The Liberal Democrat leader claims his party has been “very clear” on where it will find an extra £8bn for the Health Service. and aims to balance the books before the Tories.
“It’s a measure of how much the Conservatives have run out of new ideas… a poor cover version of one of Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s hits.”
…and with his highest-ever rating too.
Where do voters in Thurrock and Brentford think the party leaders would go on a night out?
The battlegrounds show a mix of results. But UKIP is down across the board.
We Conservatives should instinctively support the passing of fewer Acts of Parliament and better, more extensive scrutiny of legislation.
The region, which the Yorkshire Post argues should have its own Minister, is the scene of intense campaigning.
Plus: This week’s focus groups in Leamington and Dewsbury; and if the party leaders were singers, whom would they be?
Plus: Two policemen’s child abuse claims. Lamb for LibDem leader. Osborne for the Foreign Office. And: why won’t Waterstones stock more copies of Farage’s book?
Plus: This week’s focus groups with undecided voters in Northampton and Cardiff; and what would the party leaders do with a Friday night off?
The left-wing vote in the seat is split – and I can come through the middle, as a candidate who was born and bred in the constituency.
Plus: This week’s focus groups in Stevenage and Southampton Itchen; the TV debates; and if the party leaders worked outside politics, what would they do?
Most produce results that are more or less what a reader of opinion polls and other electoral data might have anticipated a few months in advance.
A big lesson from the sum of recent Lord Ashcroft Polls is that the balance between Labour’s strength in England and its weakness in Scotland could be decisive in May.
Plus: This week’s focus group in Wirral West on McVey, Sturgeon and Trident; and what would the party leaders be like as dinner guests?