Why did Labour win the 2010 local elections so convincingly? It’s the budget right? This graph of polling from TNS BMRB certainly suggests that. Labour’s slim lead extends rapidly following the budget (highlighted) – and current stands at 12 points (42/30).
And as for why Labour did better in 2012 compared to the 2011 elections – just compare May and May 2012.
A year is a long time in politics…
Impending Armageddon comes as blessed relief for prospective homeowners The prediction that the average price for a small flat in central London will rise to £36million by 2050 was not met with any particular surprise, given the unstoppable force that is the UK’s absurd housing market. Predictability does not, however, negate any feelings of glum impotence towards the hope of one day owning a place to live, and the depressing forecast was only lightened by the increasing likelihood of the […]
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We live in strange times. It is a world where nothing is quite as it seems. For tuning in to the news, picking up the daily papers or checking out the internet it would appear everything is rosy. There’s a recovery, the dark days are over, the Chancellor’s economic plan has worked. But where is this so called recovery? It isn’t manifesting itself in financial rewards for the households in my constituency or indeed most households up and down the […]
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When Ed Miliband announced Labour’s aim of building 200,000 homes a year by 2020 in England last September, the Financial Times reported that housebuilders had called it a ‘wild’ plan and that the party ‘fails to understand how real markets work’. So the task for everyone who wants to see the supply of new homes radically increased is to prove it can be done and set out practical steps to achieve that target within the lifetime of the next government. […]
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This weekend, Ed Miliband and I are in Afghanistan visiting the Armed Forces in Camp Bastion. The British combat mission may be coming to an end, but it’s clear from what I’ve seen here and what our service men and women have told me: there is much work yet to be done. The loss of 448 members of our brave Armed Forces is an every day reminder of the service and sacrifice that men and women from communities across the […]
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I’m proud to be leading the fight for Labour in Tower Hamlets. We have activists who have kept the faith, joined by new active party members, and a talented and energetic group of candidates. We are now a united party and we are taking a strong, progressive and positive offer to residents across the borough. There’s no doubt that Tower Hamlets has had a rocky electoral period over the last few years. We have been divided just when we have […]
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