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Polls show that the Tories might have won an autumn election
The details of the YouGov / Sunday Times poll show just how dangerous a November election would have been for Labour. The Tories are ahead 41 to 38, but amongst… Continue reading
10 CommentsGordon wasn’t ready for the fight
The Marr-Brown interview made me realise Brown wasn’t ready for this election either. His claim that the Tory inheritance tax proposal would have "led to economic disarray" is laughable and… Continue reading
5 CommentsA ringside seat
Just left the Andrew Marr Show, where I was on the sofa discussing the day’s big story before the full broadcast of Andrew’s pre-recorded interview with Gordon, in which the… Continue reading
6 CommentsBrown attempts damage control
Gordon Brown’s performance on Sunday AM this morning did little to repair the damage that has been done to his reputation. Brown kept stressing that he had a “duty to… Continue reading
1 CommentCameron hits Brown hard
David Cameron takes a decidedly more aggressive tone in a piece he has written for tomorrow’s Sunday Times than he did on TV earlier. He writes, “what will now be… Continue reading
3 CommentsBrown’s Black Saturday
This is Brown’s Black Saturday. He could have won even on these polls, but it would have been a fight rather than a massacre. And this is what he balked… Continue reading
0 CommentsWhy Brown bottled it
The News of the World front page tomorrow blasts, “Poll kills election.” The details of the poll, which the News of the World kindly advanced to us, are grim for… Continue reading
3 CommentsTories 3 points ahead in the country as a whole
It just keeps getting better and better for the Conservatives and worse and worse for Gordon Brown. A new YouGov poll shows that the Tories are now 3 points ahead… Continue reading
6 CommentsAnother blow to Brown
Adam Boulton, political editor of Sky News, is famously fair minded. That makes his verdict on Brown simply devastating. He has just described this as "one of the worst blows… Continue reading
3 CommentsHow much does this hurt Brown?
A relaxed, confident looking David Cameron has just been on the BBC hitting all the right notes about Gordon Brown’s climb-down over the election date. For Brown, the next few… Continue reading
9 CommentsWhy Brown bottled it: Six point Tory lead in the marginals
Why did Gordon Brown call off the election? The News of the World, where I am a columnist, tells us tomorrow. It is the only newspaper to have polled in… Continue reading
14 CommentsNo November election
Gordon Brown has called off the election. He may appear on Andrew Marr tomorrow to tell us why. I am in a rather unusual position here – I can tell… Continue reading
1 CommentWill he go now?
As Gordon Brown prepares for tomorrow’s crunch meeting on whether or not to call an election the case against going early is getting stronger. A poll for the Daily Politics… Continue reading
2 CommentsMore grim poll news for Brown
Gordon’s decision just got trickier. The latest figures from The Guardian / ICM poll show that 48% of voters want a November poll compared to 43% who don’t. However, 58%… Continue reading
7 CommentsA week is a long time in politics
Rarely has that old cliché seemed so true. On Saturday, Anthony King wrote that “Mr Cameron looks increasingly like a rich man’s Iain Duncan Smith” and with the Tories behind… Continue reading
3 CommentsGordon and Maggie, together at last
If there is a snap election, I suspect the resurgent Scottish National Party’s television campaign will look something like this…
0 CommentsGordon and Maggie, together at last
If there is a snap election, I suspect the resurgent Scottish National Party’s television campaign will look something like this…
0 CommentsThe tide is turning
Ben Brogan’s blog makes available to the punter the kind of lobby corridor gossip which I’d have given my right arm to be privy to when I was a press… Continue reading
6 CommentsBrown’s number cruncher
This morning the chances of an early election have receded considerably but it is not over yet. Gordon Brown receives internal polling today and tomorrow and if these numbers look… Continue reading
2 CommentsTories bounce level
This morning’s polls will be causing consternation in Downing Street. ICM in The Guardian finds the two parties level on 38 points and Populus for The Times has Labour ahead… Continue reading
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