The Conservatives are the party of chaos: Ed Davey
Earlier today, and following an impressive round of advanced media coverage, Ed Davey gave his replacement conference speech. … Read the full post »
Boris Johnson
Read about the Conservative politician Boris Johnson. Member of Parliament for first Henley and then later Uxbridge and South Ruislip, in-between he was Mayor of London.
As an MP, he served as Foreign Secretary. He then became Prime Minister in 2019, winning a general election later that year.
Guardian calls on Labour supporters to vote Lib Dem in Tiverton and Honiton
The Guardian specialises at times in very tortured editorials about maybe, perhaps or not quite supporting the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Two new Parliamentary by-election focus groups
Conservative Party peer and the largest private funder of public political polling in the UK, Lord Ashcroft, is back with some new focus groups. … Read the full post »
Wakefield by-election: another focus group brings bad news for Conservatives
After one focus group and two opinion polls had bad news for the Conservatives in the Wakefield Parliamentary by-election, a new focus group from JL Partners brings further bad news. … Read the full post »
Can you trust Parliamentary by-election polls? The Week in Polls, 5 June
What’s the track record of Parliamentary by-election polls? Here’s some evidence. … Read the full post »
Are the Conservatives really facing being reduced to 101 MPs? The Week in Polls #5
We’re coming up to the six month anniversary of the last time the Conservatives were ahead in a national voting intention poll. … Read the full post »
What do the polls say about anti-Conservative cooperation? The Week in Polls #4
A poll out this week looked at the possible impact of seat deals between Labour, Greens and Liberal Democrats for the next general election. … Read the full post »
Wakefield focus group is grim news for Conservatives ahead of by-election
Following the grim news for the Conservatives in the Times Radio focus group ahead of the Tiverton and Honiton by-election, comes news of another one, this time held in Wakefield … Read the full post »
Increasing public support for immigration: The Week in Polls #3
We’ve had five national voting intention polls with fieldwork in the last week, putting the Conservatives on 33-34%, Labour on 37-39%, the Lib Dems on 11-12% and the Greens on 3-7%. … Read the full post »
How Boris Johnson boasted of dodging multiple parking tickets
In a book he published in 2007, Boris Johnson boasted about how he dodged multiple parking tickets. … Read the full post »