politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
How can we explain both MORI and ICM? One thing you must not do, when you see a shock polling outcome such as the survey for by MORI published by the Observer this morning, is immediately to conclude that it must be a rogue or an outlier. The fact is that we don’t know and [...]
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
I don't recall ever agreeing with Roy Hattersley on anything. Until today. His article in today's Observer on the dangers of a Hung Parliament is a must read for anyone who cares about conviction politics and ethical government. He concludes by saying... Cynics will say that, whichever party is in power next year, the nation will benefit from it being kept on the short leash of a hung parliament. The...
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
One can only assume, given how much he constantly and irritatingly whines about how the blogosphere is ignoring the big questions (also neatly rounded up by my impecunious Greek friend ), that Richard North is ignoring the blogosphere's reactions to the CRU documents out of some kind of misplaced spite. Or maybe he is just sore that he didn't get there first. * Whatever the reason, for once EU Referendum...
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
bmsd’s letter to “Stop the Islamisation of Europe”. --------------- Dear Mr [Stephen] Gash, We are a group of Muslim democrats who are committed to the values that define the British state, including legal and constitutional equality for all, equal rights for women and minorities, and religious freedom, including the right to be free of faith. We take such pride in these virtues...
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday
Whilst your humble Devil is waiting for the rest of the world to finish watching Strictly Come Dancing and the XFactor and catch up with the fact that something quite momentous has happened, I thought that I would point out the significance of the CRU emails. The whole of the anthropogenic climate change reporting and response is co-ordinated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),...
Miss S B (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Have been pretty busy with work and various other things, and have been bad at reading. My DW inbox has 394 messages in it, my email a mere 90, and Facebook 186. Also I have stuff that I need to link you guys to, and my brain is not working. Have I missed anything important recently? Mat is still making me watch old!BSG, and it really is totally rubbish. The only thing in it which even approaches cool...
Fausty's Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The Corbett Report interviewed Daniel Estulin, who revealed the behind-the-scenes details of the G20 Finance Minister's meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland in early November.Details were derived from actual G20 documents that his sources sneaked out of the meetings, despite heavy, unprecedented security, "even by Bilderberg standards", according to Estulin. (See ).Estulin says that the main...
underdogs bite upwards (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A while back, I mentioned a drinking buddy whose son is facing the wrath of Social Services. I was drinking with him again on Friday night. The SS want to steal his grandson. The SS needling progresses. Recently the social worker threw out the child's bedding because the mattress had a stain on it. He's two. Two-year-olds have these little accidents. The parents had to go out and buy a new mattress...
underdogs bite upwards (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
I didn't pounce on this story straight away because I wondered if it could be a hoax. More and more, it's looking real. Mark Wadsworth has a list of links to those covering the story in detail, which I won't because others have done it better . As Mr. W. points out, the newspapers are intent on burying the story under the guise of 'University computer hacked - all rather dull - nothing to see here'...
Fausty's Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Ethical hacker, Chris Paget, demonstrates a low-cost mobile device that surreptitiously reads and clones tags embedded in passport cards and enhanced drivers' licenses.He can collect ID's, change IDs and collect complete identities by correlating passcard information with credit card information where both are RFID-chipped.Anyone with such equipment, costing less than £150, can do this. The kit...
Boatang and Demetriou (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
New Labour in 2009 is like Toby Young in 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People'. An unpopular piece of shit. And like all anti-social morons, Gordon Brown and his grubby party has been abandoned by even the most patient of formerly loyal Saints.The BBC has been successfully wooed by the left wing Conservative Party under the left wing Cameron. The Independent has given up their usual
Realstreet (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Time and tide wait for no man; especially no man with a blog. Blogging has been lighter than usual as I’ve been trying to finish my latest project: Discmania. There are still hundreds of items to add, including many famous films. So, what else has been happening? Some Belgian chap has been chosen to become Europe’s [...]
Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight's Ipsos MORI poll shows a huge boost for Labour, with the Tory lead down by from 17% to 6%: Con 37% (-6%) Lab 31% (+5%) LD 17% (-2%) Others 15% (+3%) On a uniform swing this would produce a hung parliament: 296 Tory MPs, 278 Labour, 44 Lib Dems and 32 others. This is the lowest Tory lead MORI have found since December 2008.
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday
UPDATING: a list of The Kitchen posts concerning the CRU Emails . And, just as a reminder, feel free to browse the searchable database .
And another thing... (Free subscription) | yesterday
TOMORROW’S Observer will carry an Ipsos/Mor poll showing the Tories with an extremely modest (and not majority-winning) six per cent lead. The numbers are: Conservatives 37 (-6) Labour 31 (+5) Others 32 I can go to bed (reasonably) happy now.
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