Last night, more than 300 people gathered at the 350-year-old St Paul's Church in Shadwell, in my constituency of Poplar & Limehouse, for an election hustings with a difference. Faith and community groups which are members of TELCO — the East London Community Organisation that was really the progenitor of London Citizens — raised their ...
It's a brilliant idea really. Put him up next to Gary Barlow, Take That's incredible talking blancmange. You have to hand it to those Conservative Central Office guys. They can do cheap PR.
Clegg's done Paxo. Now Gordie has agreed to an interview with the great griller. So the only party leader who has, so far, chickened out of being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman is David Cameron. He wants to be Prime Minister of our country, but he can't handle Paxo. Diddums.
OK, when I talked about Labour getting wiped out in 2010 a couple years back, I was semi-joking and being deliberately provocative. Or maybe I was just being prescient. Email from YouGov: Our latest daily polling figures for The Sun (fieldwork 15th-16th April) are: * Conservative: 33% * Liberal Democrat: 30% * Labour: 28% * Others: 9% The Liberal Democrats have surged to 30% in the latest YouGov poll, which was conducted entirely after the leader's debate, pushing Labour down to third place.I'll say that again:pushing Labour down to third placeEven the Sun, who commissioned the poll, are being nice:the ...
I spent the day at work having people approach me about Lib Demmery, and wishing me luck for the council election, and telling me that they thought "my boy" did well on the telly last night. I have a HUGE spike in my analytics because if you google "I agree with Nick" I am result #4 (the first 2 are from the graun, and the third is metafilter). Yougov's latest poll puts us on second place, ahead of Labour. Yup, today is a good day to be a Lib Dem. Let's hope May the 6th is even better. :)
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Think about it: Would you now like to be in the shoes of the Smartalec in Conservative Central Offic...
It probably all seemed like a fantastic idea at the time. 'Our Dave is supremely telegenic". 'Our Dave could talk the hind legs off a donkey'. 'Our Dave will wipe the floor with Brown – and Clegg! Tsk! The man is Cameron-lite – only Dave has the Blair factor'. Let's take telegenic first. Thanks to the "liberal" Russian investment regime and the coincidence of a work task in our great metropolis, I was able to pick up a free copy of the Evening Standard today. David Sexton writes a superb review of the debate show. Here's the kicker, as our ...
I wasn't out canvassing today but our Blaydon candidate Neil Bradbury was. He said the feedback was positive. Nevertheless, I have been in politics too long to get euphoric about a surge in the polls. At the end of the campaign it is votes that count and we still have to earn them (as do our opponents). So I am taking with a pinch of salt the YouGov poll that puts us in 2nd place, ahead of Labour
Raising the personal Allowance to £10,000 per person £16,795 (million) Closing tax loopholes and cutting relief that benefit the wealthy (total raised) 9,085 million Greener Taxation (total raised) £3,315 Million Anti Avoidence Measures (total raised) £4,635 Million (that's a total raised of £17,025 million raised and doesn't include long term savings like scrapping ID cards and no like for like replacement ...
Yes, it really is true. tonight's YouGov tracker poll puts the Liberal Democrats on 30% (+8) with the Conservatives on 33%(-4) and Labour on 28%(-3). In a bounce that seems firmly aligned with the success of Nick Clegg on last nights leaders debate, its is now abundantly clear that the Liberal Democrats are now firmly in ...
The figures are all here. Lib Dems 30%, Tories 33% and Labour 28%.
Whilst there is a consensus that Clegg fared better than the other two leaders in the Leader's Debate, the other two parties seem intent on rubbishing Clegg as a potential threat. However, actions speak louder than words. Brown has only today accepted the Paxman interview (a week after Clegg actually went onto Newsnight) – obviously, his decision has nothing ...
All, OK - it's probably not a surprise that I'm not a Sun reader normally, but here goes: YouGov / Sun poll: Con: 33 (-4); Lab: 28 (-3); Lib Dem: 30 (+8). Fieldwork 15-16 April 2010; Sample: 1,290 http://today.yougov.co.uk As YouGov was founded by, amongst others, the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Stratford, I presume he thinks it's accurate! More and more people are beginning to recognise that the Liberal Democrats can provide a realistic alternative to the same tired policies spouted by the old two parties. if you would like to help my campaign for the District Council on May ...
Today's tax system is one of the most unfair and complex within Europe, built up over the years by Labour and the conservatives (Labservative). The poorest pay the biggest share of their income than the richest. The polluters who harm our world simply do not pay enough, and quite alarmingly tax avoidance costs the economy £40 billion. ...
On Monday we held our formal launch rally at St Michael's church hall in Westfield in Woking. Over 65 people attended the event and they came not only to adopt me formally as their candidate but also to hear Lord McNally (leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords) and Neil ...
I've been a member of the Lib Dems since 1979, a terrifying thought. I hadn't realised I was so old (though I was terribly young when I joined). For the past 31 years, I have been waiting for the moment when the Liberal case could be put with the combination of sanity and passion that Nick Clegg generated last night. I went to sleep afterwards with an amazing sense of peace. It was everything I hoped (though kind of typical of ITV that there was no green question) since I first imagined Nick as leader of the party. Of course, ...
Obligatory mention of latest YouGov poll, purely for the internet archaeologists of the distant future who are attempting to explain the suddden optimistic surge amongst Liberal Democrats in April 2010: Conservatives 33, Labour 28, Liberal Democrats 30. It's very exciting but I can remember 2003, when one of the first ComRes polls had all three ...
Challenge #1 – the electoral system I nearly wrote this a few weeks ago, at which point it would have looked prophetic – writing it now just looks like I'm crowbarring it on the back of the rather sensational Yougov / Sun poll, news of which is breaking on Twitter. Any number of people have taken the poll figures, Con: 33 (-4); Lab: 28 (-3); Lib Dem: 30 (+8), plugged them into UK Polling Report's uniform swing calculator, and reeled, aghast at the revelation that our awful electoral system is so completely bust that it's conceivable that the party that ...
