Tag: reasons-to-be-cheerful
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Mike Smithson rightly dismisses today’s Mori poll as an accurate reflection of voter intention. Indeed, I have always dismissed Mori polls for the same reasons. But there is one small note of optimisim. Because Mori only looks at those “certain to vote” it does suggest a slight hardening of the Lib Dem vote, which is…
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When it’s all said and done, Ming Campbell was my second choice and I’m happy with the result. I can’t deny the result was a bit of a surprise. I’ve been convinced he’d win for the past fortnight, but I thought it would be within 5%. Similarly, I thought Simon Hughes was going to do…
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A brief footnote to James’s eloquence on the Dunfermline & West Fife result. 1) Its a good reminder of the self-absorbed uselessness of the Westminster-media bubble: according to the headlines in the last month or two, the Lib Dems should have done badly, and the Tories at least done something. 2) Its difficult to know…