General Election

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• How influential is the Daily Mirror?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 464
  Daily Mirror October 10th 1974 - Wikimedia Commons Can it get more votes out for Brown’s party? When I started my journalistic career in 1968 the paper ambitious young graduates aspired to work for was the Mirror. It had a circulation topping four million and until the arrival of Murdoch’s Sun was the ...
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• The Doerflinger Dilemma

  
  Bounded Rationality — Authority: 424
  Tulsa voters yesterday elected a new city auditor, Preston Doerflinger. He is now Tulsas city auditor. One with no practical auditing experience or credentials. He will earn an annual salary of $73,500, and be in charge of all audits of a city wherein hundreds of millions of dollars pass through each year. Because ...
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• Non-election news update

  
  Next Left — Authority: 641
  There isnt going to be a General Election on March 25th. Thats all. Though perhaps anybody predicting one should offer full disclosure about any previous speculations which did not come to pass.
  10 hours ago

• The PB SUPER SIX Predictions - part 2

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Are they on the money or not? This is the second part of the so-called “PB SUPER SIX PREDICTIONS - the general election seat bets from half a dozen of the leading political punters on the site. They are Peter the Punter, Richard Nabavi, Peter from Putney, StJohn, AntiFrank and ScottP who between have got bets on ...
  16 hours ago

• Mandelson claims contract between Sun and Tories could undermine BBC impartiality

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Tories describe business secretarys claims as absolute rubbish, while BBC insists Mandelsons fears are unfounded Lord Mandelson triggered a row today after claiming there was a "contract" between the Sun and the Conservative party that could undermine the impartial coverage of the general election by the BBC. The ...
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• Should we focus more on negative voting?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Is this what ultimately will be the clincher? As we get closer to elections, it seems, there is one hardy topic that always emerges - that of the impact of negative campaigning and we saw in 1997, 2001 and 2005 how much of the Labour message was primarily about demonising the Tories. But what about negative voting? ...
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• Gordon Brown warned: axing childcare vouchers will cost Labour seats

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Former ministers say plan would undo one of partys landmark achievements Nine former cabinet ministers today rounded on Gordon Browns plans to cut childcare, warning the prime minister that he is threatening marginal Labour seats in the runup to the election by axing popular support for hard-working parents. The ...
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• Would Labour do better if Miliband replaced Brown?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Could this be the game-changer that Labour needs? The news that David Miliband has pulled himself out of the running for the EU High Representative post has added to the speculation that he might once again be considering a Labour leadership bid BEFORE the general election. What would be the impact of this? Is ...
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• PSLS Presents – Ed Vaizey, UK Shadow Minister for Culture

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 591
  The British Games Industry has seen better times, with the nation dropping from the third largest producer of games to the fifth. Developers are leaving the country for greener pastures, and the British education system is failing to provide the skilled workers necessary to create games. Last month PlayStation ...
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• Anorak Time

  
  Martin Wingfield — Authority: 118
  I shall be standing in Workington at the General Election next May. I am delighted to have been selected and excited by the prospect. I have promised Allerdale British National Party that I shall be pulling out all the stops to get the best possible result. Lets take a look at some figures. Back in May 2005 this ...
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• Hung parliament would be disaster

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Shadow business secretary also voices disapproval of proposals to allow peer ministers such as Lord Mandelson to speak in Commons Kenneth Clarke today warned of the dangers of a hung parliament resulting from the next election and said the prospect was a bigger threat than a Labour victory. The shadow business ...
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• Introducing the “PB Super SIX” Predictions - Part 1

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  The “collective wisdom” view on key seat betting In table above we feature the first part of the predictions for key general election seats from a group of PB betting regulars who are modestly calling themselves “ The PB Super Six” . Can I thank Peter the Punter and ScottP for pulling this together. The ...
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• UK: ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 142
  Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy.Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success.They say the ...
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• Another news cycle and the row goes on?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  The Sun What does this say about Brown’s survival chances? The big overnight political betting story is the news that David Miliband won’t be going for the EU High Representative job - and all the speculation that this opens up not only about that appointment but the whole Labour leadership. ...
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• Lebanon finally forms government

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 459
  President Suleiman of Lebanon announces the formation of a national-unity cabinet – five months after a general election. More: Lebanon finally forms government
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• Lebanon finally forms government

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 459
  President Suleiman of Lebanon announces the formation of a national-unity cabinet – five months after a general election. View original here: Lebanon finally forms government
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• Canadian rescued from bears on Arctic ice

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 459
  A Canadian teenager is rescued from a drifting ice floe in the Arctic, after being stranded with two polar bears while snowmobiling. View post:  Canadian rescued from bears on Arctic ice
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• Is Number 10 making the letter row worse?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Should Mandy have avoided the attack on the Sun? Paul Waugh makes a valid point on his Evening Standard blog that the way Number 10 is dealing with the letter of condolence issue could be causing more damage. He writes: “We now have not just Peter Mandelson, but also housing minister Ian Austin claiming that ...
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• Is the BNP really going to save its deposit on Thursday?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  ..or is Labour using the threat to get its core vote out? Towards the end my conversation with Kevin Maguire on Radio 4’s “The Westminster Hour” the question arose of how the BNP would do in the Glasgow NE by election on Thursday. This followed reports that Labour officials have been telling the the media ...
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• UK: ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy. Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success. They say the ...
  2 days ago

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