Comments on: Post-plot polls show 60% think Labour divided and 62% think contest would be a distraction

By: Complete Sham

Complete Sham — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:14:15 +0000

11% approval rating – wow!

Hey Shamik, I just bought a Canon 500d with a couple of lenses (it’s the nuts), I can nip round if you need some shots for your ego.

By: SOCIALIST UNITY » AROUND THE BLOGS

SOCIALIST UNITY » AROUND THE BLOGS — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:14:35 +0000

[…] main loser, as he managed to come over as both disloyal and indecisive. Left Foot Forward shows the polling evidence that 62% of the public think a leadership contest would be a distraction. Mike Ion on […]

By: Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward

Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:53:34 +0000

[…] the real challenges ahead” – and the public was most unimpressed. As Left Foot Forward reported today, the first polls since the failed coup have shown that 60 per cent of the electorate think […]

By: harry

harry — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:44:13 +0000

“The Tories are highly unlikely to win a 179-seat majority.”

not when the postal votes are ‘counted’

By: Shamik Das

Shamik Das — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:16:22 +0000

Anon, John Major didn’t go to the country in 1995, and anyway that was two years before a General Election – not four months. In any case, I really cannot see Gordon Brown faring as badly as John Major did in 97. The Tories are highly unlikely to win a 179-seat majority.

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:09:56 +0000

Shamik – Why doesn’t Gordon Brown do a John Major and call an election now in a “Put up or shut up” move… worked for Major.

Mind you that would require guts and being able so make a decision so I won’t be holding my breath…

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:40:12 +0000

Thanks a lot Geoff & Patricia – with friends like these who needs enemies?