A good evening tonight out in the Tudno Ward, some good feedback regarding The Leaders Debate and one poll (YouGov) has the Liberal Democrats in Second place. Cons 33% Libdems 30%Lab 28% Work completed on 3rd and 4th Leaflet and now working on the next. I have to admit I am really enjoying this unique experience. Mike
This is a very different election campaign for me. In 1997 and to an even greater extent in 2001 and 2005 I was up against the coalface campaigning in target seats (Oldham East and Saddleworth and Hazel Grove in 1997, agent for Leeds North West in 2001 and campaigns organiser for East Dunbartonshire in ...
First last night debate and Nicks fantastic performance against Cameron and Brown, then an opinion poll showing the Liberal Democrats on 35% (later adjusted properly to 24%) and now the latest YouGov poll shows us on 30% and in second place and only 3 points behind the Conservatives. Labour meanwhile have slipped to third place with 28%. ...
I agree with Nick website. Priceless! Go there - and get the tee-shirt
Time to say, "Oh sod it" to the usual rule on The Voice of not reporting individual polls on headline voting intentions: Conservative: 33% Liberal Democrat: 30% Labour: 28% Others: 9% Fieldwork: 15-16 April. The last time the party was this high in the polls was after Sarah Teather's victory in the Brent East by-election, when YouGov made it C32, L31, LD30 and ICM had all three parties tied on 31%. The next round of phone calls between party press officers and the media could be quite fun. What was that about giving the third-placed party less media coverage? Of ...
For some time now, I've been talking to residents in Earl's Court about the proposed demolition of the Earl's Court complex. This is part of a massive plan for redevelopment by the developer CapCo. It would really be an entirely new neighbourhood rather than simply a housing development, which would stretch across two London Boroughs and include office and leisure facilities. The Hammersmith & Fulham side of things has had significant press coverage because, controversially, the development would mean the demolition of existing social housing. CapCo have promised to re-provide the housing in the new complex but it would mean ...
Go on, try to guess what LDV Co-Editor Stephen Tall thought of Nick Clegg's performance in the televised Prime Ministerial debate yesterday... Even if you can guess the answer, Stephen's piece on Comment is Free is well worth a read for the analysis it gives of why the debate went the way it did: At least in part, it's the practice that the Lib Dem leader has put in. I don't mean the intensive "debate camp" cramming all three leaders have undertaken in recent weeks, but rather the scores of town hall meetings he's been holding up and down the ...
Nothing is going to put me off my game, I am in incredibly high spirits after last night's TV debate and Cleggy's bravura performance. All afternoon people have been coming up to me saying things like "your man did well", "I was going to vote Cameron, ...
It looks like Tom Harris is having a go at Nick Clegg over policy regarding the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). He says: "Hang on a second - "interfering in the advice they are given"? What on earth is [Clegg] talking about? If he means that literally, then he's accusing ministers of changing the advice that the council gives them before they give it. Since this has never happened, I guess that what he actually means is that ministers - now brace yourself for this and have those smelling salts within easy reach - sometimes reject the ...
Now the dust is starting to settle after the first debate, who are the winners and losers – aside from the party leaders? Winner – liberalism Loser – hostility to foreigners Praising some aspects of immigration, talking about no like-for-like replacement of Trident, pledging to scrap tuition fees, promising to cut taxes for most by raising taxes for the very rich – Nick Clegg won the debate not by abandoning policies for some mushy middle ground, but by sticking to core liberal beliefs. Those beliefs were carefully wrapped in language and arguments designed to be appeal to a wide audience ...
Liberal Democrats across the country have had a spring in their step since the leaders debate ended last night. I know I've found myself spontaneously bursting into song on more than one occassion today. The very positive immediate reaction has been followed by more good news in the headlines and commentary of today's press. While there have been a few partisan voices trying to swim against the trend, the overwhelming verdict from the public, the media, and most of the political classes has been that Clegg gave a debate winning performance. Yet a funny thought occurs to me. I have ...
What a fantastic reception on the doorstep tonight! Lost count of the number of people who complimented us on Nick Clegg's performance in the debate last night. And people have genuinely decided to vote Lib Dem as a result. Brilliant! Now for the mention of John Redwood. Why am I mentioning John Redwood? Because I have discovered that if I mention his name in my blog the Sky election site picks up my posts!
I spent today knocking on doors and talking to voters. Many people had seen the Leaders debate and everyone seemed to be impressed with what they saw of Nick Clegg and his policies. The Economy is the big concern. A few people mentioned the poor foreign exhange rate and made the link with the astronomical fuel prices we're seeing at the moment. I believe our policies of getting the banks lending to free up small businesses and our agenda of making tax fairer by raising the personal income tax allowance to £10,000 is going down well now people are starting ...
So said Michael Gove last night on Question Time, and this morning on Sky News, when questioned about Nick Clegg's win in the leaders' debate last night. The implication is clear: that Clegg got an easy ride, and that with increasing popularity he will no longer have it so easy. Later on today, David Cameron echoed that sentiment, saying '... others [in his team] will spend a bit of time looking at their manifesto. You have lots of numbers in Sudoku but it doesn't mean the numbers add up.' The Liberal Democrats will welcome this extra scrutiny, of course. When ...
This news ticker from Guido Fawkes's latest election video amused me: [IMG: Pack living like a King]
The Glamorgan Gazette comes up with an unusual twist on the MPs expenses story. There has been some unease within the Bridgend Labour Party since Newsnight named their local MP, Madeleine Moon as one of 20 to breach parliamentary rules by not declaring trips to China, Israel and Gibraltar paid for by foreign governments. As a result she has faced attempts from Labour branches to deselect her as their parliamentary candidate and emergency meetings to discuss her furniture expense claims. She has also suffered criticism in the local press. Now though an unusual white knight has rode to her rescue. ...
Doing the rounds of online news today has been Nick Clegg's opposition to the Digital Economy Act: Lib Dems will call for repeal of Digital Economy Act Nick Clegg outlines fears over controversial new laws The phrase "repeal the Digital Economy Act/Bill" has become a bit of a shorthand, often being used to mean "repeal the controversial bits" – either as a piece of verbal shorthand or because so much attention has focused on those parts that people using the phrase aren't aware there is rather more to the Act. So I've double-checked Nick's full views and they do draw ...
