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Poll List: Populus puts the gap at 8 points

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A Populus poll for tomorrow's Times has the gap between Labour and the Tories at just 8 points, with Labour up one point to 30% on last month, and the Conservatives down one point on 38%. The Lib Dems are up…

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Poll List: Tory slump sticking but Labour not capitalising

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new ICM poll for tomorrow's Telegraph shows the recent Tory slipping has stuck - but that Labour have failed to take full advantage. The poll shows the Tories down two points on 40%, with Labour unchanged on…

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Poll List: ComRes points to a hung parliament

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A ComRes poll for today's Indpendent shows a drop in support for the Conservatives and again points toward the likelihood of a hung parliament after the next general election. The Tories have droped three…

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Poll List: YouGov poll shows mixed results

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a YouGov poll for yesterday's Telegraph, Labour continued its trend of slightly improved numbers, again gaining an overall net increase on the Tories of four points. The poll follows other recent…

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Dear Ed: Submitting New Ideas to the Party

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I know this has been a long time in coming, for which I apologise, but I wanted to let readers know about the progress being made on submitting the New Ideas for a Renewed Movement series to the Party. Over…

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Poll List: Labour support spikes as Tories slump

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A poll for tomorrow's Observer has some stunning results, with the Tories' support collapsing from 43% last month to 37%, and Labour's increasing by 5 points to 31%. The Ipsos-Mori poll has the gap between the…

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Poll List: ICM shows net gain for Labour of 4 points

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new ICM poll for today's Guardian shows Labour have narrowed the gap on the Tories by four points to 13%, securing a net gain on the Conservatives of 4 points. It's the third consecutive major poll in which…

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The election campaign starts here

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The dividing lines are drawn. There are 200 days until the general election. And now, as MPs return to Parliament tomorrow, we are entering into a long, bitter election campaign. Alastair Campbell says the…

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Raise you: how Brown may offer three TV debates

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Rumours are circulating that Gordon Brown will not only take up Sky News' challenge to debate the other main party leaders during the next general election - but that he will go further and propose up to three…

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West Yorkshire Labour says Save General Election Night

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour voices in West Yorkshire have also added their voices to the Save the General Election night campaign, below: For more details, click here. Fabian Hamilton MP (Leeds North East): "It would completely…

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