Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with the latest MRP projections and party leadership ratings. If you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how to make sense of them, check out my book, Polling UnPacked: the History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, or sign up for my weekly email, The Week in Polls: General election voting intention polls PollsterConLabLDGrnRefLab leadFieldwork Opinium 18% (+1) 23% (nc) 12% (-2) 10% (+1) 30% (+1) -7% (vs Ref) 3-5/9 GB Find Out Now ...
Now here's a find. The Ship That Couldn't Stop is a television play from 1961 about a vessel powered by a nuclear reactor. It's heading for the port of New York and can't slow down. And down the cast list are both Michael Caine and this blog's hero Norman Bowler. If you play the video here you will see a short extract in which they both appear. Play it on YouTube to watch the whole thing. I was going to say that this is the earliest screen appearance by Bowler I've seen, but I note from IMDb that he made ...
Adam Barnett itemises Nigel Farage's long history of support for Vladimir Putin: "On the eve of Russia's 2022 invasion, Nigel Farage ... argued for ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine - an odd time to do that - and when the war started he called it 'a consequence of EU and NATO expansion'. Last year he called on the west to negotiate with Putin, adding that 'the relentless insistence on continued war is worrying. Whose insistence, Nigel?" "There are few fundamental political differences between Corbyn and Sultana. There is a clash instead of style, but this could well be used ...
Trump is right. Ending tariffs would be an economic disaster, at least for him. Any damage to America would be his own fault. It would not, as Trump claims, turn America into a third world country. That is a typical Trumpian hyperbole. But the sudden and dramatic end of tariffs would definitely damage Trump's vision of the future American economy. And that in turn will hurt Trump politically. Whether it would also be bad for the rest of the world... well, we'll have to wait and see. The prospect of the sudden end of tariffs was raised by the decision ...
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The Tory Party is dead says Mad Nads - well so is the Labour Party says Tricky Ricky (me!)
When I first became a political activist in 1967 the political map Yanco very uncomplicated. 96% of MPS were either Tory or Labour. Lib Dems held on grimly to seats on the Celtic fringes of Devon, Cornwall, and the Highlands of Scotland and the Welsh and Scottish Nationalist Parties were a 'lunatic fringe' in most people's minds. Political thinking was also dictated by the aftermath of two world wars. The vast majority of MPs were men and most of them had serviced in the forces. Military ranks were used freely not only by Tories but also by Labour. One of ...
Community Cars is looking for more volunteers to help older people in the city. If you have your own vehicle and some free time during the week, please get in touch with the team! You would be driving older people to medical appointments, social activities etc and helping them to stay connected in the community. Many thanks.
No, not even Swansea can claim a direct link to the Antarctoc explorer, but the area does have a connection with one of his team and with Scott's ship in the news, it is worth recalling it. As Swansea Council's website records, Edgar Evans was born in 1876 in Middleton Hall Cottage at Middleton on Gower and brought up nearby: He lived in Middleton until he was 6 and then the family moved to Swansea. He joined the Royal Navy at 15 and later served under Captain Scott undertaking two expeditions to the Antarctic in the years between 1901 - ...