[IMG: ge-logo.jpg] All, Quite a busy day tomorrow - and lots for Shipston residents to get involved with. I'll be at the Transition Shipston affordable energy event at the High School. Although it starts at 10am (and goes on to 4pm) Bob Tolley from the Shipston Town Management Partnership, who are organising the event, tells me I have to be there at 8 to help get things set up. He'd better have coffee there! As well as stalls from various companies promoting their energy efficient wares, there will be people on hand to give householders advice on how to save ...
Here is the first Lib Dem leaflet that has been going out across Broadland. It's gone out in my ward (and the second leaflet too is 75% done, but I'll post that to my blog when I have 100% finished delivery).
This has been probably one of the best days worth of media coverage I have seen in my 13 years in the Lib Dems, most of the commentariat (some grudgingly/ some through gritted teeth) and the blogosphere have gone absolutely potty! I suppose the real question is - will last night make a difference? From my perspective the answer seems to be a qualified yes for the following reasons: In Hull, people were walking into our office to offer their help and requests for posters dramatically increased.1000 new members last night and 60,000 people downloaded the party manifestoThis facebook group ...
Truth is often stranger than fiction-or so they say. This morning our Shakespeare St H.Q. was getting lots of phone calls asking for posters and volunteering help after Nick's barnstorming performance in the debate last night. Sadly there was not universal approval. We had one dissenting caller. She wanted to raise her concern about Nick's trousers and insisted that John Pugh was informed about her concerns so that she could take it up with Mr Clegg!
On our last visit to Lamport for a while, let's look at the church. All Hallow's (as the guidebook calls it - the apostrophe looks to be in the wrong place and Pevsner calls it All Saints) is dominated by Lamport Hall and was clearly heavily made over in he 18th century to serve as the estate church. There is a Georgian porch, a Venetian window at the East end and numerous family monuments. (One of the was retrieved from the lost church of St Denys at Faxton.) But it has a friendly atmosphere and you can buy a few ...
A bit of fun I found this evening – I am sure that there is more to come http://iagreewithnick.wordpress.com/ Filed under: general election, Spiderplant Says Tagged: i agree with nick blog
Regarding last night's debate, this is from Alicublog which is, I think, written by an American (or Americans) who is (are) temporarily residing in the Artic (well - that is all I can divine from the blog – let me know if I have got that wrong): Dear God: Gordon Brown talks for two minutes about supporting the troops. First the pubs started selling Budweiser, now this! America ruins everything!
You'd think that after Nick Clegg stormed the first Leaders' debate he might make it to the front pages. I'd love to whinge, but the truth is that virtually every paper did him justice, mostly relegating the volcanic ash and air travel chaos to secondary status. The Times and the Telegraph both led with Nick's triumph. Only the Daily Mirror stayed doggedly loyal to Gordon Brown and, I think, looked ridiculous because of it. Winning the debate does not, of course, mean that the Lib Dems will win lots more seats - but it is clearly a step in the ...
Conservative controlled Woking Borough Council has found another startling new way to extract money from honest hard working people in the borough who fall victim to anti-social behaviour when their wheelie bins are stolen from outside their properties. Not content with putting microchips in our bins so that they can ultimately start charging us for the ...
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders' General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders' debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the newspapers and polls are calling it a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. The newspapers have hailed Nick Clegg as the winner of the first debate. They say: - Daily Telegraph: "Clegg's star rises in great TV showdown" - The Times: "Enter the Outsider: Nick Clegg seizes his moment in historic TV ...
Getting over a thousand overall Blog hits (you guys rock) Setting a record number of Weekly hits on my Blog setting a highest number of daily visits on my Blog (two days in a row) Getting over 100 hits in one day Nick Clegg doing very well in the leaders debate The reaction of @kingstontories on their twitter feed post ...
You can watch the whole Leaders' Debate here on ITV Player.
Im sitting here in bed nursing a bad back and an appalling sight has come into view that makes my blood boil. I have a neighbour who has for the last four years been living at my expense in a house not disimilar to mine which i sometimes struggle to pay for thanks in no ...
Last nights leaders debate was, as we all know now, a historic first for UK politics but there is always one bad apple in the bag who has to play the kid who has had his candy stolen and that apple was Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party. Listening to him moaning today showed yet ...
With thanks to Paola for the update, there is a (not too serious) quiz night next week - on Thursday 22nd April - at Braes Bar to raise funds for Dundee WestFest. Entry is £4 and it starts at 7.30pm. All welcome!
My Election Points from today's Liberal Democrat News. Note that I have succumbed to the Lib Dem blogosphere's obsession with Dr Who. Tory Troubles It was, as Nick Clegg pointed out, entirely appropriate that the Tories should choose to launch their manifesto at the disused Battersea Power Station: "You can't trust the Conservatives. They have just launched a manifesto in a power station that doesn't generate power. It's a manifesto of style over substance." But it was appropriate for more reasons than that. Take the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals. This depicted a giant inflatable pig flying high ...
I wrote previously about how often it is the unofficial online groups supporting a party or candidate that garner energy and enthusiasm beyond that which the official presences manage. That's been demonstrated again today, in the aftermath of the first televised debate between the party leaders. Paul Waugh has documented how various official party profiles have been boosted, but the most dramatic progress continues to be made by the unofficial group We got Rage Against the Machine to #1, we can get the Lib Dems into office!. That group has now topped two symbolic numbers: over 50,000 members and more ...
Living in Darlington and wondering why you haven't had a leaflet from the Conservatives since the election was called? Wonder no more. Following so soon after Darlington's Conservative candidate delivered thousands of pre-election leaflets to villages in the Sedgefield Constituency, my spies in the Darlington Royal Mail office tell me the Tories have now had to bin thousands more leaflets
just finished #GE2010 discussion for BBC R4 World Tonight – think I stayed on-message. Find out at 10pm ish. # I just became a fan of "Vote Lib-Dem or Lose Your Internet" on Facebook http://bit.ly/aTN9nY << Pls join and RT #DEBill # Here's an idea #Newsnight – why not interview some people who have a clue? # @alexwilcock TY for the "fabulous". Didn't listen to it myself, but I'm sure I was. [IMG: :)] # @lordbonkers wasn't A Very Dangerous President a Jeffrey Archer novel? # I took part in #GE2010 discussion on R4 World Tonight with @kevin_maguire + Anne ...
