Pudsey, Rossendale, South Ribble, Swindon South
Labour are pissing up if they take Milton Keynes South tbh.
The South is not the wasteland for Labour that some people assume. They're doing pathetically in Kent and Essex, but all the signs are they're performing well in the "trendier" parts of the South (Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading).
I've never thought of Reading or Milton Keynes as trendy.
Are you one of those poor souls that lives in the wastelands north of the Watford gap?
Perhaps you are thinking of Swindon.
No. That's not something one does without a fresh cup of tea.
Yesterday I posted a list of all the seats that Ashcroft has polled this year where the gap was 5% or less. Those could be the seats where the election is decided. These are the seats where the gap was 2% or less:
1% gap: Berwickshire, Castle Point, Colne Valley, High Peak, Norwich North, Torbay
Tie: Pudsey, Rossendale, South Ribble, Swindon South
Labour are pissing up if they take Milton Keynes South tbh.
The South is not the wasteland for Labour that some people assume. They're doing pathetically in Kent and Essex, but all the signs are they're performing well in the "trendier" parts of the South (Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading).
I've never thought of Reading or Milton Keynes as trendy.
Are you one of those poor souls that lives in the wastelands north of the Watford gap?
It is not Chelsea but Reading has some real trendy parts with a lot of IT companies headquartered there and the main shopping centre Oracle pretty good with numerous stylish, riverside restaurants.
Perhaps you are thinking of Swindon.
Some of those hi-tech sites, like Thames Valley Park, probably employ people in numbers that some heavy industries like mining and shipbuilding would have done in some seats in the past. Except their salaries are way above anything those industries could have ever imagined.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
If Yeovil elects a Tory in place of the Lawsmeister it will be a significant move leftwards
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
"even Scotland"
Blimey! That's amazing.
Some Scots have a crazed determination to see the sun before they die.....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Farage was not trying to appeal to soft blue Kippers, he was going for the red ones and I think it is a good strategy.
I think Red Kippers are the key to UKIP's success in 2020.
Only 3 weeks until we find out.
There could be many more results similar to Heywood and Middleton. Or there could be none.
OT The other day you mentioned the 82 countries you've been to - I'm a poor 43rd with only about 30 - where have you been? For my bucket list reference.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
"even Scotland"
Blimey! That's amazing.
Some Scots have a crazed determination to see the sun before they die.....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
OT The other day you mentioned the 82 countries you've been to - I'm a poor 43rd with only about 30 - where have you been? For my bucket list reference.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
"even Scotland"
Blimey! That's amazing.
Some Scots have a crazed determination to see the sun before they die.....
Some of the more unlikely to be matched? Somalia....Yemen....Guinea Bissau....Algeria....Trinidad...South Georgia.....Equatorial Guinea....Colombia....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
And was he carrying a cracked chamber pot? (tm. @JackW)
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
Marcus got very bitter with Cam when he lost in 2010 didn't he?
OT The other day you mentioned the 82 countries you've been to - I'm a poor 43rd with only about 30 - where have you been? For my bucket list reference.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Not a bad result for Ed to get 16% of the vote on a Tory stall in a constituency where Labour got 6% in 2010.
Except....many of those voting were holidaymakers from Wales, the North-west, even Scotland....
"even Scotland"
Blimey! That's amazing.
Some Scots have a crazed determination to see the sun before they die.....
Some of the more unlikely to be matched? Somalia....Yemen....Guinea Bissau....Algeria....Trinidad...South Georgia.....Equatorial Guinea....Colombia....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I'm sure I met him at a pb.com drinks gathering once - maybe back in the Liberal Club days?
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
Marcus got very bitter with Cam when he lost in 2010 didn't he?
I'm trying to understand the Labour mea culpa re immigration where they've learned lessons, etc.
It seems to be all those who came were because of bad evil business people in the UK enticing them here to be ripped off. I presume labour's mistake was to innocently not thrash these evil business people for such shoddy approach.
I can understand certain parts of team red will swallow that but it's such a leftie pain-free way of accepting the blame and shifting it on to big bad business.
And yet...
