MM He would certainly be far better than Miliband, remember when Kerry suffered a worse defeat than Gore in 2004 the Democrats went for a telegenic black candidate, I expect Labour to do the same
So...what do we put down to Tories getting all these swings in England?
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
I think people woke up this morning and thought 'Miliband as PM? I can't vote for that'
I think it is too simple to put it down to one message.
Lab + SNP for some. The horror of Milliband PM for others. Balls as CoE for others. Stopping UKIP for others. Positive vote for finishing off recovering the economy for others.
The Crosby campaign spoke to all of these are different times. In retrospect it may well have been a masterful campaign. I wonder at which point in the past few days the internal polling started to show this - or was it squeaky bum time for them as well as us?
We were certainly reading it the last few days. Today, we got very strange responses from phoning the soft Labour vote - over half of it was coming over to the Tories. Thought it was too good to be true. But....
Kle4 As Quebec shows and the success of the Bloc Quebecois in the nineties that is not necessarily the case, though devomax for Scotland in return for EVEL would be sensible
Wasn't there some local issue in RedCar last time around that killed the Labour vote? I seemed to remember some big employer shut down just before the GE.
I doubt many will admit to this soon, but I actually like Clegg. The party is back yo where to where it was many decades ago under his reign, but personally and politically I can find much I like in him.
So...what do we put down to Tories getting all these swings in England?
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
I think people woke up this morning and thought 'Miliband as PM? I can't vote for that'
I think it is too simple to put it down to one message.
Lab + SNP for some. The horror of Milliband PM for others. Balls as CoE for others. Stopping UKIP for others. Positive vote for finishing off recovering the economy for others.
The Crosby campaign spoke to all of these are different times. In retrospect it may well have been a masterful campaign. I wonder at which point in the past few days the internal polling started to show this - or was it squeaky bum time for them as well as us?
We were certainly reading it the last few days. Today, we got very strange responses from phoning the soft Labour vote - over half of it was coming over to the Tories. Thought it was too good to be true. But....
The conservative (and labour) canvassing results have been showing this for some time. *no* swing back. Central Office clearly knew exactly where the line was. Which is why they finished the Con campaign in Carlisle.
Kle4 As Quebec shows and the success of the Bloc Quebecois in the nineties that is not necessarily the case, though devomax for Scotland in return for EVEL would be sensible
I doubt many will admit to this soon, but I actually like Clegg. The party is back yo where to where it was many decades ago under his reign, but personally and politically I can find much I like in him.
I think that Nick Clegg will be better thought of with the perspective of time
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33s on Snp £10 somewhat better...
Edinburgh and highlands will decide if its everything.
Hold Cambridge please... hold Cambridge...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001052
The Lib Dems have said that Simon Hughes has lost in Bermondsey and Old Southwark.
Kinnock 48.9 -3%
UKIP 15.8 +14.2%
Border are all SNP
Edinbrigh all SNP.
All this by the broadcasters. It looks good for 59/59
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Lab 35.6
UKIP 28
Con 20.9
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000049
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