Having already known that suicide has been the biggest killer in men under 35 in the last 3 years, it came to my attention today that suicide is the biggest killer in young people in the world; second to road traffic accidents. Also in Lincolnshire, suicide is the biggest killer after cancer. All these topics were ...
this am at env agency working on flood protection for NE this pm in Ouston which of all 35 weeks of canvassing is the 'hardest' labour bit yet they have almost as many votes here as us LibDems! wonder why??!
Very early to be receiving a Freepost delivered leaflet, in my opinion, and remember that for many people this may be their only leaflet of the campaign (if you live alone). Three weeks without a leaflet until polling day is a long time to wait, and with the Tories bereft of local volunteers (as was witnessed by them shipping leafletters in from Brundall and further afield in the recent by-election I won in Taverham North), the chances of seeing a hand delivered Tory leaflet before the election is probably low. From a design point of view, it seems very generic, ...
The Lib Dems and their Westminister candidate James Taylor will be out in force this Sunday (18th) for delivering and canvassing in South Ayrshire. So if you fancy going for a Sunday walk with a difference then email the campaign team at media@jamestaylor.org.uk and make your way to one of the meeting points. PRESTWICK DELIVERY Meet at ...
The leaders debate has given the Liberal Democrats perhaps their best ever coverage in the press it has ever had. I'm not going to bang on about who won here as the more important poll is the effect this has had on the marginals. I thought that Cameron was good against Brown but not so good against Clegg. I also thought Brown did not gain any voters due to the debate and im certain Cameron did not gain many voters for the Tories. After the good performance of Nick Clegg (which may help to answer the question 'who is Nick ...
I was entirely unsurprised by Nick Clegg's performance last night. He came across like he usually does in bloggers' interviews – passionate, quite eloquent at times and for want of a better word, genuine. He did all the things you're supposed to do – replied directly to the questioner, remembered people's names, visibly tried to ...
I In Milnthorpe this morning to be with Tim Farron for the launch of the farming section of our Rural Manifesto.Living in Longsleddale, and having a smallholding, I know that the life of a hill farmer is a hard one. Many farmers work well over 100 hours a week and some actually work three times the normal week of 37 hours. They never complain about this, it really is a way of life. The problem comes when they find that they are not getting a fair price for their produce and that they are expected to spend hours on unproductive ...
When this story appeared in the Leicester Mercury last month I held my peace, not wanting to give bad publicity to a local business that I have been known to patronise:In American slang, hokey means contrived or phoney.So it was ironic that the name of the fish being sold as cod in one Leicestershire chip shop suggested it was anything but the real deal.Hoki, a type of hake which is farmed in New Zealand and is also known as the blue grenadier, was found being served as cod by trading standards officials.St Mary's Chippy, in St Mary's Road, Market Harborough, ...
During the big debate, David Cameron slipped up when pushed by Nick Clegg on the Trident nuclear missile fleet. I will keep our independent nuclear defence system, said Cameron – forgetting for a moment that Trident is a dual-key with the Americans, it can't ever be fired without their agreement, and we are totally beholden to them, despite spending the money with them in the first place. But Cameron added: Are we really happy to say that we'd give up our independent nuclear deterrent when we don't know what is going to happen with Iran, we can't be certain of ...
If you're one of the – rather large, judging by the number of people who seem to be Googling it – people who find yourself saying 'I agree with Nick Clegg' after last night's debate, then why not help us in the Liberal Democrats make a difference for Britain? You can easily read our manifesto online ...
No really!! I'm not making this up. This isn't some spoof story. I'll be very pleased for the BBC to use it's normal fawning Tory slot on the news to extensively cover this initiative.
By which I mean: stuff that is really interesting, that I had been saving for some wonderfully themed blog, and then lost the will. It's all dumped here. Ed Conway has written a post I was hoping to: Hung parliament risk rises. Markets say So What I have not commented on Nick's great performance last night. I ...
Here are four approving sleb tweets spotted during the course of the debate ... John Cleese (comedy god) Well, well, well. First leaders debate, and LibDems do so well. Good luck to them. Phillip Schofield (TV presenter) It'll be fascinating to see how that's altered the polls. I'm thinking Mr Clegg hasn't done himself any harm tonight #leadersdebate Graham Linehan (writer, Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd) Is it just me or is Clegg storming this? #leadersdebate Chris Addison (comedian, star of The Thick of It) Few would have recognised Nicholas Cleggolas before this evening. This is hugely ...
A poll taken by ITV/Comres after Nick Clegg's rave debate reviews shows voting intentions as neck and neck between Lib Dem and Conservative, with Labour trailing third. The Scotsman reports the poll findings: The ITV/ComRes poll of ...
Amidst all the excitement of the debate we neglected to report the latest two polls released last night: YouGov in the Sun ... CON 37%(-4), LAB 31%(-1), LIB DEM 22%(+4). TNS BMRB ... CON 36%(-2), LAB 33%(nc), LIB DEM 22%(+3). Still no change in Anthony Wells' UK Polling Report 'poll of polls' average – but I suspect that may change in the next day or so ... Con 38% (n/c), Lab 31% (+1%), Lib Dem 20% (n/c) It's interesting to see the effect of the debate on public perceptions. YouGov asked how much confidence voters had in each of the ...
Maybe we will see at last what might have happened in 1983. In that general Election campaign the 'Liberal-SDP Alliance' was running close to Labour in the opinion polls, the Tories of course heavily leading. Then a couple of Alliance campaign miss-steps led to Labour being seen as still the main challenger to the Tories and the fight was over. Despite the widespread dislike of Mrs Thatcher, the majority had as top priority keeping Labour out of office. The smell in the air was that if the Alliance could have pushed Labour into third with two weeks to go the ...
There's that old saying "how can you tell when a politician is lying? A: their mouths are open" that probably does just as well at describing the "three monkeys" debate last night on TV. With its real time polling showing one or other gaining or losing question by question it could almost be believed that here was a spectacle through which each politically aware citizen was poking and prodding the three potential recipients of their vote like some Roman slave... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Twitterverse went into overdrive a couple of hours ago when the results of a ComRes poll taken straight after the debate were released suggesting that Lib Dem support had gone up by 14 points with: Conservative 36% (+1)Lib Dems 35% (+14)Labour 24% (-5) This was obviously hugely exciting news for the Lib Dems. It turned out though that those are the numbers from respondents who watched the debate rather than from the general public. They subsequently released a "weighted" version of the poll. I am not sure of the exact methodology they use to do this but these results ...