Dan Hodges retweeted Jonathan Portes@jdportes·3 hrs3 hours ago Little/no evidence for @Ed_Miliband's claim: "an epidemic of exploitation is driving up the number of low-skill workers who come here."
I'm trying to understand the Labour mea culpa re immigration where they've learned lessons, etc.
It's just about having said something which allows them the pretext to move on from the issue as though it's been dealt with, the actual words or detail of lessons learned is irrelevant. Like when a party clearly has no intention of taking the sort of action that would be necessary to address a perceived problem, but don't want to lose votes from those who think it does need to be addressed, by simply saying they 'understand the concerns' and possibly that they too are jolly worried about it
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
He had some VERY good canvas returns. Almost as good as Rik's.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
It would br great if Marcus could join us on PB.com for the remainder of the GE campaign - he's a great guy. Come on Marcus don't be shy, let's be hearing from you!
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
EDIT: to be fair, Torbay is a pig of a seat to read. Large areas of the constituency where it is difficult to know what the underlying politics should be. Made all the more difficult by Sanders having an extra five years of incumbency this time - and by UKIP, who seem to be going for the NOTA vote the LibDems tapped into.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I'm sure I met him at a pb.com drinks gathering once - maybe back in the Liberal Club days?
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Otherwise your house will be searched at dawn by a hit squad from ConHome looking for deviant yellow peril tendencies such as remnants of a quiche in the bin, no razor blades in bathroom cabinets, sandals hidden under the bed and worst of all a horde of old Focus leaflets in brown paper bags in the loft !!
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
It would br great if Marcus could join us on PB.com for the remainder of the GE campaign - he's a great guy. Come on Marcus don't be shy, let's be hearing from you!
I remember "Commentator" well from the early days. I wonder if they are still posting under a different name.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
EDIT: to be fair, Torbay is a pig of a seat to read. Large areas of the constituency where it is difficult to know what the underlying politics should be. Made all the more difficult by Sanders having an extra five years of incumbency this time - and by UKIP, who seem to be going for the NOTA vote the LibDems tapped into.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I'm sure I met him at a pb.com drinks gathering once - maybe back in the Liberal Club days?
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Otherwise your house will be searched at dawn by a hit squad from ConHome looking for deviant yellow peril tendencies such as remnants of a quiche in the bin, no razor blades in bathroom cabinets, sandals hidden under the bed and worst of all a horde old Focus leaflets in brown paper bags in the loft !!
You have been warned.
I think the horde of Focus leaflets in the loft would show I was a Tory sleeper agent though....?
Whatever happened to Augustus Carp? I think he was our man on the door there. Charming fellow.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
Having had my fingers burned that time I have learned my lesson.
I must say though that I enjoy reading the reports from the front line that you and others file for us. So my thanks to you for taking the time.
My last canvassing stint was at the Euros and my next will be at the upcoming Gib general election this year so I'm feeling quite left out this month!
Actually that's a randomly random thought. This year by virtue of various things I will vote in three general elections ... in the UK, Gib and Spain.
"Six people arrested by UK police over alleged terror offences after a family was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border have been released without charge."
I always wondered about the legal basis for arresting someone on terror offences when the only proof is a sudden desire to visit Jihadi parts of Syria. Perhaps a legal person on here could explain.
Since when has wishing to visit a war-zone been illegal? Unwise perhaps, but not illegal. Unless they cough to a crime or are carrying plans to bomb somewhere, why waste the Turkish Authorities time?
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
EDIT: to be fair, Torbay is a pig of a seat to read. Large areas of the constituency where it is difficult to know what the underlying politics should be. Made all the more difficult by Sanders having an extra five years of incumbency this time - and by UKIP, who seem to be going for the NOTA vote the LibDems tapped into.
It's a fascinating place to be this election!
Do you live in Devon/Cornwall?
@MarqueeMark is the reincarnation of Basil Fawlty and resides in Torquay.
His silly walk whilst canvassing the Torbay Constituency is the talk of old Colonels, Barcelona waiters and falling moose heads county wide.
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Pah, I can trump that - I was INVITED to the Conservative Club in my patch to give a talk. And I've stayed at the Carlton Club (my dad was a member) - not as nice as the National Liberal Club IMO.
