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edited March 2018 in General

imagepoliticalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tories lose all FIVE seats they were defending in party’s worst night of local elections since TMay became PM

Farnworth on Bolton (Lab defence) Result: Con 153 (6% -3% on last time), Lab 969 (38% -10% on last time), Lib Dem 23 (1% -2% on last time), UKIP 169 (7% -29% on last time), Green 18 (1% -3% on last time), Residents 1,204 (47%, no candidate last time) Residents GAIN from Labour with a majority of 235 (9%) on a notional swing of 28.5% from Lab to Residents (9.5% from UKIP to Lab)

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  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,195
    first?
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    According to Andrew Teale, Labour are in complete disarray on Bolton Council, and this result (and a loss to the Tories a couple of weeks ago) confirms it.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 39,748
    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    41 votes for Bus-Pass Elvis Party in Wollaton.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Losing 5 out of 5 is very poor. But, it is against the run of play since the start of the year (prior to yesterday, the Conservatives had won 27 out of 52).
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 20,393
    Sean_F said:

    According to Andrew Teale, Labour are in complete disarray on Bolton Council, and this result (and a loss to the Tories a couple of weeks ago) confirms it.

    So let's ignore the 5 Tory losses and focus on the single Labour loss. Very good.

    What about that swing in Medway?
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    edited March 2018

    Sean_F said:

    According to Andrew Teale, Labour are in complete disarray on Bolton Council, and this result (and a loss to the Tories a couple of weeks ago) confirms it.

    So let's ignore the 5 Tory losses and focus on the single Labour loss. Very good.

    What about that swing in Medway?
    That surprises me. I'd have expected an easy Conservative hold. I'm not surprised by the loss in Nottingham, but I'd have expected the Conservatives to win 4.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    That's a desperately poor set of results for the Conservatives all round.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762
    They're doomed, they're doomed, they're....on 43%.
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,545

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Small number of voters
    NIMBYs
    not enough media coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's facebook profile
    Independents who are Tory really

    Any more for any more?
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    DavidL said:

    They're doomed, they're doomed, they're....on 43%.

    It suggests a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Team Conservatives, whatever the opinion poll headline results might be suggesting.
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Typical mid term result. Northchurch on Dacorum swing unlikely to be replicated on a national level, anyway.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762
    edited March 2018
    If they'd only known that our trade deficit for 2017 was going to be revised down so markedly today I am sure it would all have been different.

    (How's that for one not on the lists below?) :-)
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,164
    Farnworth and Kearsley First in Bolton
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    tpfkar said:

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Small number of voters
    NIMBYs
    not enough media coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's facebook profile
    Independents who are Tory really

    Any more for any more?
    Tories are away skiing.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    According to Andrew Teale, Labour are in complete disarray on Bolton Council, and this result (and a loss to the Tories a couple of weeks ago) confirms it.

    So let's ignore the 5 Tory losses and focus on the single Labour loss. Very good.

    What about that swing in Medway?
    That surprises me. I'd have expected an easy Conservative hold. I'm not surprised by the loss in Nottingham, but I'd have expected the Conservatives to win 4.
    Nottingham close to being a one party city.
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    Personation.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762

    DavidL said:

    They're doomed, they're doomed, they're....on 43%.

    It suggests a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Team Conservatives, whatever the opinion poll headline results might be suggesting.
    Or a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the alternative at national level that does not apply locally. If I was a Tory Councillor up in May I wouldn't be too thrilled by this.
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,387
    A terrrrriibbble night for the Conservatives....

  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,387

    DavidL said:

    They're doomed, they're doomed, they're....on 43%.

    It suggests a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Team Conservatives, whatever the opinion poll headline results might be suggesting.
    I think it is fair to say at the moment very few people are enthusiastic about any sort of politics.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    Ishmael_Z said:

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Typical mid term result. Northchurch on Dacorum swing unlikely to be replicated on a national level, anyway.
    I think you're fairly safe saying the swing is "unlikely to be replicated on a national level" but then it was a "swing of 36% from Con to Lib Dem".
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    DavidL said:

    DavidL said:

    They're doomed, they're doomed, they're....on 43%.

    It suggests a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Team Conservatives, whatever the opinion poll headline results might be suggesting.
    Or a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the alternative at national level that does not apply locally. If I was a Tory Councillor up in May I wouldn't be too thrilled by this.
    It depends whether last night marks the start of a trend against the Conservatives, or whether this year's results as a whole are more representative.