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A man in Stroud has been jailed for shouting at political programmes on the TV. The man explained that shows like the BBC's Question Time made him angry! The BBC has the story here.
Today's ComRes poll (although initial released in spectacular unweighted form) what was expected by many commentators, the leadership debate helped Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems. It would be foolish to think that this means the marginal seats are now safe and that we will now win extra seats easily but this does have huge potential ...
At the first Leader's debate last night Gordon Brown and David Cameron couldn't stop saying 'I agree with Nick'. For once, I agree with them - I agree with Nick to! It was with pride that I welcomed Nick back to Luton South for this third visit in recent months this week; in that space of time Gordon Brown and David Cameron haven't visited once. Nick has shown a firm and continued commitment to our town and community and has always told me that it was important to him that the voice of local residents was being heard in Westminster ...
The ITV/ComRes Poll says - Conservative 36% (-3), the Liberal Democrats 35% (+14), Labour 24% (-3).
1 Well, there can't be a Liberal Democrat in the country who isn't smiling today after Nick's fantastic performance in the leaders' debate. Yes, I know we can expect the 'forces of hell' to be unleashed on us from the labservatives but I am enjoying the moment before the mud and lies start flying in our direction. Nick will be just as good in the next debates, I'm sure. 2 The F1 iPhone application is the best thing ever - although it darned well should be, coming at a price which by rights should include entry to a couple of ...
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Are you sitting comfortably? New ITV/ComRes poll: Con 36% (-3), LibDem 35% (+14), Lab 24% (-3), Othe...
Are you sitting comfortably? New ITV/ComRes poll: Con 36% (-3), LibDem 35% (+14), Lab 24% (-3), Others 5% (-8) http://bit.ly/cPSNOG - a brilliant day to be a Lib Dem! Leaders' Debates: Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat Support Jumps To 35% | Politics | Sky News bit.ly The Liberal Democrats have surged ahead in the latest opinion poll after the first leaders' debate.
Word breaks that a new ComRes poll is showing the following voting intention: Dave Nu Lite Conservatives - 36% Super Clegg's Lib Dems - 35% Gordo's OldNuLab - 24% Before you start running off to your constituencies and preparing for government, note that the poll was taken, I believe, only from people who watched the TV debate. I'll update and add links as and when they become available. ConsHome are reporting it here. Guido is reporting it here. Update: David Cowling, editor of the BBC's Political Research Unit, has been examining that ITV/ComRes poll. He says: "This was not a ...
Andrew Neil on the Politics Show has just got a latest poll (of voting intentions) from ITV/ComRes. Figures as follows:Lab 24% Con 36 Lib Dem 35 (Up 14%)This is remarkable. Of course with 3 weeks until election day itself there is still a lot of campaigning to do. But with Nick setting the pace, we are in for real change on 6 May.
Liberal Democrats believe passionately in the NHS. It represents values which unite us as a nation – a comprehensive health service, which treats all people equally, and is free when we need it. We've all experienced moments in hospitals that change the course of our lives. Liberal Democrats know how important the NHS is and that's ...
What a display by Nick Clegg! I can barely cope with the new supporters and volunteers coming forward – but I will! In the meantime, I will be posting over the next four days key areas of Lib Dem policy and how this applies to Westminster, as is appearing in weekly editions of the Westminster ...
To any Lib Dem, the coverage of last night's debate between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will trigger a strange sort of reaction: one of disbelief mixed with relief and mingled with rapture at the universal reaction to Clegg's clear victory. That victory has been trumpeted across the airwaves, given hundreds of column inches in the newspapers, and festooned across the blogosphere, so I do not propose to offer another analysis of the debate itself. Instead I will concentrate on the future of this election campaign. Nick Clegg's victory could well be the game-changer that finally puts paid ...
Cambridgeshire CC, Wisbech NorthCon 548 (34.8; -6.9)LD Dave Patrick 506 (32.1; +20.0)Lab 287 (18.2; +2.7)UKIP 233 (14.8; -15.9)Majority 42Turnout 21.1%Con holdPercentage change is since June 2009.Fenland DC, Wisbech KirkgateLD Dave Patrick 287 (51.3; +51.3)Con 145 (25.9; -74.1)Lab 74 (13.2; +13.2)UKIP 54 (9.6; +9.6)Majority 142Turnout 31.1%LD gain from ConPercentage change is since May 2007.Great
...according to a song that The Attery Squash have put together for the election. Enjoy:
I'm not sure at what point we stopped talking about our "Tax Switch" and it became focused on the "Tax Cut" element but we need to go back to the switch. I think the "A £17bn tax cut? That's an awful lot of money and in a recession...moving on" attack first used and honed by the BBC on their News after our manifesto launch(what that impartial news organisation, should they be trying to mislead? Yeah, you would have thought!) and now used by Cameron during the leader's debate is, I fear, an effective one. Also, it doesn't help responding to ...
Wondering what the top Conservative advisors really think of last night's debate performance by David Cameron? Take a look then at the tweets from the party's Head of Press, Henry Macrory: 1. A series of voodoo (ie anyone can vote and it's easy to vote multiple times) poll figures are reported on who won the debate - but none of the figures from the proper opinion polls on who won the debate. 2. Only one figure is reported from one of the proper polls, and no - it's not about who the public think did best in the debate. 3. ...
Want to see Nick Clegg's opening and closing statements from last night's televised election debate – well, here you go ... Nick Clegg's 60-second opening statement in the first ever British televised general election debate (Also available to view on YouTube here). Nick Clegg's 90-second closing statement: there is a real alternative to the tired old Labservative parties (Also available on YouTube here).
This is why I keep listening to the Now Show. Their Dr Suess take on Copenhagen. (echoes of this poem explained my embarrassing need to do the same for QE)
After travelling to Berlin more than a month ago, I was amazed at how advanced their transport and cycle network was in comparison with our own. Roads were virtually empty (well by London standards anyway!!). Buses and Trains had sensible approaches to ticketing (forget Oyster cards and turnstiles; you're free to get off and on ...
