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ComRes have a new poll tomorrow for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror. Topline voting intention figures with changes from the last online ComRes poll before the local elections are CON 32%(-2), LAB 41%(+2), LDEM 11%(+1), UKIP 7%(-2), Others 9%.There was also a new Opinium poll out yeste...
Tonight’s YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has topline figures of CON 32%, LAB 43%, LDEM 8% and Others 17% (including UKIP on 9%). The eleven point Labour lead is in line with the average Labour leads of 12 or 13 points that recent YouGov polling suggestions and – once again – U...
If Jon Cruddas, Labour's new policy supremo, is looking for a deputy, he could do a lot worse than drop a line to my mate Renie. Renie is not a Labour MP, or an adviser, or a director of a prestigious think tank, but one of my Twitter followers. And last night Renie asked the [...]
David Herdson on SaturdayThe current and next phases of the Eurocrisis is all about who will prevail when the irresistible force of the Greek electorate meets the immovable object of Angela Merkal and the Greek debt-holders.Without funds from the international institutions, Greece will default. ...
CON32%-2LAB41%+2LD11%+1UKIP7%-2David Cameron is turning out to be a good Prime MinisterAgree 26% (-3)Disagree 54% (+4)Net agree -28 (-7)Ed Miliband is turning out to be a good leader of the Labour PartyAgree 26% (+8)Disagree 45% (-4)Net agree -19 (+12 )Nick Clegg is turning out to be a good leade...