howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
sorry to be boring, thought i would update the polls in the papers on the morrow.
yougov/sun
blues 34%
yellows 31%
reds 27%
harris/metro(that is the freebie left on train seats in london)
blues 32%
yellows 30%
reds 25%
looking better for the blues not enough to form a government at present though.
will be more interesting to see saturdays polls, when the final debate has been done and people polled.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#2
Some of the Conservative bigwigs were complaining at different times recently on TV about their own lacklustre campaign. However although its been a quiet Tory campaign the results in the polls are encouraging for them. It almost pays off these days to keep your head down. They are relying almost solely on David Cameron's boyish charm as he goes out and about meeting people. His sheer good humouredness is shining through in Tony Blair fashion..as lets face it Tony Blair re-invented the wheel on this.
This has been an extraordinary election. Although the politicians standing before you are talking about this and that policy...and people are listening, but and its a big but, it is how the message is being delivered that's the most important. You can see that more than ever this time. After all its a safe bet to say...that none of us really know which economic policy is the right one...so you have to believe the messenger. Therefore the messenger is all important.
Up to now Labour have remained almost static in the polls but some show a small increase for them. The Conservatives are up and this appears to be mostly at the expense of the LibDems whose initial explosive appeal has faded a tad.
The big polls will be on Sunday. By then the infamous gaffe and the big debate(no3) will have kicked into the reckoning. The polls then will not only reflect on public opinion but will also for the first time guide the undecided, as all voters will be fully aware that the election is nigh.
#3
Paulb I think it has been quiet because Joe Public is waiting for one of the big 3 to break ranks and actually tell us how they are going to sort out the financial mess being left by Labour.
None of us are really interested in the stuff they are currently spouting because WE know there is a much more serious problem to deal with.
Gordie really can have nothing much to say. He has, at long last, confirmed what most blue/yellow supporters have known deep down, you cannot trust Labour with the economy. Nothing he says will have any credibility on this subject.
So, what we are really waiting for is DC and NC to go head to head on how they will deal with the mess. Maybe this next tv bore will be the time they go for it. Let's hope so, we have a right to know BEFORE the election.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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#4
That this has been an extraordinary election is quite right, but that's not to say it's been good. It's all about presentation rather than policies and I find it rather worrying that so much emphasis is being put on the Sky News debates. I'd much rather less decide who was the best candidate for Prime Minister on how much make up they're wearing and how good they are at slagging each other off and concentrate on who offers the right way out of this huge hole in the economy, who's going to put right some huge social injustices and who will stand up for the rights of the British people in Brussels.
All I'm seeing at the moment are three men who haven't the balls to tell it to us straight, who treat the complaints over bank bonuses and expenses scandals with contempt by sweeping them under the carpet, and who embrace the EU with varying degrees of open arms. There is precious little between them and the polls reflect that.
I can't agree with Paul B's comment that it's been a good campaign for the Tories. It may be just me, but they seem to have blown a runaway lead in the polls since sometime late last year and failed to regain the ground lost. If all David Cameron has to offer is boyish charm and policies he steadfastly refuses to be specific about then frankly he doesn't warrant support. Gordon Brown looks to be all at sea against what can best be viewed as mediocre opposition and Nick Clegg falls into the same category as David Cameron. The Sky News debates have turned this into a quasi-American election campaign focussing on the three main men, and it's a development that is flawed. It just draws more attention to image rather than substance.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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#5
Howard, what would you say if I just lookd in Alice in Wonderland's magnifying glass and discovered a different prospectus: the blues - 3,5 %; the reds - 1,5 %; and the yellows - 2,5 %. Furhtermore, in the chocolate factory they started turning out free bars of cadbury for everyone to celebrate!
#6
Alexander, I think Howard would say "I'll have a pint of whatever Alexander drank before making that obscure posting".
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#7
you're right there sid, i will wait for alexander to clarify it for me.