Friday, 22 November 2013

Labour are going to win - politics.co.uk

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"If 36% is the most the Tories could achieve and 34% is the least Labour is going to achieve, plot that on a seat predictor, Labour has already won."

Gaming the future

Lib Dem MP: 'Labour has already won'

Nick Harvey: 'This election is Labour's to lose.'

Labour is performing well enough that it has already won the general election, a Liberal Democrat MP has said.

Voter apathy

Comment: Why won't electoral reformers talk to me?

Godfrey Bloom: 'How can it be right that the electoral battleground is fought in 100 key marginal seats which swing at each election'

My fellow campaigners for electoral reform refuse to engage with me because I was in Ukip. Perhaps they should come down from their ivory towers.

Comment: Refusing to vote is a protest against the democratic deficit

Joseph Blake: 'The more young people disconnect from politics, the more we become neglected'

Why should young people vote? The system doesn't work for us.

Forgetting JFK

Comment: Forget JFK - this is Aldous Huxley day

Ian Dunt: 'Kennedy was a sex pest drug addict.'

John F Kennedy was a sex pest drug addict. Today we should remember a true titan of political thought.

In other news...

Jowell fires the opening shot in Labour's London mayor fight

Jowell: Firing the starting gun on the 2016 City Hall fight?

Tessa Jowell has announced she will leave parliament at the next general election, in a move which is being widely interpreted as the opening shot in the battle for the London mayoralty.

Tory MEPs fight plans for EU Army

An EU Army?

Tories in the European parliament were battling plans for what they branded an EU Army yesterday, as two separate schemes were put forward about harmonising defence spending and strategy.

Boris Johnson's ticket office closures are his tuition fees moment

Proposals to keep the Tube open 24-hours and close ticket offices have been around for years

This is as clear a broken promise by Boris as Nick Clegg's tuition fees pledge, and equally as brazen.

Home Office says man who hasn't eaten for 90 days 'is fit to fly'

Isa Muazu has been on hunger strike for 90 days

An asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for 90 days was today told he was 'fit to fly', suggesting plans are now under way to deport him.

The Tube goes 24-hours – but at what cost?

A 24-hour future for the Tube?

The London Underground will operate 24-hours at weekends, but at the cost of 750 jobs and the closure of all but six ticket offices, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

CIA: UK Chemical and pharmaceutical businesses see growth ahead

UK Chemical and pharmaceutical businesses see growth ahead but long term optimism restricted.

NASUWT welcomes decision on teachers' pay

"This announcement represents many weeks of hard work and discussion between the NASUWT and State's officials."

Let Britain Fly

VIDEO: Let Britain Fly.

Let Britain Fly: Business chiefs demand politicians end 50 years of dithering

Failure to commit to airport expansion risks condemning the UK to being a second-rate economy until at least 2040.

BSIA: Speakers announced for Scottish exporting seminar

An impressive speaker line-up has been announced for next week’s Wise Up to Exporting workshop.

IET: Online block to child abuse images not enough to solve problem

The move by internet search engines to make it harder to find child abuse images online do not go far enough to solve the problem.

Voice welcomes Scottish Government’s school closures response

Voice has welcomed the Scottish Government’s response on school closures.

RSPCA: Man fined after meerkats, monkeys and an armadillo found

Stephen Rowlands pleaded guilty to three CITIES offences at Worcester Magistrates Court.

CIOT: Low income campaigners call for wider universal credit pilot

LITRG is calling for the Government to introduce a revised pilot of the new universal credit system.

Cogent: New Online Skillsstore for the Science Industries

Cogent and the National Skills Academy Process Industries, has today launched Skillsstore.com.

NASUWT "disappointed" that Education Secretary "resorted to provocation"

NASUWT comments on the ongoing dispute with the Secretary of State for Education.

CPA: Construction survey indicates broader growth ahead

The Construction Trade Survey shows construction activity rose for the second consecutive quarter in Q3.

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