Back when the coalition was formed, I asked, whether traditional polling would be appropriate during coalition governments?
I still don't know how you measure support for the "Government" these days.
The only poll that counts is on election day. And under FPTP, the two coalition party votes definitely do not add up. That's what opinion polls have to measure.
Just underlines what a mistake the Tories made with their constitutional theme. They could have been sitting pretty right now. AV, new boundaries and a co-operative coalition partner.
Surely 33% in agreement is enough to prove Maggie is greatest peacetime PM. If you list all the peacetime PMs and ask the same question of them individually who on earth is going to score more than 33% on a agree/disagree question?
Surely 33% in agreement is enough to prove Maggie is greatest peacetime PM. If you list all the peacetime PMs and ask the same question of them individually who on earth is going to score more than 33% on a agree/disagree question?
Was Thatcher a peacetime PM if the Falklands War was her defining moment?
Back when the coalition was formed, I asked, whether traditional polling would be appropriate during coalition governments?
I still don't know how you measure support for the "Government" these days.
The only poll that counts is on election day. And under FPTP, the two coalition party votes definitely do not add up. That's what opinion polls have to measure.
Just underlines what a mistake the Tories made with their constitutional theme. They could have been sitting pretty right now. AV, new boundaries and a co-operative coalition partner.
Huge strategic mistake.
We'll be supporting STV come 2025.
It has been written elsewhere, that if Scotland votes for Independence next year, the Tories supporting FPTP might not look such a bad thing as 40 Labour MPs are wiped out overnight.
Surely 33% in agreement is enough to prove Maggie is greatest peacetime PM. If you list all the peacetime PMs and ask the same question of them individually who on earth is going to score more than 33% on a agree/disagree question?
Was Thatcher a peacetime PM if the Falklands War was her defining moment?
Doesn't that rule out your Tony too, given the number of illegal wars he launched?
Surely 33% in agreement is enough to prove Maggie is greatest peacetime PM. If you list all the peacetime PMs and ask the same question of them individually who on earth is going to score more than 33% on a agree/disagree question?
Was Thatcher a peacetime PM if the Falklands War was her defining moment?
Her core achievement was rescuing the British economy.
But her military efforts were critical to achieving global peace.
Once the world's superpowers saw how she handled the Falklands, they agreed to disarm, the Warsaw Pact broke up and its constituent countries all abandoned communism.
So Maggie was a warrior queen as well as a deterrent to war and a force for world peace.
It has been written elsewhere, that if Scotland votes for Independence next year, the Tories supporting FPTP might not look such a bad thing as 40 Labour MPs are wiped out overnight.
Not going to happen though, instead Cameron and Osborne will look like a pair of amateurs. Who can amusingly be booted out despite winning the popular vote. Still, they'll have a few decades to ponder it.
But what will happen is the Scots will reject independence then return tens of SNP MPs to Westminster to negotiate devo max.
Not good for Miliband; perfect for Cameron. George's master strategy.
(A simple no will do rather than four paragraphs of Charles-like pseudo scientific excuses)
I am open to the idea.
Just give me the time to consult with James Kelly and Easterross then average the figures.
P.S. And none of this Charles's "pseudo-scientific excuses" nonsense. You went quieter than a mouse under Plato's floorboards on the last two occasions I offered you a bet.
"Public attitudes to her are apparently contradictory, with a majority agreeing both that she was “the most divisive prime minister this country has had” and that “Britain today needs more ‘conviction politicians’ like Margaret Thatcher”"
Anyone who thinks that that is a contradiction is a silly lefty anarchist wishy-washy militant pro-consensus divisive muddle-headed enemy-within.
"I think it's unlikely that Labour would have won an election in either October 1978 or October 1979"
The polls from autumn 1978 suggest that, at the very least, it's unlikely that the Tories would have won an overall majority, and with the popularity of Callaghan the chances are that Labour would have been the largest single party.
If Labour had won the no-confidence vote in 1979 it's unlikely they would have carried on until October. More probably there would have been an election in June, and absolutely nothing would have been different.
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Good stuff.
I can't see it as being any more than a wind-up, where ultimately you end up misleading yourself.
Anti-Tory 69%
I still don't know how you measure support for the "Government" these days.
Now look at the political and borrowing options available to the Italians.
Just underlines what a mistake the Tories made with their constitutional theme. They could have been sitting pretty right now. AV, new boundaries and a co-operative coalition partner.
Huge strategic mistake.
It has been written elsewhere, that if Scotland votes for Independence next year, the Tories supporting FPTP might not look such a bad thing as 40 Labour MPs are wiped out overnight.
One of only three AAA rated Chancellors left in the world.
But her military efforts were critical to achieving global peace.
Once the world's superpowers saw how she handled the Falklands, they agreed to disarm, the Warsaw Pact broke up and its constituent countries all abandoned communism.
So Maggie was a warrior queen as well as a deterrent to war and a force for world peace.
Just rejoice in that news, Jonathan.
Not good for Miliband; perfect for Cameron. George's master strategy.
If you were seeing what I am seeing then you would recognise it is a subtle and clever plan.
Just give me the time to consult with James Kelly and Easterross then average the figures.
P.S. And none of this Charles's "pseudo-scientific excuses" nonsense. You went quieter than a mouse under Plato's floorboards on the last two occasions I offered you a bet.
A holiday villa in Sitges would probably be appropriate for a fun bet.
Anyone who thinks that that is a contradiction is a silly lefty anarchist wishy-washy militant pro-consensus divisive muddle-headed enemy-within.
The polls from autumn 1978 suggest that, at the very least, it's unlikely that the Tories would have won an overall majority, and with the popularity of Callaghan the chances are that Labour would have been the largest single party.
If Labour had won the no-confidence vote in 1979 it's unlikely they would have carried on until October. More probably there would have been an election in June, and absolutely nothing would have been different.