Good point!David Robertson wrote:A poll showsChristopher Kreuzer wrote:the polls show...
Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
Is it unprecedented to delay the Queen's Speech?
Good point!David Robertson wrote:A poll showsChristopher Kreuzer wrote:the polls show...
Don't know but the delay is apparently (according to the World at One) due to the fact the speech has to be written on goatskin parchment paper and would take time to dry. Really?Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Is it unprecedented to delay the Queen's Speech?
At the halfway stage, some people were enjoying itMichael Farthing wrote:How did Belgium's prosperity duing this period compare with that during times when it had a government?
That story seems to have credence. If it avoided a clash with Ascot, I suspect that HM would be happy to read her speech scribbled in crayon on toilet paper.Angus French wrote:Don't know but the delay is apparently (according to the World at One) due to the fact the speech has to be written on goatskin parchment paper and would take time to dry. Really?
Common sense, and more responsible reporting, is saying that the speech is written onto vellum after it's delivered.NickFaulks wrote:That story seems to have credence. If it avoided a clash with Ascot, I suspect that HM would be happy to read her speech scribbled in crayon on toilet paper.Angus French wrote:Don't know but the delay is apparently (according to the World at One) due to the fact the speech has to be written on goatskin parchment paper and would take time to dry. Really?
There was an interesting piece about polls on the Daily Politics BBC2 this lunchtime; you can see it on the BBC website under the Election latest threadChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Apparently the polls show that Labour would win a majority if a new election was called. That might change during an election campaign, of course but still food for thought for the Conservatives
I disagree. Labour did better than most people expected for three reasonChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Predicting a hung parliament before the election just gone was relatively easy. Predicting the result of a new election in the next few months is much harder.
Why should Point 3 not still apply?Matthew Turner wrote:I disagree. Labour did better than most people expected for three reasonChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Predicting a hung parliament before the election just gone was relatively easy. Predicting the result of a new election in the next few months is much harder.
1. The Tories had a poor leader
2. The Tory manifesto was awful
3. People picked up on the fact that the labour leadership genuinely believed what they said.
Not sure any of these will apply a couple of months down the line, so a comfortable Conservative majority.
Even though the Tories are looking more ridiculous by the day??Matthew Turner wrote:I disagree. Labour did better than most people expected for three reasonChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Predicting a hung parliament before the election just gone was relatively easy. Predicting the result of a new election in the next few months is much harder.
1. The Tories had a poor leader
2. The Tory manifesto was awful
3. People picked up on the fact that the labour leadership genuinely believed what they said.
Not sure any of these will apply a couple of months down the line, so a comfortable Conservative majority.
Labour. It was 25 MPs with majorities >30k, seven of which are within fifteen minutes of me; four in the city alone. That's Labour's problem: lots of depth; insufficient breadth.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:not sure which party has a larger advantage in terms of genuinely safe seats
It wasn't! Well done to you. But pretty much everyone else, including both main parties, thought it would be a comfortable Tory winChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Predicting a hung parliament before the election just gone was relatively easy
Yes, very unlikely. But I'd not bet on another GE that soon unless events intervene. The Tories will not want to fight one any time soon. They have things to sort out:Christopher Kreuzer wrote:If this government does limp on until 2022 (unlikely)