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Maria Hutchings, Eastleigh Conservative candidate, plays hide and seek with the media
One of my favourite moments from the 1997 general election campaign came when I was stood on a street corner in Harrogate, talking to a r… -
It isn’t only the Conservative media strategy that has been somewhat lacking. Someone really needs to give the Conservative online team a bit of a nudge…
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Innovative online campaign technique: #Eastleigh Conservative website, latest story: Jan 2012 http://pic.twitter.com/L74hhtbe -
Good also to see the #Eastleigh Conservative website is planning a quiet month or so http://pic.twitter.com/gJ4J7T1L -
And then when the Tories did get round to adding content, it was lifted straight from Wikipedia:
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Eastleigh Tory’s Local Knowledge
Tories Trail Labour By 12 Points | Guardian How I Killed Bin Laden | Navy Seal Five Things Owen Jones Could Say to the Young | NormBlog G… -
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg headed off to the campaign trail. No showbiz-style bloated entourage for him.
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Topical spot of the day, Nick Clegg on train to Eastleigh… He had ticket… http://pic.twitter.com/IdA7bvWg -
Meanwhile, in other campaigning news…
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Cable relishes by-election fight in Eastleigh | The Times
Coalition tensions were exposed by the Eastleigh by-election yesterday after Vince Cable revealed that the Lib Dems will “relish” the opp… -
UKIP announces Eastleigh candidate
UKIP has announced its candidate for the Eastleigh by-election. Councillor Diane James, currently a member of Waverley Borough Council in… -
Tories warned on negative campaigning |
Downing Street has ordered Conservatives campaigning in the Eastleigh by-election not to mount personal attacks on Nick Clegg. Senior Tor… -
I see the Daily Mail’s @jameschappers has dubbed Maria Hutchings in #Eastleigh as
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eastleigh by elex news junkies: the count will be overnight, immediately after polls close. none of this corby-like wait ’til the next morn.
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No new constituency polls today. However some new national polling is rather relevant:
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The evidence that Lib Dems can still squeeze Labour in Parliamentary by-elections
An ability to massively squeeze third-placed Labour voters has been hugely beneficial to the Liberal Democrats in the past in Lib Dem ver… -
Eastleigh is looking like one of the most important by-elections for a fair few years. Here are a few other memorable ones from through the years:
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By-Elections to Remember | MHP Communications
The 2013 Eastleigh by-election will for the first time since the formation of the Coalition, see the Tories and Lib Dems head to head in … -
Here’s the official timetable for the by-election:
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It will all be over rather quickly. Don’t worry, there’s another one on its way just after.
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Date set for Mid Ulster by-election
A by-election to replace Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness as Mid Ulster MP will be held on 7 March. Mr McGuinness, who is the deputy first m…
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