I think the answer to that one must be a Big Yes: An ICM poll for the Guardian newspaper indicates the gap has narrowed to just one per cent compared to seven per cent a month ago. It follows two other surveys which suggest Labour’s lead has dropped to four and three percentage points. The… Continue reading Has Gordon Brown dropped a big hairy one?
Policing Party Conferences
One final thing I have to say about the party conferences this year, and this is not a partisan point, is the state of policing at the various party conferences this year. At the Lib Dem conference, as usual, the police were almost non-existent. No great surprise there as the party is simply not a… Continue reading Policing Party Conferences
Rock the Vote – a Tory front?
Amongst many of the things that was being handed out at Tory conference (including a flyer alleging that Shami Chakrabarti is “worse than Hitler, Himmler and Heydrich”), was a card promoting a new Rock the Vote website. A US-staple designed to encourage young people to vote, the first UK Rock the Vote emerged in the… Continue reading Rock the Vote – a Tory front?