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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Below the topline figures from this weekend's ComRes poll, which showed the gap between Labour and the Tories had fallen to 8 points, there is some interesting and important new insight into the voting…
From @LabourList Catch up with all the last week's highlights on LabourList with the ShortList. Our PPC Profile this week was of South West Norfolk's Peter Smith. Stay in touch with LabourList with our daily email update, the LunchtimeList…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Gordon Brown has given an interview to the Independent, in which he talks about being in "fighting mode" for the election ahead. The paper says you are left "less with the sense of the walking dead, and more…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: A new ComRes poll also shows the Tory lead down three points to 8. UPDATE: Tim Montgomerie at ConservativeHome says, simply, "hmm". In a new YouGov poll for tomorrow's Sunday Times, Labour has…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Douglas Alexander, Labour's general election co-ordinator, is joining Twitter today at @DouglasGE2010. As Labour's general election co-ordinator, Douglas wants to use the social media tool as exactly that: a…
The Paul Richards Column I have this friend. For the sake of the story, let us call her Jo. She has a conviction that at the very top of politics, there is no such thing as happenstance or coincidence. Every move is a calculation, there's a…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent on Sunday shows Labour down two points on the same poll at the beginning of the month, with the Tories gaining two points. According to the poll, the Tories are now…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent on Sunday shows Labour down two points on the same poll at the beginning of the month, with the Tories gaining two points. According to the poll, the Tories are now…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new Populus poll for Tuesday's Times shows "the race between the Conservatives and Labour has tightened this year and voters increasingly [33%] expect a hung parliament after the general election". The poll…
By Alex Finnegan Bill Clinton was the original Comeback Kid. The former president was first elected as Governor of Arkansas in 1978, but after a series of slip-ups he lost the 1980 Gubernatorial contest, only to come back and win again two…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Labour's election and manifesto co-ordinators Douglas Alexander and Ed Miliband say Labour will provide an enabling government, "empowering people and a society where we grow together, not apart." * Gordon…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After three polls at the weekend showed the Tory lead being edged down to 9 points, a new ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent shows the lead narrowing again to 7%. The new poll shows the Tories on 38%…
