It's interesting and in practice I'd think the Lab/Lib scores would shrink further if it happened in Kensington. But one has to be wary of polls which draw respondents' attention to on… (View Post)

SPD bounce (cf. earlier thread) conytinues in Germany - up 5 in latest poll: http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/forsa.htm (View Post)

Yeah, seems unreasonable. A general problem in both the UK and US is that the usual level of tolerance to other views seems seriously eroded. The "never kissed a Tory" badges were always a … (View Post)

On voter registration: Labour made a serious effort last year before the crucial Boundary Commission cutoff date, and there's a bit going on in London now as part of the Mayoral effort, but othe… (View Post)

The media is rubbish as usual, but it's a problem that jokey politicians have anyway - Tony Banks and Alan Clark had similar issues. Extremely funny to people who like their brand of humour, the… (View Post)