Monday 27th April 2015 - GE minus 10 days

[TechnicalEphemera]

"Leading Tory says party has not used billboards in Hampstead and Kilburn election fight because tactic is reserved for marginal

JUSTICE secretary Chris Grayling tonight (Monday) responded to concerns from Conservative voters that the party was not campaigning hard enough in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency ahead of the general election by saying the party’s big billboards and leaflet campaigns were reserved for marginal seats.
The Tory big hitter’s comments added to the frustration of party supporters who were among an audience at the JW3 Centre in Finchley Road. They had been upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps from a pre-election Q&A session with Mr Grayling sent as a substitute speaker."

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/whynobillboards" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well they have every right to be disappointed with Grayling - but to be 'upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps' is plain barking ...

If a majority of 42 is not a marginal what is?

A majority of around 5,000

[rebeccariots2]

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 7m7 minutes ago
Latest YouGov poll (26 - 27 Apr):
CON - 35% (+2)
LAB - 34% (-)
UKIP - 12% (-2)
LDEM - 9% (+1)
GRN - 5% (-)

[TechnicalEphemera]

The Agenda ‏@agendaitv 1h1 hour ago
On #TheAgenda tonight @nick_clegg tells @tombradby "I'm going to unveil my red lines in an orderly fashion over the next few days" #GE2015

He can't even make tawdry sound properly tawdry - tries to make it sound neat and sensible.

Is he conducting some sort of strip tease?

[TheGrimSqueaker]

"Leading Tory says party has not used billboards in Hampstead and Kilburn election fight because tactic is reserved for marginal

JUSTICE secretary Chris Grayling tonight (Monday) responded to concerns from Conservative voters that the party was not campaigning hard enough in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency ahead of the general election by saying the party’s big billboards and leaflet campaigns were reserved for marginal seats.
The Tory big hitter’s comments added to the frustration of party supporters who were among an audience at the JW3 Centre in Finchley Road. They had been upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps from a pre-election Q&A session with Mr Grayling sent as a substitute speaker."

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/whynobillboards" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well they have every right to be disappointed with Grayling - but to be 'upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps' is plain barking ...

If a majority of 42 is not a marginal what is?

Was that the question Douglas Adams was building toward?

Anybody seen my coat ....... Night all

[ohsocynical]

Philip Lee on front of Mirror. Not in a good way.

What? what?

[TechnicalEphemera]

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 7m7 minutes ago
Latest YouGov poll (26 - 27 Apr):
CON - 35% (+2)
LAB - 34% (-)
UKIP - 12% (-2)
LDEM - 9% (+1)
GRN - 5% (-)

Not great, but as long as this isn't a trend but variation around a sample ok.

[Willow904]

This is what David Cameron calls "protecting the poorest and most vulnerable":

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/be ... es-5592828" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mitchell was living in the tent with his father Keith, 62, following their eviction from their four-bedroomed home in Birch Green, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, last year when they fell behind with their repayments.

Keith was also diagnosed with severe health problems including malnourishment, scabies and dementia.

As Owen Jones has said, whatever you feel generally about Labour, surely it is worth getting them into power just for the sake of the 500,000 people affected by the bedroom tax alone. How can anyone vote for the continuance of this disgraceful policy under the Tories? Can't wait to get them out and only sad that for so many people it will be 5 years too late.

[rebeccariots2]

George Eaton ‏@georgeeaton 1h1 hour ago
This is election endorsement week for the papers. Who will go first?

Susan ‏@marthasydenham 38m38 minutes ago
@georgeeaton Guardian have been sowing seeds for Labour for weeks now...

George EatonVerified account
‏@georgeeaton
@marthasydenham Yeh, they really have. Not going to get it wrong this time.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[ohsocynical]

Okay Tubby. Found it.

[pk1]

The I nails it

[Tubby Isaacs]

"Leading Tory says party has not used billboards in Hampstead and Kilburn election fight because tactic is reserved for marginal

JUSTICE secretary Chris Grayling tonight (Monday) responded to concerns from Conservative voters that the party was not campaigning hard enough in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency ahead of the general election by saying the party’s big billboards and leaflet campaigns were reserved for marginal seats.
The Tory big hitter’s comments added to the frustration of party supporters who were among an audience at the JW3 Centre in Finchley Road. They had been upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps from a pre-election Q&A session with Mr Grayling sent as a substitute speaker."

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/whynobillboards" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well they have every right to be disappointed with Grayling - but to be 'upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps' is plain barking ...

If a majority of 42 is not a marginal what is?

Think they're probably sensible to give it up, given their London polling. Very big Lib Dem vote last time to be squeezed.

[diGriz]

Well they have every right to be disappointed with Grayling - but to be 'upset by the unexpected withdrawal of party co-chairman Grant Shapps' is plain barking ...

If a majority of 42 is not a marginal what is?

Was that the question Douglas Adams was building toward?

Anybody seen my coat ....... Night all

I hope you are wrong.

The question and the answer are mutually exclusive and I quite I like the Universe as it is.

[rebeccariots2]

Joe Halewood HSM ‏@SpeyeJoe 4h4 hours ago Edinburgh, Scotland
Not only did IDS pull out of BBC #GE2015 debate, I hear he personally has ducked out of Chingford hustings tonight! #anyoneseenIDS

What is it with these Tories that they think they don't have to answer or pitch to their electorate?

[diGriz]

Joe Halewood HSM ‏@SpeyeJoe 4h4 hours ago Edinburgh, Scotland
Not only did IDS pull out of BBC #GE2015 debate, I hear he personally has ducked out of Chingford hustings tonight! #anyoneseenIDS

What is it with these Tories that they think they don't have to answer or pitch to their electorate?

We answer to them, not the other way around.

Now, go buy a cap to doff.

[rebeccariots2]

Danny Blanchflower
‏@D_Blanchflower
the made up fake letter from 43 tory businesses orchestrated by Tories has been removed from the torygraph website
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... Tories.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

So they removed it completely, did they?

[diGriz]

Danny Blanchflower
‏@D_Blanchflower
the made up fake letter from 43 tory businesses orchestrated by Tories has been removed from the torygraph website
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... Tories.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

So they removed it completely, did they?

It took the tories a lot longer to delete their previous mistakes from the net.

[seeingclearly]

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 7m7 minutes ago
Latest YouGov poll (26 - 27 Apr):
CON - 35% (+2)
LAB - 34% (-)
UKIP - 12% (-2)
LDEM - 9% (+1)
GRN - 5% (-)

Not great, but as long as this isn't a trend but variation around a sample ok.

Looks like some of those fence sitters fell off on the Tory side, instead of kipper land. Or perhaps the pollsters gave them a nudge.

I'm getting nervous too. Six weeks indoors, and it's too close for a taxi and a bit too far to walk. It takes me a couple of days to gear up for getting out. Eek, it really is that close. Thanks, whoever made that point, muchly grateful.

I've got serious collywobbles and keep wondering what stunts puffed up pride can generate.

Really is extraordinary watching the changing facial expressions of our fish pointer in chief, even the makeup doesn't cover the nakedness of his disintegration. A person like that should not be in charge.

Anyone know what the odds are on the howls of 'red tories' dying down?

[citizenJA]

goodnight
love
cJA

[seeingclearly]

No clear picture yet of circumstances, but three people died today on our raliways, separate incidents. Two in London and one in Bristol.