On the poster count, there are almost no Soubry posters at all (to be precise I've counted 1) - presumably she's decided not to bother, though it seems odd to go to the trouble of printing exactly one. There are three big billboard adverts, though.
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
EDIT: to be fair, Torbay is a pig of a seat to read. Large areas of the constituency where it is difficult to know what the underlying politics should be. Made all the more difficult by Sanders having an extra five years of incumbency this time - and by UKIP, who seem to be going for the NOTA vote the LibDems tapped into.
It's a fascinating place to be this election!
Do you live in Devon/Cornwall?
@MarqueeMark is the reincarnation of Basil Fawlty and resides in Torquay.
His silly walk whilst canvassing the Torbay Constituency is the talk of old Colonels, Barcelona waiters and falling moose heads county wide.
I'll have you know I live in Dr Sarah's Totnes constituency.
Right now Ed refuses to rebuff Nicola because she is his only hope, but it is almost certainly costing him votes in England.
What would the polls need to be for him to tell Nicola where to go in a Hail Mary attempt to salvage something in England (Scotland is an extinction level event either way)?
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Pah, I can trump that - I was INVITED to the Conservative Club in my patch to give a talk. And I've stayed at the Carlton Club (my dad was a member) - not as nice as the National Liberal Club IMO.
On the poster count, there are almost no Soubry posters at all (to be precise I've counted 1) - presumably she's decided not to bother, though it seems odd to go to the trouble of printing exactly one. There are three big billboard adverts, though.
Such revelations !! .... and your chances of a place in the Cabinet must now be considered as "Too Close To Call" ....
Is there a correlation between sunny days and Conservative leads? I predict a Con lead tonight.
The future of Britain may depend on whether 7th May is a sunny day.
I believe someone in Labour in 2010 claimed rainy days help the Tories. Poor people don't have Mercedes to drive them to the polling station or something like that.
Right now Ed refuses to rebuff Nicola because she is his only hope, but it is almost certainly costing him votes in England.
What would the polls need to be for him to tell Nicola where to go in a Hail Mary attempt to salvage something in England (Scotland is an extinction level event either way)?
Im not sure what he can say. To put it simply he needs her, and everyone knows it.
Right now Ed refuses to rebuff Nicola because she is his only hope, but it is almost certainly costing him votes in England.
What would the polls need to be for him to tell Nicola where to go in a Hail Mary attempt to salvage something in England (Scotland is an extinction level event either way)?
Little Ed peering out of Nicola's bosom is the image of the election so far....
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Pah, I can trump that - I was INVITED to the Conservative Club in my patch to give a talk. And I've stayed at the Carlton Club (my dad was a member) - not as nice as the National Liberal Club IMO.
On the poster count, there are almost no Soubry posters at all (to be precise I've counted 1) - presumably she's decided not to bother, though it seems odd to go to the trouble of printing exactly one. There are three big billboard adverts, though.
I wouldn't place too much on lack of Tory posters. It's well known that shy tories are not keen on posters.
Im not sure what he can say. To put it simply he needs her, and everyone knows it.
He needs her now, but there comes a point when she can no longer help him. If ICM is not an outlier, she is no good to him. My question is at what levels in the polls does that occur?
A day of superb sunshine today in Torbay (only enjoyed though once you were out the vicious wind). Tories had a well-manned street stall in the heart of Torquay, and the Home Secretary wandering around doing a meet and greet.
Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Did you meet Marcus Wood - ex CON candidate and one of the very early regulars on PB - even before GE2005.
I recall him well. His campaign postings didn't turn out to be a *cough* exact reflection of the result *cough* and caused a small dent in my bank account as a result.
I am aware of that - and tailor my reporting accordingly....
EDIT: to be fair, Torbay is a pig of a seat to read. Large areas of the constituency where it is difficult to know what the underlying politics should be. Made all the more difficult by Sanders having an extra five years of incumbency this time - and by UKIP, who seem to be going for the NOTA vote the LibDems tapped into.
It's a fascinating place to be this election!
Do you live in Devon/Cornwall?