    So far this year, the Conservatives have won 28 out of 60 (not 27 as stated earlier) a net loss of three.
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Typical mid term result. Northchurch on Dacorum swing unlikely to be replicated on a national level, anyway.
    I think you're fairly safe saying the swing is "unlikely to be replicated on a national level" but then it was a "swing of 36% from Con to Lib Dem".
    Um, yes, that was why I said it.
  • sarissasarissa Posts: 1,749
    OT - Clever tactic by HMG re Brexit repatriated powers and the devolved administrations:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43343716

    It's not 25 powers out of 111 at issue, but 24 out of 155 - not sure that will fool many people in Scotland.

    The expected big items are there - farming support, GMO regulation, animal health/welfare, fisheries powers not already exercised, competition law etc.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762
    edited March 2018

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Typical mid term result. Northchurch on Dacorum swing unlikely to be replicated on a national level, anyway.
    I think you're fairly safe saying the swing is "unlikely to be replicated on a national level" but then it was a "swing of 36% from Con to Lib Dem".
    *Vince Cable goes home to prepare a cup of cocoa for government. *
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    Ishmael_Z said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Sweepstake on top responses?

    Local circumstances
    Weather
    Voter fatigue
    Bloody Kippers going Lab
    Who cares about parish councils

    Typical mid term result. Northchurch on Dacorum swing unlikely to be replicated on a national level, anyway.
    I think you're fairly safe saying the swing is "unlikely to be replicated on a national level" but then it was a "swing of 36% from Con to Lib Dem".
    Um, yes, that was why I said it.
    Comes under the heading of 'the bleeding obvious'.
  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621
    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 15,543
    edited March 2018
    DavidL said:

    If they'd only known that our trade deficit for 2017 was going to be revised down so markedly today I am sure it would all have been different.

    (How's that for one not on the lists below?) :-)

    I don't normally go in for selective quoting of figures, but doesn't today's news show the trade deficit widening?
    https://twitter.com/ONS/status/972048961098993664
    (correction - wrong tweet)
  • sarissasarissa Posts: 1,749

    41 votes for Bus-Pass Elvis Party in Wollaton.

    Wasn't he the one who wanted to set up an organic community cafe called Viv Las Vegans?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762
    FF43 said:

    DavidL said:

    If they'd only known that our trade deficit for 2017 was going to be revised down so markedly today I am sure it would all have been different.

    (How's that for one not on the lists below?) :-)

    I don't normally go in for selective quoting of figures, but doesn't today's news show the trade deficit widening?
    https://twitter.com/ONS/status/972048961098993664
    (correction - wrong tweet)
    It widened in January but there was a downward revisal of the whole of 2017. It was discussed on the previous thread.
  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    edited March 2018
    https://twitter.com/TheCGA/status/972101059983413248


    "February, 1948

    THE straw poll-so called one supposes because a straw shows the way the wind blows-has become a feature with most newspapers. One is informed which is the favourite film for the year, the popularity status of the respective political parties, details of domestic budgets and all that sort of thing. One such questioning put to the public by the Daily Express tried to find the priority job for the Government in 1948. Among the nine items listed, food came first, followed by housing, economic finance, exports, foreign relations, taxation, fuel, Empire development . . . and the ninth? Well if you must know, it was agriculture and it polled exactly 1 per cent! Food led the list at 41 per cent, with housing as its nearest rival, 29 per cent. Empire co-operation was twin sister to Cinderella agriculture with 1 per cent.



    What are people thinking about? If food polls 41 per cent, why should Empire development and agriculture be rated so low as 1 per cent? Do they really think that the Argentinos, the Danes and the Dutch are fairy godmothers? Ridiculous!



    The people are ignorant but it is not their fault entirely, because so much spoon-feeding goes on nowadays, especially in the form of propaganda, that the art of thinking things out for oneself becomes more and more difficult. I am going to tilt at Goliath and blame the N.F.U. for the lack of public interest in agriculture. The N.F.U. allocates a large portion of its not inconsiderable funds, for publicity purposes, and if the officials of that organization would only interpret publicity as "city public" and enlighten the masses about the importance of British agriculture, the result would be beneficial to both farmers and townsfolk. The latter probably think that the N.F.U. is an organization something like the N.U.R. so, in any case, it is just as well to let them know that the Farmers' Union is almost the only union that has not achieved greatness by advocating a strike policy on every possible occasion, for if farmers did strike, the townsfolk would starve."
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    What a difference a year makes.

