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Although its now a freebie with a circulation confined to the capital the London Evening Standard is hugely influential in shaping the news narrative – what other parts of the mainstream media come to decide is important.
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Oops I think I need to do some Latin revision.
Unless you believe the talk that Tories want Labour to be seen as in with more of a chance, so media criticism like this helps them push their message of needing to fight Corbyn, even thought it is critical.
Sic Gloria Transit, Theresa.
Mind you, he had an even more prominent role last year, and no one listened then
However, realistically, is this front-page any different from the front pages which the previous editor might have run?
"ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant"
They create a desert [and] call it peace.
So "Conservativa partis delenda est!"
Risks looking like an embittered vendetta, not to mention a man not worried about damaging his party ahead of an election.
But how long will Osborne last? Is he really going to stick around? I imagine he'll be off within a couple of years and the Standard will go back to what it was last week.
SpreadEx 25-28
SPIN 22-25
I've got an open sell at 26, and I think the SpreadEx sell price is still a bit of a snip.
As always, DYOR, the spreads can be treacherous, you might lose your shirt, etc etc
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/09/01/george-osborne-the-modern-day-winston-churchill/
Anyhoo I have only one political man crush and his name is Johnny Mercer.
Like the guardian it's influence on the narrative far extends it's reach of actual readers.
"On 5 May 2015, an editorial stated that the newspaper would again be supporting David Cameron and the Conservatives in the 2015 General Election, saying that the Conservatives have "shown themselves to be good for London."[28] The newspaper did however also claim "there may be good tactical reasons to vote Liberal Democrat."[28]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Evening_Standard
It is interesting to consider what would have happened had Remain won. Labour would be in a dreadful state, of course, but would the Conservatives be united, or split? Would Farage be leading a UKIP riding high in the polls?
I would have thought the Standard would be far more popular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_circulation#2010_to_present
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Is that his radio show, or has he moved over to the box in the corner?
radio
Metro has regional editions too, I believe, are they included?
Just how is it damaging to the country to air an issue which could cause the next government a great deal of trouble if not addressed ?
And the prospects for the Tory party - which will form the next government whatever the Standard chooses to publish - depend not on the precise side of its comfortable majority, but on how it governs for the next fiver years.
http://www.electionprediction.org/2017_uk/
They're forecasting Con 312 (inc Speaker), excluding 125 too close to call.
Also it has an advantage over Metro in that people are more likely to be doing work on their morning commute rather than on their evening one.
(I don't know any Latin so most of the jokes are over my head, I'm afraid.)
Good afternoon, everybody.
If the too close to calls split 50/50 then it gives the Tories a very nice maj
The 'delenda est' references are due to the way Cato ended speeches, ahead of the Third Punic War, saying Carthage must be destroyed.
Conservatives 8/15
Lab 9/4
UKIP 13/2
2015
Labour Iain Wright 35.6
UKIP Phillip Broughton 28.0
Conservative Richard Royal 20.9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlepool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s
https://patribotics.blog/2017/05/01/exclusive-sean-spicer-tweeted-a-bitcoin-address-not-his-password/
Every time I visit my supermarket, there's a great unattended pile of copies positioned forlornly in a corner.
Sure the owner pulled off a good PR stunt in signing up Osborne as its editor, but from the former Chancellor's point of view it's really not such a big deal. I'll be very surprised if he's still there in 18 months' time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s
Price something low, people think it's worth less. Price it higher and it can look extortionate because there's a sea of free and 99p e-books.
Mind you, some publishers do take the piss, having e-book prices identical or just below paperback costs.