@MarqueeMark is the reincarnation of Basil Fawlty and resides in Torquay.
His silly walk whilst canvassing the Torbay Constituency is the talk of old Colonels, Barcelona waiters and falling moose heads county wide.
I'll have you know I live in Dr Sarah's Totnes constituency.
As a highly active Torbay Tory I should keep it very quiet you ever stepped foot over the threshold of the Liberal Club.
Pah, I can trump that - I was INVITED to the Conservative Club in my patch to give a talk. And I've stayed at the Carlton Club (my dad was a member) - not as nice as the National Liberal Club IMO.
On the poster count, there are almost no Soubry posters at all (to be precise I've counted 1) - presumably she's decided not to bother, though it seems odd to go to the trouble of printing exactly one. There are three big billboard adverts, though.
The lack of posters is an indicator of a poor ground game. I had you down as a certainty Nick since Soubry puts off the Conservative volunteers who are Eurosceptic and not wet. They also happen to be the majority.
I was in Harrogate yesterday yellow diamond signs very prominent, impressive to say they do not have much of a chance against the blues.
Sometimes there's an inverse relationship between the number of signs and posters and that party's chances of winning the seat in question.
Some of these may be to do with council seats rather than parliamentary ones. Leicester and Leics are Con/Lab battles at national level but often Con/LD or Lab/LD at council.
I saw a couple more Keith Vaz posters and one for Jon Ashworth on the way back from the footy.
I was in Harrogate yesterday yellow diamond signs very prominent, impressive to say they do not have much of a chance against the blues.
Indeed. I am happy to take Rogerdamus's crown for my football tip today. Leicester City are looking a bit better tonight. Burnley are in trouble, next week is a real six pointer. Then we have Chelsea at home (which is our game in hand).
Is there a correlation between sunny days and Conservative leads? I predict a Con lead tonight.
The future of Britain may depend on whether 7th May is a sunny day.
I believe someone in Labour in 2010 claimed rainy days help the Tories. Poor people don't have Mercedes to drive them to the polling station or something like that.
So Labour need a coldish grey day. Sunshine or lashing rain will favour the Tories. But it's too soon to look at the weather forecast for 7 May.
Right now Ed refuses to rebuff Nicola because she is his only hope, but it is almost certainly costing him votes in England.
What would the polls need to be for him to tell Nicola where to go in a Hail Mary attempt to salvage something in England (Scotland is an extinction level event either way)?
It would be interesting to hear Nick Palmer's view on this aspect (if he dares to go public on it).
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Thought it worth passing on that after Torbay, she was going to Yeovil. Is Yeovil REALLY in play then?
Lots of evidence the Kipper vote is shrinking, as they'll hold their nose and vote blue on the day. Farage did himself no favours in this week's debate - we heard that multiple times.
We also had a "Cameron or Miliband for PM?" voting thing, where we wandered around the centre with big plastic boxes and invited people to drop a ball in one or other for their choice.
Cameron won by a 5 to 1 margin.
Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.
Golly, even as a long shot visit that's remarkable.
Are you one of those poor souls that lives in the wastelands north of the Watford gap?
As for What Mark was saying - yes I agree. ''Miliband in the pocket of the SNP is a HUGE negative down here. Heard it said today many times, unprompted.''
If there is one thing for certain that has emerged from the campaign so far it must be 'Miliband in the pocket of the SNP'.
And the anti Trident SNP are clearly painted as hard far left. This was the motivation of many lefties who voted YES in the referendum and being betrayed and humiliated by the NO vote which London Labour manufactured, they have decamped.
That's what I think the Conservative Party faces over the the next decade.
Perhaps you are thinking of Swindon.
However they are still active in York Outer but their leaflets never mention the national position, just attack the Council which is currently Labour.
I believe they have given up in this seat, especially when they did not win it last time.
Tasty qualifying.
Blimey! That's amazing.
There could be many more results similar to Heywood and Middleton. Or there could be none.
Edit: Oh - Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.....
PM me if you'd like - I'm building an epic bucket list.
It seems to be all those who came were because of bad evil business people in the UK enticing them here to be ripped off. I presume labour's mistake was to innocently not thrash these evil business people for such shoddy approach.
