The Great Survivors? 8 in the morning, March 9th

March 9, 2010 8:14 am

8am

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Labour and the Tories are “neck and neck” in the race to win key marginal seats, a new poll finds.

* This graphic has all the important numbers…

* Brown the Great Survivor: No one can survive in UK politics as long as Brown without possessing epic strengths, writes Steve Richards.

* George W. Bush has made a direct plea to David Cameron to support the Northern Ireland peace process, amid concern in the US about the Tories’ new electoral pact with the Ulster Unionists.

* Retail sales were up in February, according to the British retail consortium.

* A deal aimed at ending the long-running postal workers dispute has been agreed, including a 6.9% pay rise over three years.

* The Guardian has a feature on Labour’s “candidates to watch” as the party fills seats in the final weeks before the election…

* Rory-Cellan Jones opens the BBC’s “Digital Election” series.

Related posts:

  1. ComRes, March 1: Con 37, Lab 32, LD 19
  2. Brown to face the Chilcot Inquiry today – 8 in the morning, March 5th
  3. ICM, March 6th: Con 40, Lab 31, LD 18
  4. More tributes to Michael Foot – 8 in the morning, March 4th
  5. Voters are looking afresh at Labour – 8 in the morning, March 2nd

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