That’s how British politics works though which shows you can campaign from the outside and effect change helped by the right wing media.

Seat projection based on September poll average:

 

CON - 308

LAB - 255

LIB - 6

SNP -58

 

Still 4 years away but it says something when a party with an 80 strong majority can lose that much support in less than a year.

Seat projection based on September poll average:

 

CON - 308

LAB - 255

LIB - 6

SNP -58

 

Still 4 years away but it says something when a party with an 80 strong majority can lose that much support in less than a year.

 

That's their majority wiped out completely. It'll be interesting to see how things go once Brexit is finally off the table (if there's a deal), the impact of Covid is fully felt and "balancing of the books" begins. I wouldn't be surprised by a Labour majority in the polls by this time next year.

That's their majority wiped out completely. It'll be interesting to see how things go once Brexit is finally off the table (if there's a deal), the impact of Covid is fully felt and "balancing of the books" begins. I wouldn't be surprised by a Labour majority in the polls by this time next year.

I don't think the Tories will do much about balancing the books before the next election. In the short term, they will use the excuse that the debt is serviceable with low interest rates and that they don't want to take money out of the economy. That is, of course, slightly disingenuous. Now is certainly not the time to increase taxes on most people, but measures such as increasing the top rate of tax will make very little difference to the amount people spend.

 

Whoever wins the next election si going to be faced with a mountain of debt which will dwarf the amount the Tories inherited in 2010.

The Greens have OVERTAKEN the Lib Dems. You love to see it! *.*

That's their majority wiped out completely. It'll be interesting to see how things go once Brexit is finally off the table (if there's a deal), the impact of Covid is fully felt and "balancing of the books" begins. I wouldn't be surprised by a Labour majority in the polls by this time next year.

 

 

No I honestly think the Tories will be back in front. Covid and Brexit will all but be forgotten and Boris will have settled nicely in to his job and will be more popular. He's had all the cards stacked against him for his first year in office. :(

Edited October 10, 20204 yr by Crazy Chris

Pandemic aside (which he has responded to extremely poorly and down right disgracefully tbh) these are cards of his own making/choosing. You can't cry about the cards being stacked against the person who stacked the deck with those cards in the first place.

No I honestly think the Tories will be back in front. Covid and Brexit will all but be forgotten and Boris will have settled nicely in to his job and will be more popular. He's had all the cards stacked against him for his first year in office. :(

 

You’re not even trying anymore :lol:

No I honestly think the Tories will be back in front. Covid and Brexit will all but be forgotten and Boris will have settled nicely in to his job and will be more popular. He's had all the cards stacked against him for his first year in office. :(

 

That’s not how these things in politics work out though. We will have 15 years of the Tories pretty much by 2024, voters will want to a change regardless. Plus we’re on the backdrop of Brexit AND covid. The effects of covid wont be forgotten about.

The Greens have OVERTAKEN the Lib Dems. You love to see it! *.*

 

Seems to suggest that a lot of the "watermelons" that moved from the Greens to Labour in 2015 when Corbyn was elected leader are starting to make their way back to the Greens.

It's a shame we don't have a PR voting system. I feel the greens would poll a lot higher if so. I know of quite a few family/friends who would vote them but see it as a waste of a vote and so end up voting for one of the two main parties instead.

Pandemic aside (which he has responded to extremely poorly and down right disgracefully tbh) these are cards of his own making/choosing. You can't cry about the cards being stacked against the person who stacked the deck with those cards in the first place.

 

 

Pardon? He didn't ask for Covid to enter these shores did he?

Pardon? He didn't ask for Covid to enter these shores did he?

Pandemic aside

 

Literally my first two words. Literally. But you know that and you’re pulling out this sea lion trolling technique because you’ve got nothing of substance to contribute

That’s not how these things in politics work out though. We will have 15 years of the Tories pretty much by 2024, voters will want to a change regardless. Plus we’re on the backdrop of Brexit AND covid. The effects of covid wont be forgotten about.

 

COVID and brexit are two of the biggest events this century they won’t be forgotten about in 3 years

First negative rating for Keir Starmer and a further fall for Boris Johnson in favourability. It looks bad but Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were both constantly below -30.

 

Boris Johnson's favourability rating:

 

Favourable: 27% (-14)

Unfavourable: 48% (+6)

[Net rating: -21]This is Boris Johnson's lowest net rating (-21) in a favourability poll since July 2019.

 

Via Ipsos MORI, 2-5 October (changes since 11-13 July)

 

 

Keir Starmer's favourability rating:

 

Favourable: 29% (-4)

Unfavourable: 30% (+1)

[Net rating: -1]

 

This is Keir Starmer's first negative net rating in any approval poll since he became Leader of the Labour Party.

 

Via Ipsos MORI, 2-5 October (changes since 11-13 July)

 

Interesting, although I can't think off the top of my head what would have caused Starmers' rating to drop so much in the past week, can't think of any one thing that would cause a drop in his ratings among normal people, unless it's just that more people know of him than before.

Interesting, although I can't think off the top of my head what would have caused Starmers' rating to drop so much in the past week, can't think of any one thing that would cause a drop in his ratings among normal people, unless it's just that more people know of him than before.

 

Yes, I don't think there is any single event as such. It is likely just to be a combination of a greater awareness of who he is (and therefore less neutrality) and a general frustration with the lack of direction from both the government and opposition in the handling of the pandemic.

Something surprising coming out of IpsoMori tomorrow -

 

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Someone on Twitter pointed out the last time he tweeted something like this, it was the first indication that the SNP would sweep the board in the 2015 General Election, so this could be massive. Or, something boring, like Labour leading by 1 point.

Part of me hopes it’s a 60% in favour of Scottish Independence

Part of me hopes it’s a 60% in favour of Scottish Independence

 

@1316333428585893888

 

Almost.