I can understand certain parts of team red will swallow that but it's such a leftie pain-free way of accepting the blame and shifting it on to big bad business.
And yet...
Dan Hodges retweeted
Jonathan Portes@jdportes·3 hrs3 hours ago
Little/no evidence for @Ed_Miliband's claim: "an epidemic of exploitation is driving up the number of low-skill workers who come here."
Come on Marcus don't be shy, let's be hearing from you!
It's a fascinating place to be this election!
Otherwise your house will be searched at dawn by a hit squad from ConHome looking for deviant yellow peril tendencies such as remnants of a quiche in the bin, no razor blades in bathroom cabinets, sandals hidden under the bed and worst of all a horde of old Focus leaflets in brown paper bags in the loft !!
You have been warned.
Whatever happened to Augustus Carp? I think he was our man on the door there. Charming fellow.
CON 36
LAB 32
LD 8
UKIP 13
GRN 5
I must say though that I enjoy reading the reports from the front line that you and others file for us. So my thanks to you for taking the time.
My last canvassing stint was at the Euros and my next will be at the upcoming Gib general election this year so I'm feeling quite left out this month!
Actually that's a randomly random thought. This year by virtue of various things I will vote in three general elections ... in the UK, Gib and Spain.
I always wondered about the legal basis for arresting someone on terror offences when the only proof is a sudden desire to visit Jihadi parts of Syria. Perhaps a legal person on here could explain.
Since when has wishing to visit a war-zone been illegal? Unwise perhaps, but not illegal. Unless they cough to a crime or are carrying plans to bomb somewhere, why waste the Turkish Authorities time?
CON 36 (=)
LAB 32 (-2)
LIB 8 (+1)
UKIP 13 (+2)
GRN 5 (-1)
Fieldwork 16th-17th
Tabs http://t.co/MJFjKhBWED
#GE2015
Whatever happened to Augustus Carp? I think he was our man on the door there. Charming fellow.
And Benedict White. And Henry- where are his tennis tips? And of course SBS who was such a nice man.
His silly walk whilst canvassing the Torbay Constituency is the talk of old Colonels, Barcelona waiters and falling moose heads county wide.
At least JackW is still with us, an antique pbCOM fixture and fitting, although I don't know how old he must be now. Very I suspect.
I can`t even criticise it as it`s from the Guardian :-(
I posted the sudden movements on here a couple of hours ago - you have to wonder if someone had seen the Opinium.
:-) :-)
On the poster count, there are almost no Soubry posters at all (to be precise I've counted 1) - presumably she's decided not to bother, though it seems odd to go to the trouble of printing exactly one. There are three big billboard adverts, though.
Nothing to get excited or despondent about.
http://ourinsight.opinium.co.uk/survey-results/political-polling-16th-april-2015
4/6 on the SNP in Midlothian is decent. I've had as much as they'll allow me (selling Lab @ 16)
Is there a correlation between sunny days and Conservative leads? I predict a Con lead tonight.
The future of Britain may depend on whether 7th May is a sunny day.
Edit: I posted this before I saw the Opinium poll.
SBS is sadly no longer with us.
I fdo wonder where tim is... Ranting at cats and screaming whenever Osborne is on the screen probably
Otherwise, spot on....
What would the polls need to be for him to tell Nicola where to go in a Hail Mary attempt to salvage something in England (Scotland is an extinction level event either way)?
Mr. Tyson, unsure if you know this, but Mr. SBS sadly passed away. A great shame, as he was a fine fellow.
Yup - 38 Con, 32 Lab for England only. Solid lead given how high UKIP are.
Con lead twice in a row with Opinium (online) whereas generally Con is doing better with phone and Lab better with online.
I saw a couple more Keith Vaz posters and one for Jon Ashworth on the way back from the footy. Indeed. I am happy to take Rogerdamus's crown for my football tip today. Leicester City are looking a bit better tonight. Burnley are in trouble, next week is a real six pointer. Then we have Chelsea at home (which is our game in hand).
Buzzing and have lost my voice though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Imich
JackW- I guess you must be very close to be taking on his mantle.