  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 15,543
    DavidL said:

    FF43 said:

    DavidL said:

    If they'd only known that our trade deficit for 2017 was going to be revised down so markedly today I am sure it would all have been different.

    (How's that for one not on the lists below?) :-)

    I don't normally go in for selective quoting of figures, but doesn't today's news show the trade deficit widening?
    https://twitter.com/ONS/status/972048961098993664
    (correction - wrong tweet)
    It widened in January but there was a downward revisal of the whole of 2017. It was discussed on the previous thread.
    I think the deficit has widened across the second half of 2017, according to the ONS table. But fair enough.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,913
    In the 2014 Locals, the Tories lost over 200 councillors but went on to get a parliamentary majority in 2015.
  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621
    edited March 2018
    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617
    edited March 2018
    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The Nottingham result was far better than expected for the Tories....Wollaton is a wealthy liberal Remainy kind of area next to the university, the kind of place where you might have expected a Canterbury or Kensington swing to Labour. Ironically it is the former ward of John Hayes MP who couldn't have been a very good match with its liberal brand of Toryism.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    In the 2014 Locals, the Tories lost over 200 councillors but went on to get a parliamentary majority in 2015.

    Ed Miliband only won those elections by 2% though, Blair and Cameron won their final local elections as leader by over 10%
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 39,748
    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The problem for you Tories is that, if you polarise the country between "them" and "us", and the "us" cotton on to what you are trying to do, then there could very well a massive concentration of the anti-Tory vote, in favour of whoever seems best place to defeat the Tory candidate. This is what we have seen in the local elections this week.

    This is not necessarily in favour of the Labour candidate, so the traditional Corbyn-Labour scare tactics will not work for the Tories next time. At least, I hope not.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited March 2018
    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, which would be its highest voteshare since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,762

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    OMG. That is incredible.
  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617
    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    The former Labour councillor in Harlow ...... the one who resigned and caused the by-election ..... has rtather thrown his toys out of the pram on Tv.
    Not the Labour Party he joined etc.
    Pro Tory BBC East of England political reporter seems to be making a bit of a meal of it.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited March 2018
    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    A poll last year showed Labour would get a 2% lower voteshare against the Tories under Cooper or Umunna than under Corbyn, only Khan got a higher Labour voteshare than Corbyn but by just 1%

    http://uk.businessinsider.com/poll-labour-would-go-backwards-under-yvette-cooper-or-chuka-umunna-2017-5
  • Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    Could have been worse, they could have called it the Keir Starmer awards
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The Nottingham result was far better than expected for the Tories....Wollaton is a wealthy liberal Remainy kind of area next to the university, the kind of place where you might have expected a Canterbury or Kensington swing to Labour. Ironically it is the former ward of John Hayes MP who couldn't have been a very good match with its liberal brand of Toryism.
    Yes in terms of raw Tory voteshare
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    DavidL said:

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    OMG. That is incredible.
    Everybody knows it's Kier Hardy.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,787

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    Could have been worse, they could have called it the Keir Starmer awards
    "The flounder of the Labour Party"
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,571

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    Could have been worse, they could have called it the Keir Starmer awards
    Or the Keir & Hardy awards....
  • Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    Could have been worse, they could have called it the Keir Starmer awards
    https://twitter.com/election_data/status/972110450660954113
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited March 2018
    PClipp said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The problem for you Tories is that, if you polarise the country between "them" and "us", and the "us" cotton on to what you are trying to do, then there could very well a massive concentration of the anti-Tory vote, in favour of whoever seems best place to defeat the Tory candidate. This is what we have seen in the local elections this week.

