Has The Mail lost its political compass?
Over recent years the Daily Mail may have become a reliable thorn in Tony Blair’s side but it has consistently… Read more »
Bloomberg: Cherie Blair walks out of Brown speech
George Osborne has reacted to Gordon Brown’s speech (the main points of which can be read here): “Gordon Brown tries… Read more »
John Hayes sets out options to address Britain’s skills crisis
One of the issues raised by Gordon Brown during his interview on this morning’s Today programme was skills. Britain’s ‘skills… Read more »
Small parties are gaining from Labour woes as much as 7% lead Tories
After yesterday’s YouGov/ Sunday Times poll giving the Tories a narrowing lead, today’s YouGov/ Telegraph poll gives the party a… Read more »
Luntz’s thirty floaters prefer Reid to Brown… but is Luntz’s approach flawed?
It was nearly a year ago that David Cameron’s Tory leadership bid was resurrected. ‘That speech’, an impressive campaign launch… Read more »
Tory lead down to 4%
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Reid ducks questions on released foreign prisoners
I’ve just been watching ITV1’s new Sunday Edition programme. The programme format appeared pretty conventional overall but it was worth… Read more »
Public would support snap election
If the next Labour leader enjoys a bounce in the opinion polls and considers a snap General Election he will… Read more »
Are you a New Tory?
This graphic appears in this morning’s Observer. It appears that Old Tories read The Telegraph and New Tories read conservativehome.com. … Read more »
Public divided on more expensive air travel
A Communicate Research poll for this morning’s Independent on Sunday finds the public evenly divided on the taxation of air… Read more »
My top YouTubes
YouTube has a fantastic assortment of political videos – many funny, many serious. Here are a dozen of my favourite… Read more »
Do voters really, really want Labour out?
The existence of more than sixty LibDem MPs is amongst the biggest of barriers to a parliamentary majority for the… Read more »
CCHQ may move to birthplace of New Labour
"The Conservative Party is believed to be days away from signing a deal to move its campaign headquarters to London’s… Read more »
Cameron tops poll on leadership
HR consultancy Hudson has commissioned YouGov to look into who people would like as their boss, the result was as… Read more »
70% say it’s ‘time for a change’
The headline numbers in the latest ICM survey for The Guardian* are a little disappointing for Cameron’s Conservatives. The Tories… Read more »