Big State is the problem not the solution.
PJC Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
This quick poll by YouGov UK, throws some light on public opinion, and contradicts the view of the 3 big political parties.
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New(ish) Ipsos Mori Poll – Conservative Lead Slashed to 6%
Richard Willis's Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
There is a newly reported poll from Ipsos Mori in tomorrow’s Observer which shows a dramatically cut Conservative lead of just 6%: Conservative 37% (down 6%) Labour 31% (up 5%) Lib Dem 17% (down 2%) This is a boost for Labour but there are several significant caveats. MORI has often been very erratic and found [...]
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A Bit Of Rompuy Pumpy
The Asparagus (Free subscription) | yesterday
We now know who the EU's first president is going to be . It's Belgium's Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy . There's also going to be a new EU foreign policy chief, in the form of Britain's Cathy Ashton . Better-known candidates for the top job, such as Tony Blair, faded out of contention as the EU's 27 leaders got together to decide who should get the positions. These jobs have been created as part...
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Stories Like Inchworms
NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
If you’ve been following the health care or climate change debates, you know that your local newspaper will run a story each day whether or not anything significant happened that day because of the intense interest in the subjects. Some stories can roll on for a good long time before anything resembling resolution occurs – instead, the stories inch along, one detail at a time. For example:...
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Baroness Ashton: fasttalking and affable
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Baroness Ashton of Upholland talks quickly sometimes so quickly she can be hard to follow.
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Lesson of Baroness Ashton's Appointment
Janet Mackinnon (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Like most people, I was vaguely aware that Cathy Ashton had replaced Peter Mandelson as European Trade Commissioner, before her appointment yesterday as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. However, I didn't know - thankfully not being part of them ! - that in New Labour circles Baroness Ashton is best known for being the wife of journalist and YouGov founder Peter Kellner....
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Twitter Liberals?
John Connell (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This month’s Prospect Magazine (still the most intelligent of the monthlies by a long way) offers the results of an interesting poll conducted on its behalf by YouGov in which, it seems, Twitter users across the UK do pretty well (a personal take, of course) on a relative continuum that goes from Authoritarian to Liberal [...]
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Baroness Ashton says she will prove 'best person for the job'
Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The little-known Labour peer who emerged as the surprise choice to be Europe's first "foreign minister" declared today that she was determined to prove she was the best person for the job.
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Orange mobile broadband offers best quality and value for money
Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
According to recent reports Orange has been named the best mobile broadband provider in the UK by a recently performed YouGov survey. When it comes to getting mobile broadband services consumers are always on the lookout for a great quality product and service coupled with excellent value for money. The results of a recent survey has [...]
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... And Who The Fuck Is Baroness Cathy Ashton?
The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A virtually unknown Labour crony was last night installed as Europe's first 'foreign secretary'. In a move derided as an EU stitch-up, Baroness Ashton was Britain's 'consolation prize' after Tony Blair's dream of the presidency was crushed. The similarly low-profile Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy - who favours the introduction of EU-wide taxes and the abolition of national flags and anthems...
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Up Holland - actually, up yours too
nigel hastilow (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Baroness Who? If the EU really wanted to downplay the creation of a new President and Foreign Secretary it couldn’t have done much better than give the top job to a Belgian and the other to an obscure Baroness from Britain. Baroness Ashton of Upholland (where?) is an ex-CND campaigner with a degree in sociology and all the right contacts, being married to the political pundit and Yougov polling...
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Half-a-Billion People Told Name of Their New Emperor President
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The 500 million people of Europe have a new president, not one of them was troubled with the requirement to cast a vote. Actually that is not quite true, 27 politicians decided unanimously who to appoint. Soviet Politburos invariably came to unanimous consensus decisions, it is a characteristic of undemocratic systems that deals [...]
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Lady Catherine Ashton is EU Foreign Minister: Baronness Catherine Ashton is EU High Representative
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Britain's Lady Catherine Margaret Ashton will become the new European Union's (EU) foreign policy minister to serve under new EU President Herman van Rompuy of Belgium. She replaces Javier Solana. Lady Catherine Ashton Lady Ashton (52), or formally Baroness Ashton of Upholland, is married to Peter Kellner, the President of YouGov, a pollster, commentator and journalist. Ashton is a member of Labour,...
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How PB’s 50/1 star tipster missed out on making a bet
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
And is this a first for Mail and Guardian front pages? For political punters, surely, the saddest aspect of the selection of Baroness Ashton as the first EU High Commissioner is that PB’s Morus (AKA Greg Callus) who posted his exclusive tip here on November 9th, was unable to place a bet himself. He’s [...]
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Most Twitter Users In UK Seem To be Liberals, Says Study
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Twitter, the micro-blogging website, has more than 5.5 million British users, most of which are likely to be Guardian reading liberal Londoners, says a recent study.
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