Analysis

By Theo Grzegorczyk Tonight's Polynomial Trend for LabourList, taking in tonight's YouGov tracker, which shows Con 40%, Lab 30%, Lib Dems 20% and a new poll for Harris, which shows Con 37%, Lab 27%, Lib Dems 22% is below:

By Alex Smith The first week of campaigning is coming to an end, and I thought it worthwhile to have a look at the key movers and shakers so far - and those notable largely for their absence. Despite the bitter Tory attempts to go after…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The New Statesman is reporting that Stuart MacLennan has been sacked as candidate for Moray. We've always said that the real impact of the internet on this election might be a young candidate saying…

By Alex Smith / @alexmith1982 * Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has made an appeal to Lib Dem voters to vote tactically for Labour to keep the Conservatives out in marginals. * Gordon Brown and David Cameron have both refused to be…

By Paul Afshar With over 2.5 million UK users, and millions of daily Tweets, it's hard to ignore the influence of social media site Twitter on conversation around Election 2010. But what influence will it have on the election campaign?…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 With the online space an ever-increasingly important aspect of campaigning in British politics, some have asked whether Twitter can help influence or predict the result of the May 6th ballot. Others say, with…

By Theo Grzegorczyk Last night, LabourList published the first in a series which will look at the trends underpinning the daily polling numbers, and which will seek to identify the possible projections of those trends. Tonight, with new…

By Theo Grzegorczyk Starting today, LabourList will be publishing daily polling analysis to help show the broad changes in public opinion as we approach election day. It will employ a simple technique that has been used by others before…

By Rob MacPherson "We've changed our Party," exclaimed David Cameron at the launch of three Tory posters last month. "Some people said we couldn't do it," he added. Others say he still hasn't. Dave's belief that his party "are progressive…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As more details emerge about Labour's manifesto, due in full in the next couple of weeks (presuming a May 6th election), I'll be keeping track of some of the most policy plans that been pre-announced or…

By Alex Smith UPDATE: YouGov has Con 39 (+2), Lab 32% (nc) LD 18% (-1). A new ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent shows a net loss of 2% for Labour on the Tories over the last month. The Conservatives are unchanged from last month's…

By Keith Moran / @SocialSchism At the end of March 1990, twenty years ago next week, Poll Tax resistance reached its peak, with mass demonstrations and riots in Trafalgar Square. Margaret Thatcher was proving as divisive a figure at the end…