Monthly Archives: April 2009

My magnum opus (!) on what I think the polling says we should do will have to be delayed due to work obligations. I’ll try to write it over the weekend. On that topic though, there’s a very interesting article … Continued

It’s very unusual to lose an opposition day vote. It’ll be interesting to read what Phil Cowley has to say about the make up of the vote* Personally I find it hard to understand the reasons for limiting settlement rights … Continued

At what point do you begin to be frightened by your unopened e-mails? I’ve been struggling mightily to keep them under 400, but I appear the barrier has been over-run. It’s not as bad as all that. I foolishly don’t … Continued

On the internet poker forums I frequent, there is a tradition called the Thinly Veiled Brag Post. It’s where you post a question about  the problems you face persuading your lingerie model girlfriend that it’s her turn to find someone … Continued

I don’t like talking about polls much. Looking at monthly polls is like looking at the essays of Oxford students in the three years before their finals. They tell you lots of useful things about the weaknesses, strengths and abilities … Continued

I’m working on a baggy monster of a post abot polling, but it’s taking longer than I expected (I sacrificed my lunchbreak already,  and it’ll probably take some of the evening) While you wait, here’s a graph I did. It’s the percentage … Continued

I’ll be breaking a self imposed rule later today, and trying to think a little about the current set of polling results, and what it means for us as a party. Something to look forwards too, eh? I mean, all … Continued

Forest are safe, and Burton Albion, who I’ve been mildly obsessed with over the last few months, are going to be playing in League Two. A lot of the Forest fans of my acquaintance are particularly excited by the possibility … Continued

David Cameron wants to be seen as a caring localist, wants to break the power of state service provision and save money. He can have two of these three things, but trying for all of them will destroy him. David … Continued

Nobel Prize winning economists say basically the same thing you’ve been saying for the last few weeks. As I’ve said before, the Eurosceptics could be throwing the mother of all “I told you so’s” right now, if they weren’t so … Continued