We now know the date for the promised referendum on electoral reform. While AV isn’t my favoured choice , I shall be backing it as an improvement over FPTP. After all, The last thing we proponents of electoral reform want to do is imply a support for the status quo. Of course, if I had [...]
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Electoral Reform
Posted by Chris Nash on July 4, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/electoral-reform/
May 6th 2010, and all that
You’d think I could possibly, in a blog which mainly focusses on broad political issues, have found some time to pass comment on the 2010 UK general election campaign. Well, you’d be wrong. Actually, the vast amount of polling data and journalistic analysis from the broadsheets took up most of my frivolous political time. Granted [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on May 10, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/may-6th-2010-and-all-that/
I like ‘em tight…
The last two months have seen a dramatic narrowing of the polls and a massive contraction in the Tory lead over Labour. Most recently a poll put the two parties only two points appart. While for the last fortnight the gap has generally been hovering within the hung parliament territory at 5 points, I would not [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on March 6, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/i-like-em-tight/
Polls, Money, & Bitches
The latest Ipsos MORI poll shows a drastic reverse in the narrowing of the Tories poll lead. In short: Con 43 (+6) Lab 26 (-5) LD 20 (+2) Other 11 (-3) There can be no hiding the strong probability that this reflects a general public disapproval of the Pre-Budget Report. My first thoughts on reading [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 20, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/polls-money-bitches/
A lovely pair of compasses
Finally I have proof for my little left-ward drift over the past nine months… one of the less pointless facebook apps, “Political Compass” has preserved a record of the days I read the Spectator, disliked Alistair Darling, and *cough* voted Tory, *cough*. I’d actually pulled up the site for another little research project I had [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 4, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/a-lovely-pair-of-compasses/
Things getting better
Woke up to very pleasing news this morning – a new Ipsos MORI poll shows the Tory lead has dropped by 6% to 37%, only 6 points ahead of Labour on 31%. This is most pleasing. Were these figures applied nationally at the next election, the Observer calculates, the Torys – whilst becoming the largest [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on November 22, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/things-getting-better/
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