I'm going to be honest, I thought the first ever televised debate was going to be another hollow piece designed around the 'cult of celebrity', a sort of 'Westminster's Got Talent'. How very wrong I was. Whether you like or understand politics, the debate was great TV. Sadly the newspapers and media will concentrate on ...
Well, did you watch it? According to the inital reports from BARB, just under 10 million people watched the first debate (about 16% of the UK population and just over a fifth of the UK electorate) and according to the instant polls, Nick Clegg was the winner (with Cameron in second and Brown in third). What will this do to the campaign now? Will as Iain Dale contends the Liberal Democrats poll share increase at the determent of Labour's (and allow the Conservatives to gain a majority by the back door) or will as Mike Smithson contends the Liberal Democrats ...
TNS: Con 36% Lab 33% Lib Dem 22% Others 9% YouGov: Con 37% Lab 31% Lib Dem 22% Others 10% Average: Con 36.5% Lab 32% Lib Dem 22% Others 9.5% Forecast House of Commons (uniform national swing) Labour 291 seats (-58 seats) Conservatives 269 seats (+59 seats) Liberal Democrats 57 seats (-5 seats) Others 33 seats (+4 seats) Hung Parliament (Labour short by 35 seats)
I am not a fan of the Daily Mail, but I noticed this article which paints a worrying picture from within Mike Gapes own party of how Labour would like to ride roughshod over local MPs and local opinion when it comes to hospital A&E closures and downgrades. I do of course add the warning that it comes from the Daily Mail.
In today's column. Above all, the theme: Growth is what is needed to fix the finances. Then he adds his voice to those arguing against the myth of the spending splurge: the explanation for the sudden explosions in the share of public spending in GDP and the fiscal deficit is not that spending is out of ...
A good article by Sonia Zilberman in yesterday's Guardian cif about the Karimov regime's destruction of Uzbekistan's cultural base. This is greatly detailed in Murder in Samarkand. She rather understates the case, not mentioning for example the banning of books (actually in practice all books are banned - that is the default position. A small number are on an allowed list). She also doesn't mention the murder of the country's leading theatre director, Mark Weill. But what she does say is perfectly true, and needs airing. It is rather saddening that there are very few comments, and these ...
[IMG: http://www.wikio.co.uk] I'm sure I'll get miserable Tories trying to point out that I spelt the title wrong... well that just goes to show how out of touch they are [IMG: ;)] Nick Clegg set the election campaign on fire last night with a stunning victory in the first leaders' debate. He was also the top story in the Times, the Grundian and the Indie today [IMG: :D] The debate that covered subjects from schools to immigration to defence, Nick Clegg emerged as the clear winner - beating both Gordon Brown and David Cameron. In the polls of the night ...
Fri 16th
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My open letter: Dear Gordon...why we owe you a great big "THANKS"! (He agrees with Nick, by the way)
i agree with nick clegg libdem liberal democrats debate winner gordon brown david cameron loser losers support overwhelming winning winners win
Here's a welcome problem to have this morning ... wading our way through the sheer volume of media news that's positive for the Lib Dem following Nick Clegg's terrific performance in last night's televised lesaders' debate. Let's make a start with the newspaper editorials: Nick Clegg's night (Guardian) Expectations shape reactions, which is why Britain's first televised leaders' debate will be judged not just in terms of how the three men involved in it performed, but what was predicted before they began speaking. On that measure, Nick Clegg thrived, David Cameron disappointed and Gordon Brown survived. The Other One Wins: ...
Search Engine Watch is running a series of posts during the general election from myself, Mark Hanson (Labour) and Rishi Saha (Conservatives). Here's my first post: It's the rare politician who does humor well. But when it comes to online political campaigning, humor is a key factor for two reasons. First, the Internet makes it easy for someone else to produce a humorous pastiche of your own material and then spread it around. Second (and this applies particularly in the U.K., where forwarding rates for political material are typically lower than in the U.S.), people are much more willing to ...
Last night, I took time out of my campaign to sit down and watch the three way debate between Nick Clegg and .....now, remind me!An outright win for Nick - I didn't need to see the various polls, it was obvious that - given a fair electoral system, this man is a Prime Minister and Vince Cable is a Chancellor.Come on people - this is your chance - to vote Liberal Democrat IS NOT A WASTED VOTE - you will make a real difference this time. Help me spring a big surprise on the Tories in South Norfolk and, who ...
... that I can't be bothered to commentate on with any skill (that's what you lot are all for). First, Greg Mankiw's classic: how do right and left differ? An excerpt: The right sees externalities as an occasional market failure that calls for government intervention, but sees this as relatively rare exception to the general ...
You've watched the debate, you've heard Nick Clegg, and like millions of others you like what you saw and heard. But what next? Here are four simple things you can do to help turn Nick's words into actions that bring about real change and make Britain fairer: 1. Join the Liberal Democrats: Politics isn't about one man bands: Nick Clegg and Vince Cable need a strong team behind them supporting their work. 2. Show others online that you support Nick Clegg: "I'd vote Lib Dem if they had a chance of winning" is one of the most frequently made comments ...
We all know that Labour has taken the North for granted; we Lib Dems can deliver where Labour has failed, on tax, in schools, on the economy, in or politics. It is scandalous that after 13 years of a Labour government Britain is still a place where ...
As a candidate in the General Election I get asked a lot of questions. Some are about me personally (and I blogged a little earlier to give some more biographical details). Some are about specific local issues and some are about thoughts on policies or policy areas. I am going to try to blog about some of these policy areas as the weeks go on. It's easy to miss things out though so if there is a subject you are particularly interested in do drop me an e mail. The best e mail address for me now is paula@garstonld.org.uk
Three quotes from the Labour candidate Manish Sood which indicate why some Labour supporters in North West Norfolk have questioned the choice of candidate. He feels that "The Queen should have more powers, people have forgotten - she is part of being British." When asked if he is critical of the Labour Party when canvassing, he said: "People are unhappy. And I'm beginning to feel that the truth is the government doesn't like it. They are not prepared to change." He added: "I know this is an unwinnable seat." Methinks Mr Sood is not destined for greater things !
