Paula Surridge has written a post on her PS: Polling Snippets blog looking at the political views of people who voted Liberal Democrat in this year's general election, and in particular of those who cast tactical votes for us. Her conclusions?These voters who won them scores of seats in the South of England did so because they really wanted to defeat the Conservatives and because the Liberal Democrats hadn't upset them recently. To hold onto these votes both of these things will need to remain the case. While the former can almost be taken as read, the later is a ...
[IMG: Campaigning in Brent] One of the helpers in this photo is a cousin of JRR Tolkien. It was off resident surveying with the team in Brent this morning, and particularly good to see help come over from Ealing too. Why mention Ealing in particular? Well, that's where we had a spectacular council by-election win, fuelled in part by help from places such as Brent, and now some of those campaigning favours are being returned. As I wrote in my last report back to members, You might think that targeting is all about maximising the number of seats when the ...
The Guardian wins our Headline of the Day Award, and the judges remind you not to believe everything you read on the net.
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The Guardian reports that services that support some of England's most vulnerable people have warned that tax increases in the budget will lead to cuts and closures that could devastate the charity sector. The paper says that although the NHS and councils are protected from the impact of the rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) announced in Wednesday's budget, charities that provide services say the increase means they will face "existential" financial pressures: Family doctors and pharmacists - who provide NHS-funded services as private providers - also demanded they be exempted from the rise, saying the extra NICs costs ...
