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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * In a comment that has been interpreted as a further overture to the Lib Dems, Gordon Brown has said "I'm only here because I want to make a difference. If I cannot make a difference, I go." * Sky's Adam…
By Theo Grzegorczyk With five new polls in the mix (YouGov, TNS, Harris, ComRes and ICM), the Labour projection stays constant at 27%, while the Conservatives drop to 34% and the Liberals rise to 30%:
By Jim Sweetman / @jimbo9848 Given some of the current polls, perhaps we should decide to take the Liberal Democrats seriously. So, what are they offering on education, is it consistent, and how are they going to pay for it? The big…
By Theo Grzegorczyk With the inclusion of ComRes, Populus and YouGov, our trend shows - for the first time - the Lib Dems achieving a higher national popular vote share than the Labour Party. At this stage it seems sensible to point out…
By Theo Grzegorczyk Taking in three polls yesterday (ICM, ComRes and YouGov), the trends continue to show a narrowing for all parties. The final projections for Maya 6th are Con 35%, Lab 28%, Lib Dem 27%:
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 When James Mills wrote in December of what political parties can learn from the success of the campaign to put Rage Against the Machine into the Christmas number 1 slot, I doubt he expected that his words…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The Tories have nominated two of the people who wrote the letter in support of their National Insurance proposals, and who donated to the party, for peerages. * The cards are thrown up in the air - but…
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB The inimitable Guido Fawkes, in a post-Clegg blogpost today, describes an election result scenario in which Labour, despite having won a smaller percentage of the national vote than either the Tories or the Lib…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The government has launched an unprecedented plan to help bring hom an estimated 200,000 people stranded by the ash cloud, including possible deployment of the navy. * Bookies have made a hung parliament the…
By Theo Grzegorczyk Today's YouGov poll and the sustained LibDem bounce continues to have an impact on the long-term trends, bringing the forecast to 36-28-26.
By Theo Grzegorczyk With another round of polls (ICM, ComRes, YouGov) suggesting that the Lib Dem gains were not a one-night event, I have included their trend, dating back to the beginning of 2010. First, what the trend looked like on…
By Theo Grzegorczyk Tonight's poll from YouGov (Con 33%, LD 30, Lab 28%) has come as something of a shock to everyone, with the pundits and columnists already in overdrive predicting all sorts of electoral scenarios, pronouncing it a…