    This is not necessarily in favour of the Labour candidate, so the traditional Corbyn-Labour scare tactics will not work for the Tories next time. At least, I hope not.
    There will likely be an anti Tory and anti Labour vote next time but the fact the minor parties were so squeezed at the general election means there is little more room for tactical voting
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 39,748
    DavidL said:

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    OMG. That is incredible.
    Quite funny.

    https://twitter.com/PeterGrantMP/status/972102956119191553
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Yet it only got 40% at the 2001 general election
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    eukation, eukation, eukation...
  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621
    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    A poll last year showed Labour would get a 2% lower voteshare against the Tories under Cooper or Umunna than under Corbyn, only Khan got a higher Labour voteshare than Corbyn but by just 1%

    http://uk.businessinsider.com/poll-labour-would-go-backwards-under-yvette-cooper-or-chuka-umunna-2017-5
    (i) Those are arch-blairites, toxic to many on the left.
    (ii) May 2017? Not much happened since then, I suppose *eyeroll*
  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621
    Ishmael_Z said:

    DavidL said:

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    OMG. That is incredible.
    Everybody knows it's Kier Hardy.
    Oliver's socialist brother.
  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617
    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The Nottingham result was far better than expected for the Tories....Wollaton is a wealthy liberal Remainy kind of area next to the university, the kind of place where you might have expected a Canterbury or Kensington swing to Labour. Ironically it is the former ward of John Hayes MP who couldn't have been a very good match with its liberal brand of Toryism.
    Yes in terms of raw Tory voteshare
    Nevertheless it has been a steep decline for the Tories in Nottingham South, where they now down to their last 2 councillors...hard to believe now that in the first few hours of the GE2015 results coverage, the BBC were projecting it as a Con gain.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 11,183
    Another Labour loss with a disproportionate swing in a usually favourable part of Bolton - there was one of those a few weeks back - something very rum in that nexk of the woods.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited March 2018
    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    A poll last year showed Labour would get a 2% lower voteshare against the Tories under Cooper or Umunna than under Corbyn, only Khan got a higher Labour voteshare than Corbyn but by just 1%

    http://uk.businessinsider.com/poll-labour-would-go-backwards-under-yvette-cooper-or-chuka-umunna-2017-5
    (i) Those are arch-blairites, toxic to many on the left.
    (ii) May 2017? Not much happened since then, I suppose *eyeroll*
    i) When was Cooper a Blairite? Even Umunna opposed the Iraq War
    ii) Irrelevant as the relative difference would still likely be the same between the other 3 and Corbyn
  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617
    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Yet it only got 40% at the 2001 general election
    Correct, I was merely correcting your statement that today's poll is "Labour's highest rating since 1997". Actually I think they may have polled above today's level at the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003 and perhaps at the beginning of the 2005 election campaign when they had one or two poll ratings in the low 40s. Certainly in many polls just ahead of the 2001 election Labour were above 42%.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The Nottingham result was far better than expected for the Tories....Wollaton is a wealthy liberal Remainy kind of area next to the university, the kind of place where you might have expected a Canterbury or Kensington swing to Labour. Ironically it is the former ward of John Hayes MP who couldn't have been a very good match with its liberal brand of Toryism.
    Yes in terms of raw Tory voteshare
    Nevertheless it has been a steep decline for the Tories in Nottingham South, where they now down to their last 2 councillors...hard to believe now that in the first few hours of the GE2015 results coverage, the BBC were projecting it as a Con gain.
    Same in almost all big cities
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Yet it only got 40% at the 2001 general election
    Correct, I was merely correcting your statement that today's poll is "Labour's highest rating since 1997". Actually I think they may have polled above today's level at the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003 and perhaps at the beginning of the 2005 election campaign when they had one or two poll ratings in the low 40s. Certainly in many polls just ahead of the 2001 election Labour were above 42%.
    I changed it to 'would be its highest voteshare since 1997' so should have been clearer, apologies.

  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617
    HYUFD said:



    i) When was Cooper a Blairite? Even Umunna opposed the Iraq War
    ii) Irrelevant as the relative difference would still likely be the same between the other 3 and Corbyn

    Umunna defeated Steve Reed (now MP for Croydon North) for the nomination in Streatham by posing as a left wing challenger to a well known Blairite. Then morphed into a particularly slimy Blairite himself. Hardly a surprise he is hated by the left and it's likely he'll be in serious trouble for reselection if boundary changes significantly alter his seat.