A recent Freedom of Information request showed that "MORE children in Woking were subjected to serious sex attacks last year than anywhere else in Surrey, according to recently released figures." the Woking News and Mail recently reported. Of that number, eight attacks were committed on children in Woking, seven in Elmbridge, Spelthorne and Waverley, and six ...
As a Lib Dem I ought to be over the moon this morning about Nick Clegg's performance last night. He was certainly the best of the three in the debate, an opinion bourne out by a range of public polls and critics commentaries. And I am of course pleased. As a Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Nick doing so well can only help me. But I have to say I still wish we didn't have these debates. I've blogged about this before, so this isn't a sudden opinion. Not everything I said before was right. I did say I thought the ...
[IMG: Launching our campaign pledges at Stationers Park] The Lib Dem team for Stroud Green have launched our election pledges for the neighbourhood. I joined Lynne Featherstone, Katherine Reece and Ed Butcher at the Stationers Park play fort (see picture) – to highlight our top three priorities for the ward. Our top three pledges are: We will make sure the Finsbury Park Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is reviewed, and that streets outside the CPZ can join if there is residents support. We will fight for measures to slow down traffic on Upper Tollington Park and to make the pedestrian crossing ...
It's the morning after the night before and while Fleet Street and virtually every other political commentator has called last nights ministerial debate for Nick Clegg, senior members of theLabour and Conservative parties are in complete denial and have been calling it for their leader. Some of the comments oming out of the Labour and Conservative ...
Oh my, I am astounded by my own ability to master technology - or at least follow step by step instructions from my technological guru, one Helen Duffett. She suggested that it might be a good idea to post a small video to 12 Seconds TV explaining why I agreed with Nick. The words were easy - it was cutting them down to 12 seconds that would be the challenge. And as for video - well, as you know, I have a face for radio and no imagination. While Anna re-enacts Twilight with her Littlest Pet Shops, I just haven't ...
I posted yesterday about the other election taking place in Luton South. I've now got the full list of the candidates that will be standing in the council by-election in South ward on 6th May. These are: Peter Banks-Smith, Conservative Keir Gale, Labour Richard Hayward, Liberal Democrat Lance Richardson, UKIP Marc Scheimann, Green Party
There is only one thing that I want to add to all that has been written about the debate last night. A clear winner was the debate itself. The three MPs were reasonable, listened to each other and countered and actually discussed policy. All of that is in stark contrast to Prime Minster's Questions in the House.
"I agree with Nick". That was the phrase used over and over again by David Cameron and Gordon Brown during last night's first ever general election leader debate on ITV1. In isolation the use of that phrase would have seemed consensual and reflected well on them but the fact that they said it so many times ended up making it clear that Clegg was actually setting the agenda. I expect Brown and Cameron didn't actually realise what they had done in this respect until afterwards. According to most commentators and all the post-match polls I have seen, Clegg is perceived ...
I've heard many excuses in my life for missing a canvassing session, but try this one for size: a cloud of volcanic dust closed down the airports of a quarter of the continent and I was stuck at work! It's crazy but it's true. And I regret it's the reason why I'll be on the boulevards of Brussels rather than those of Barnstaple this afternoon. Moreover, I missed the first televised debate of the election campaign yesterday evening. In Brussels we receive BBC TV by cable, but ITV (via Sky) is available only on satellite. There are many things I ...
Yesterday, I posed three questions, and here are the answers: Will David Cameron Seal The Deal? - NO Can Nick Clegg Justify His Inclusion? – YES Is Gordon Brown Capable Of Fighting Back? - NOT LIKELY Apart from the BBC (who never take a stance even if it's staring them in the face), everyone else is unanimous. The Mail called it ...
Here's what the BBC says on its website: BBC website: the Leaders' Debate BBC political editor Nick ...
I will not review the Leaders debate except to say Clegg won. I would say that it is worth looking at the Frank Luntz finding. Many of you will recall the work that he did Newsnight which showed ho well Nick Clegg and Vince Cable were received by the public. He was retained by the Sun to carry out his instant response techniques. You can see his report here. Clegg won he says -but you would not have guessed that from the Sun's report! So Lib Dems won the Chancellors' debate and now the Leaders' debate. The challenge now is ...
We know we are different. We know that just changing from Labour to Conservative and back again won't really change anything. We know that the two old parties cannot get themselves out of the political game they have played so long that even they have no real enthusiasm any more. We know that it doesn't have to be like this. It can be different. Getting that message out there - and letting people see and believe that is the case has been our challenge and was Nick Clegg's greatest challenge last night. And he delivered and then some! Last night ...
This morning's Times reports that the Conservative campaign slogan "vote blue, go green" is being ignored by many of the party's general election candidates. The paper says that a survey has found that Tory candidates are much less likely than rivals to favour rapid expansion of renewable energy: Only 22 per cent of Tory candidates in winnable seats strongly supported Britain's target — set by the European Union and endorsed by the Conservative leadership — of generating 15 per cent of Britain's energy from renewable sources by 2020. Labour candidates were more than twice as likely (56 per cent) to ...
For my taste there was much too much prepared soundbite and especially anecdote in last night's Prime Ministerial candidates' debate. I was feeling rotten with flu, which made concentration difficult, but found it pretty dull. The exclusion of the more challenging viewpoints of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and even UKIP made the ground of debate pretty boggy. But I was of course very pleased with Nick Clegg's performance, which was much more sparky than I had dared to hope. Having raised the Lib Dem profile as real contenders by winning this first debate, he does not have to win the ...
Fast forward to about 3:15 to see him come in... But seriously folks, this is an extract from the BBC's 1971 adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Tom Brown has already fallen foul of Flashman's father Sir Richard - a character unknown to Thomas Hughes - hence the viciousness of his welcome. As this blog once revealed, Sir Richard Flashman was played by the actor Gerald Flood, who is Toby Flood's grandfather.
@LoufromBilbao All Lib Dem MPs there voted again. Others caught in "public want us on their doorsteps" dilemma due to Labour timetabling in reply to LoufromBilbao # @LoufromBilbao So O think the real culprit is way Labour timetabled business. Attacking the symptoms of that lets them get off causing it in reply to LoufromBilbao # Local election news from Brent: controversial Tory Bertha Joseph standing as an independent # @MatthewEyre Thanks! in reply to MatthewEyre # @citizenrobert Interesting list of influential political tweets but, um, is there reason left me off? (Score would put me in list) # @CharlieBeckett Most ...
