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Coalition “managing economy” ratings slump to record low

YouGov data: PB chart And another YouGov boost for Vince Cable Preferred Chancellor Total(change) Vince Cable 28% (+6) William Hague 15% (-1) Ken Clarke 9%(-) Phillip Hammond 2% (-1) Theresa May 2%(-)...

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Ed Miliband has to shake off the blame within two years or else Labour won’t...

Tweet YouGov The time is starting to run out I make no apologies for returning to this subject once again but I regard the above “blame for the cuts” findings as more important than voting intention...

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Did Cameron and Osborne over-celebrate the end of double-dip?

Did Cameron and Osborne over-celebrate the end of double-dip? Henry G Manson thinks they did.goo.gl/1tf5m twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 2, 2012 Henry G Manson on...

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New Ipsos-MORI polling suggests that voters want benefits to go up with...

59% tell Ipsos-MORI that benefits should rise with inflation not as proposed in autumn statement.See chart twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 13, 2012 69% tell Ipsos...

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Can the country get used to a long and slow squeeze?

David Herdson on the politics of austerity Experts and others making New Year predictions are as much a tradition at the turning of the year as fireworks, soon-to-be-broken resolutions and loud but...

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A challenging time for LAB as the negative impact of Osborne’s March 2012...

Fewer people are blaming the CON-LD coalition for the cuts than at any time since the March 2012 budget. See chart. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 8, 2013 32 months...

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Ed Miliband shouldn’t have given the undertaking that Ed Balls will remain as...

Ed Miliband’s biggest mistake today was saying that Ed Balls will stay until the election. This is latest ICM polling twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013 Poll...

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Ipsos-MORI finds a big increase in voters blaming the coalition for the cuts

New Ipsos MORI polling finds that the coalition is increasingly being blamed for cuts.See chart twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2013 Fewer are blaming the last...

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Henry G Manson on Friday

Theresa May in the Commons twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 15, 2013 Hello all: I hate the new Disqus as much as you do. I will be actively looking for a new...

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Today’s Daily Mail front page is one of the most controversial in a long time

Lots of controversy overnight over whether the Mail has gone too far with today’s front page twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 3, 2013 To me this creates an excuse for...

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Henry G Manson looks at the politics of food banks

Chart from Left Foot Forward What should be the best response? This week Ed Miliband was campaigning in Oxfordshire and visited a food bank in the Prime Minister’s constituency. I was surprised that...

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Labour and the economy

Voters for the last few years have said the economy is the most important issue facing Britain. Last night we had a survation poll for Labourlist which shows That nearly half of all voters (46.8%)...

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A joyless recovery doesn’t necessarily mean a voteless recovery

Will 2015 be more like 1983 or 1997? Since speculation of a triple-dip recession was put onto the backburner with the modest growth recorded in the first quarter of the year, the preponderance of the...

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Some of the headlines after the big statement are not quite what Osborne must...

The Sun’s treatment highlights the danger of Twitter When I first saw Osborne’s pre-sending review statement Tweet with a picture of himself at his desk eating a burger it looked like a mistake. It...

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The Coalition has left it too late to benefit from infrastructure

George Osborne in high-vis jacket pic.twitter.com/mDuo5lq5gH — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) June 28, 2013 Henry G Manson on the week’s big political news This week Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny...

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Unemployment just became more important to the rest of us

Henry G Manson on the week’s big economic news This week the new Governor of the Bank of England shifted interest rate setting policy by indicating rates shouldn’t increase until unemployment falls to...

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Labour continues to lose the economy blame game: EdM needs a new Shadow...

It’s now two and a half years since Ed Balls became shadow chancellor and, as the chart above shows, there’s been very little change in public perceptions over who is to blame for the cuts. The charge...

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Time to bring on a replacement: Yvette Cooper should be shadow chancellor in...

Sport here: according to #FT some around @Ed_Miliband think @edballsmp "may have to be sacrificed unless things turn around" — Benedict Brogan (@benedictbrogan) September 10, 2013 LAB slips further on...

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On the day of the LDs crucial economy debate new polling puts more pressure...

Unlike the red and blue teams the LD conference has a formal policy making function with the result, as we’ve seen in the past, that it can embarrass the leadership. This year’s event, here in...

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UPDATED: CON down in 20s with both ComRes and Opinium

LAB extends lead with Opinium Other points from ComRes I trust Ed Miliband and Ed Balls to make the right decisions about the economy Agree 23% (+8 since March 2012) Disagree 50% (-9) I trust David...

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