    Cooper is an empty vessel with a permanently miserable/outraged face....not the best demeanour for winning elections.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,401
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Yet it only got 40% at the 2001 general election
    Correct, I was merely correcting your statement that today's poll is "Labour's highest rating since 1997". Actually I think they may have polled above today's level at the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003 and perhaps at the beginning of the 2005 election campaign when they had one or two poll ratings in the low 40s. Certainly in many polls just ahead of the 2001 election Labour were above 42%.
    Labour routinely polled in the mid-40s under Miliband after the Omnishambles budget, and was up there under Corbyn after the 2017 election, including a 44% with Mori last September. They also peaked at two polls with 44% just before Brown didn't call the election in 2007.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,913

    DavidL said:

    Good old SLab, they never* let you down.

    https://twitter.com/davieclegg/status/972085375916298240

    *always

    OMG. That is incredible.
    Quite funny.

    https://twitter.com/PeterGrantMP/status/972102956119191553
    Keir Hardy was Jeremy Hardy's long lost ancestor.
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,263
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The Nottingham result was far better than expected for the Tories....Wollaton is a wealthy liberal Remainy kind of area next to the university, the kind of place where you might have expected a Canterbury or Kensington swing to Labour. Ironically it is the former ward of John Hayes MP who couldn't have been a very good match with its liberal brand of Toryism.
    Yes in terms of raw Tory voteshare
    Nevertheless it has been a steep decline for the Tories in Nottingham South, where they now down to their last 2 councillors...hard to believe now that in the first few hours of the GE2015 results coverage, the BBC were projecting it as a Con gain.
    All the above comments are true. The background is that Nottingham Labour has had remarkable campaigning expertise for some time, long before Corbyn arrived, and the potential middle-class left-of-centre vote has been persuaded quite a while back - that's why there are very few non-Labour councillors left in the city. I think at this stage Labour can only really hope to maintain its position there, not pile up lots more.
  • HHemmeligHHemmelig Posts: 617



    Labour routinely polled in the mid-40s under Miliband after the Omnishambles budget, and was up there under Corbyn after the 2017 election, including a 44% with Mori last September. They also peaked at two polls with 44% just before Brown didn't call the election in 2007.

    Yes I forgot that short lived Brown bounce.

    Did anyone see QT last night? I imagine that mouthy idiot Pidcock did wonders for the Tory poll share. It's no mean feat for a panellist to be so bad as to make me warm to Liam Fox. The explanation for the Tories being at 40%+ in the polls in a nutshell.

  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,401
    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    edited March 2018
    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

  • Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    This is an interesting thread on spotting bots on twitter:

    https://twitter.com/edmarno/status/972095734886666240
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Who's going to argue, now that he is bringing world peace to us all.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
    Or Ann Coulter.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,787

    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
    He needs a proven ratings winner: Judge Judy.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Sean_F said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
    Yeh, that Blair, he was useless.
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    HYUFD said:

    Though in the 2 Labour gains it was mainly the UKIP and Green votes going to Labour that was key, the Tory voteshare was up 8% in one and down just 3% in the other

    The problem for you Tories is that, if you polarise the country between "them" and "us", and the "us" cotton on to what you are trying to do, then there could very well a massive concentration of the anti-Tory vote, in favour of whoever seems best place to defeat the Tory candidate. This is what we have seen in the local elections this week.

    This is not necessarily in favour of the Labour candidate, so the traditional Corbyn-Labour scare tactics will not work for the Tories next time. At least, I hope not.
    There will likely be an anti Tory and anti Labour vote next time but the fact the minor parties were so squeezed at the general election means there is little more room for tactical voting
    Only if you Tories are so stupid as go for a plebiscite in favour of creating a May Dictatorship again.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,401
    edited March 2018

    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
    or Melania.

    Or Ivanka.

    Or himself.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    Sean_F said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
    Yeh, that Blair, he was useless.

    Brilliant electioneer. Terrible PM.

    Though not as terrible as Brown.

  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,545
    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
    Or Ann Coulter.
    I reckon it's between Ivanka and Melania.
  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621
    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    What a fight over the nomination that will be. This is when Trump will nominate Sarah Palin to SCOTUS.

    Trump's going to nominate Roy Moore.
    Or Ann Coulter.
    Glenn Beck would be awesome.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Good afternoon, everyone.

    Thanks for this, Mr. Hayfield.

    F1: just two hours and a few minutes to go, and that's it until the first race weekend, in a fortnight.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    Apols if this has been posted earlier, but Robert Peston is complainig that the Luxemburg has summed up the British Brexit position better than he ever could.

    ‘They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out and want a load of opt-ins.’;

    At the (non-political) discussion group I go to someone commented, to agreement, yesterday that we’re proud to be British but ashamed of our present Government.
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,921
    HHemmelig said:



    Labour routinely polled in the mid-40s under Miliband after the Omnishambles budget, and was up there under Corbyn after the 2017 election, including a 44% with Mori last September. They also peaked at two polls with 44% just before Brown didn't call the election in 2007.