Dear Michael, You're in the news today saying that the "novelty" of Nick Clegg will wear off when his policies come under further scrutiny. Guess you must have missed last night's TV debate then, with the two occasions when David Cameron directly put Liberal Democrat policies under scrutiny and said they wouldn't work. Only thing is, on both occasions – how to fund taking millions out of income tax and how to have a regionally based immigration system – Nick Clegg straight away responded with a detailed answer covering all of Cameron's points. And in both cases that response silenced ...
What Nick Clegg managed to highlight in the leader's debate is that both Labour and Conservative are promising to do things that they either opposed or did not support in the last parliament.He highlighted the recall of MPs - where Labour opposed recall and the tories abstained. However, there are others.The Digital Economy Bill was supported by Labour and Conservatives. The contentious clauses
Well done Nick Clegg! Let's hope he hasn't peaked too soon. I am a veteran of the February 1974 campaign when, incredible as it may seem now, the weekend before the poll there was serious talk of we Liberals winning the election outright, Jeremy Thorpe becoming Prime Minister and discussion as to who would be in a Liberal cabinet (I had my eye on the Overseas Development post). Alas our support melted away in the next few days and so 36 years later we still wait for Elysium. The one thing all three leaders are agreed on is that elderly ...
Thursday: Live! From Personchester! It's the quiz of the week, er, the first live tellybox debate between the leaders of the three largest UK political parties. Your host is Mr Alistair Stewpot of Police,Camera,Action! Prime Monster Mr Frown will provide the POLICE; Conservatory Mr Balloon will supply the CAMERA; and Captain Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, is the man of ACTION! Here is Mr Stewpot Stewpot: good evening, and welcome. We're here at the first general election debate and we have very strict rules. Ladies and gentlemen you are live on Channel Three: please do not swear. Or applaud. ...
I sort of had an evening off from the General Election campaign last night, to watch the Leaders (for Prime Minister) debate on ITV. The reason I quantify the Leaders debate with the (for Prime Ministers) part is because of the lack of SNP and Plaid (who appear to be acting as one one anyway) in these debates, but very simply wee Edinbugh 'Eck (Alex Salmond - for my English and Welsh chums) is not standing for this election, cannot therefore be Prime Minister so who should he be on? Anyway, I was extremely impressed with Nick - as I've ...
1. Emily Thornberry MP – you can almost hear the acid in her mouth as she spits out the words `Lib Dems` – oh, and there's this. 2. Lucy Powell – Labour PPC for Manchester Withington – anyone who allows her agent to produce literature like this IN A LIB DEM constituency has clearly lost all ...
Tweetmister has just blogged the latest stats from the debates tonight. Interesting reading can be found here. Filed under: general election Tagged: leadership debates, tweetminster stats
A work colleague and fellow blogger - at Arse Online - has written about more research from the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference: Manuel Almunia's green jersey was also a bad omen if you believe research presented today at the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon by Dr Iain Greenlees and Michael Eynon. Greenlees and Eynon looked at the performance and the expectation of success of 40 university footballers against goalkeepers wearing black, blue, green, yellow, and red strips. Each of the 40 strikers took a total of 20 penalties, 10 against a goalkeeper wearing black (the control) and ...
Interesting figures from the Guardian's reaction tracker to the leaders' TV debate. Clegg: 169,360 (for): 26,270 (anti) +143,090 Brown: 122,380 (for): 57,820 (anti) +64,560 Cameron: 69,930 (for): 157,370 (anti) -87,440 Apparently people could ...
I think we seam to be able to get a general impression from what the different Commentators/members/activitis/supporters/Candidates. Lib Dem: "YESSSSSSS NICK CLEEEEGGGGGGGGGGGGG WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" (with a few comments about how both Brown and Cameron agree with him) Conservatives: "Well it does appear Nick Clegg did best, however Cameron defiantly came second and had a few moments when he was really ...
Well, I enjoyed watching the the first TV Prime Ministerial Debate, and not just because Nick Clegg has been declared the winner in the polls. I actually thought it was good television and really enhanced the election campaign. Anyway, for those people who liked what Nick Clegg had to say tonight: that's why I'm a Liberal Democrat. For precisely the reasons that Nick Clegg articulated tonight. By the way, did Gordon Brown really say that, next year, there will be NO under-performing schools? What, none at all?! This is precisely the sort of unrealistic attitude that we DON'T need from ...
Well oh well. I had hoped Nick Clegg would do well in the leaders debate. In fact he played a blinder. More importantly the British public also think he came out the clear winner as the ITV ComRes poll is showing. Even the Daily Tory has its headline this morning as 'Shock victory for Nick Clegg ...
The Populus poll result on the Leaders' debate has just come through, putting Nick on 61%. Whilst this is good news, and added to the other polls all showing Nick in the lead (with Sky's poll putting Nick on 51%) I feel I am going to bed with a buzz, we should be cautious. Firstly, the shares in the polls are wildly different. Secondly, we now have a new challenge. The public perception is that
I am interested in politics, hence the blog. I enjoy listening to political programmes on the radio. I watch TV and I take an active part in local politics. I wasn't happy with this debate. I felt we were getting hundreds of soundbites that came so thick and fast that none really meant anything. If the Oxford and Cambridge boats get too close then the umpire shouts at both crews. Alistair Stewart was the moderator for the leaders' debate but I would prefer to call him the umpire. He spent most of the time shouting names so that the next ...
Nick Clegg came out top from yesterday's leaders' debate according to virtually all polling organisatons. His approval rating varied between 40% and 51%. Earlier, the press and other institutions endorsed out national manifesto: "The Lib Dems are well aware of the stakes. For their moment in the spotlight, they chose a focused, costed and serious political message." The Guardian - 15th April 2010 "The Liberal Democrat manifesto contains more extensive and more detailed tax and spending proposals than those of the other main UK parties." Institute for Fiscal Studies - 14th April 2010 "The [Liberal Democrats] deserve credit for costing ...
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
