Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Labour opinion poll support falls to lowest level since 2010 election

Labour's two-point fall in Opinium/Observer poll leaves it just one point ahead of the Tories, with Ukip up to 15%


Toby Helm, political editor


The Observer, Saturday 29 March 2014 18.21 GMT





Labour's support has slumped to its lowest level since soon after the 2010 election, according to a new Opinium/Observer poll. Ed Miliband's party now has a lead of just one percentage point over the Conservatives.

The findings – showing a clear bounce for the Tories after George Osborne's budget – will put more pressure on Miliband, whose party was 10 points ahead of the Tories a year ago.

The poll puts Labour on 33% (down two points on a fortnight ago), the Conservatives on 32% (up two), Ukip on 15% (down one) and the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 10%. Since the budget on 19 March, several polls have shown Labour's lead cut, but Labour strategists hoped the Tory bounce would be shortlived.

The Conservatives and Labour have not been so close in the polls since before Osborne's so-called "omnishambles" budget of March 2012 in which he abolished the 50p rate of tax and imposed other controversial taxes on pasties, caravans and charities.

The only comfort for Labour is that, as its support has fallen, the Conservatives have failed to record any strong increase and are still well down on previous highs in this parliament. In early March 2012 Opinium had the Tories on 38% and Labour on 36%.





More: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/29/labour-support-falls-lowest-2010-observer-opinium-opinion-poll

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Yep but were still in front and that means a lot at this stage.

lol, well done to you gf , against all the negative points, you keep trying to polish the turd that is the three main parties of GB.

They have failed miserably to protect those they have sworn to protect, ie the british public.


They are about to pay the price!

max - are you therefore predicting ukip winning a stack of seats at the general election? ..... and thus effectively the balance of power in a hung parliament

Morning c.

No, Im not expecting ukip to win a load of seats at the GE. What I am looking for is ukip to break up the cosy consensus between the three main party's.

The Eastliegh by-election should have been a wake up call, but has been dismissed as an anomaly.


The €uro elections are another matter, they should make gains against the existing crowd, further enhancing their position.

The GE will be won in the marginals, as usual. But with ukip in the frame, who can feel safe, how do you begin to predict the unknowable?

UKIP will win a lot of MEPs. They may come second or third. As far as the GE is concerned, nothing much will change. They are on course to get zero MPs. They will just disrupt the votes for other parties. All a bit of a waste of time voting for UKIP.

not quite a fair comparison, but the french have a habit of voting in the unelectable at local elections and similar (for which read eu elections) and then reverting to form when it's serious

at the last serious election, the french voted in the socialist "heron king", and have bitterly regretted it ever since .... as result the unelectable but dangerous far-right candidates are now making significant gains at the local elections

YouGov/Sunday Times – CON 33, LAB 40, LD 9, UKIP 11

30 MAR 2014
The weekly YouGov/Sunday Times poll is out here. Topline voting intentions are CON 33%, LAB 40%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 11%.

What is better dangerous far right parties like BNP or dangerous far left parties like Labour?

The choice is between no immigrants and as many as we can cram into the UK.

Hazy One!

Why haven't you posted the polls with joy in your skirts!

YouGov/Sunday Times – CON 33, LAB 40, LD 9, UKIP 11

30 MAR 2014
The weekly YouGov/Sunday Times poll is out here.
Topline voting intentions are

CON 33%,
LAB 40%,
LDEM 9%,
UKIP 11%.


How many seats on this basis has Labour.


Time to ditch Wavy Dave and Porky?

Haze,

Do you roll your trouser leg up when you go to party HQ?

There must be an awful arms in the air there at the moment!

Now we all strongly suspect our Foreign Aid is not going to the right places. How much longer are we going to let the government keep 'chucking it' away to despotic regimes?

Ethiopian farmer sues UK over our foreign aid handouts

Check out: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/467818/Ethiopian-farmer-sues-UK-over-our-foreign-aid-handouts

And the poor guy is using tens of thousands of £GBP of our Legal Aid to sue our own government!

You can't make it up!

Labour back on top. I said it was only a few days before the gimmick budget was forgotten.

Just in case Manuel missed it!

Hazy One!

Why haven't you posted the polls with joy in your skirts!

YouGov/Sunday Times – CON 33, LAB 40, LD 9, UKIP 11

30 MAR 2014
The weekly YouGov/Sunday Times poll is out here.
Topline voting intentions are

CON 33%,
LAB 40%,
LDEM 9%,
UKIP 11%.

Just when we thought the English cricket team couldn't get any worse ------------ and Ashley Giles still fancies his chances as coach. "We warmed up well", he said at the post match interview.

Do you think the UK should introduce a law to prevent parent emotional cruelty by their children?

Max,

Are those rockets pointing at No 10 or Berkshire?