    Yes I forgot that short lived Brown bounce.

    Did anyone see QT last night? I imagine that mouthy idiot Pidcock did wonders for the Tory poll share. It's no mean feat for a panellist to be so bad as to make me warm to Liam Fox. The explanation for the Tories being at 40%+ in the polls in a nutshell.

    Shocking wasn't she. Huffing and puffing all over the place.

    I mentioned it during the programme last night - if she is the best hope for the next generation of Corbynites, we're not going to have Corbynite dominance of the Labour party for much longer....
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    Apols if this has been posted earlier, but Robert Peston is complainig that the Luxemburg has summed up the British Brexit position better than he ever could.

    ‘They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out and want a load of opt-ins.’;

    At the (non-political) discussion group I go to someone commented, to agreement, yesterday that we’re proud to be British but ashamed of our present Government.


    We didn't have a 'load' of opt-outs, that was the problem!

  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Replacement before the mid terms?
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,921

    Apols if this has been posted earlier, but Robert Peston is complainig that the Luxemburg has summed up the British Brexit position better than he ever could.

    ‘They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out and want a load of opt-ins.’;

    At the (non-political) discussion group I go to someone commented, to agreement, yesterday that we’re proud to be British but ashamed of our present Government.

    Yet the polls indicate that the Tory share is higher than it has been, in government, for aggges.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715

    Apols if this has been posted earlier, but Robert Peston is complainig that the Luxemburg has summed up the British Brexit position better than he ever could.

    ‘They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out and want a load of opt-ins.’;

    At the (non-political) discussion group I go to someone commented, to agreement, yesterday that we’re proud to be British but ashamed of our present Government.


    We didn't have a 'load' of opt-outs, that was the problem!

    The Euro? Personally, when I join a club I observe the rules.
  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,195

    Apols if this has been posted earlier, but Robert Peston is complainig that the Luxemburg has summed up the British Brexit position better than he ever could.

    ‘They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out and want a load of opt-ins.’;

    At the (non-political) discussion group I go to someone commented, to agreement, yesterday that we’re proud to be British but ashamed of our present Government.


    We didn't have a 'load' of opt-outs, that was the problem!

    The Euro? Personally, when I join a club I observe the rules.
    When we joined the club that wasn't a rule
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    Sean_F said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
    Paddy A as LotO. Could have been fun!
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,545

    Sean_F said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
    Paddy A as LotO. Could have been fun!
    As it's Friday afternoon, I wonder which 12 Tories. Who would the Tory leader have been?
  • 148grss148grss Posts: 3,630
    Charles said:

    Replacement before the mid terms?
    Don't think this is true: I think the GOP Senator is worried he's gonna lose to a Dem and wants to make voters think a Supreme Court seat is in the running.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    Sean_F said:

    HHemmelig said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    HYUFD said:

    Anorak said:

    The Tory's defy gravity in national polling by keeping leaver and anyone-but-Corbyn voters. Local voters can think differently. Shows that if Labour had a moderate leader, they'd be 10 points ahead, easily.

    [there may be some confirmation bias in the above]

    Evidence? Recent German, Italian, Dutch and US elections suggest otherwise.

    Even in France Macron did not run on the Socialist Party ticket
    The 'confirmation bias' was meant to indicate it was an opinion, not a fact.

    But I suppose you could view the fact that a Labour Party led by an antisemitic, anti-western trot with links to terrorist organisations and vicious authoritarian regimes, who has threatened the free press and our financial system, who has shown a complete absence of understanding how the economy works, has surrounded himself with proven liars and incompetents, and has directly accused our forces of murdering children in Yemen, is still level pegging in the polls as *evidence*, if you like...
    Or you could look at the latest polling today putting Labour on 42%, it's highest rating since 1997 and a total any centre left party in Europe losing votes to anti immigration and anti globalisation parties at present would give their eye teeth for.
    Labour's poll share was far higher than 42% through most of the 1997-2001 parliament.
    Labour's peak poll result was with Gallup, in November 1997:

    Lab 63
    Con 23
    LD 11.
    According to Electoral Calculus, that would have produced 603 Labour MPs, 18 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives.
    Paddy A as LotO. Could have been fun!
    How many complaints would the LibDems have made about the unfairness of FPTP?
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