News Ashcroft polling suggests Labour pushing Tories close in knife edge marginals (but national poll puts Tories 6 points ahead) There’s a big different in the story that two different sets of Ashcroft polling (both released today) are… Mark Ferguson 27th April, 2015, 6:39 pm
Comment Miliband gives first time buyers a tax cut – but it’s the promise of a million new homes that really matters If last week was Labour’s “NHS week” then this week certainly seems to be the party’s “Housing week”.… Mark Ferguson 27th April, 2015, 12:02 am
Comment The only abdication Theresa May cares about is David Cameron’s By now most of you have probably seen the incredibly shrill Mail on Sunday front page. If you… Mark Ferguson 26th April, 2015, 7:31 pm
Video Ed Miliband rattles Boris Johnson on the Marr sofa Ed Miliband gave what I thought was his best and clearest Marr interview this morning – including stating… Mark Ferguson 26th April, 2015, 11:33 am
News Labour plans to cap rents to give “Generation Rent” a more secure future Ed Miliband has announced plans to cap private sector rents as part of a package of plans to… Mark Ferguson 25th April, 2015, 10:52 pm
News Latest Ashcroft constituency polling shows seats on a knife edge – and a strong Labour ground game There’s an interesting interview with Tory Peer and pollster Lord Ashcroft this morning. Released ahead of his latest… Mark Ferguson 25th April, 2015, 2:21 pm
Comment The Miliband Doctrine? The three principles that will define Labour’s foreign policy Ed Miliband will give a pretty thorough and thoughtful speech on foreign policy at Chatham House this morning.… Mark Ferguson 24th April, 2015, 9:24 am
News The Mail’s latest attack on Labour and the union link is (unsurprisingly) total nonsense Here we go again. I can only assume that “attack Labour and the union link” was gridded into… Mark Ferguson 22nd April, 2015, 1:23 pm
News Here’s that “positive campaign” Cameron has been bigging up Only two days ago, David Cameron claimed that the Tories were running the “most positive campaign”: Lets see… Mark Ferguson 21st April, 2015, 1:32 pm
Comment 5 things we learned from Miliband’s Evan Davis interview Ed Miliband was the third leader to face an Evan Davis grilling tonight. Davis isn’t not as pugnacious as… Mark Ferguson 20th April, 2015, 8:37 pm