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Kier Starmer, The Wilderness Years?

4th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Earlier this week, to lob a grenade at his successor Andy Burnham’s first day in the House of Commons after the recess, Keir Starmer announced his resignation from Parliament. Speaking via his local newspaper, the [more…]

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Opinion Polls – The Methodology and Reliability

26th August 2026 Going Postal 0

The previous piece on opinion polls looked at who commissions opinion polls and what might be their motivations. This second piece is about how opinion polls are conducted and how reliable they are. Let us [more…]

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Why Do Voters Elect Known Criminals to Office?

26th August 2026 Patrick Barron 0

I’m sure that most readers are shocked when they learn that a known criminal has been elected to an office of trust in some level of government. (I saw just the other day that a [more…]

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Opinion Polls & Opinion Pollsters

25th August 2026 Going Postal 0

In 1992, every opinion poll and market research organization predicted a Labour victory at the general election. The BBC exit poll as the polls closed at 10pm on 9 April 1992 suggested that the Conservatives [more…]

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Manchester Mayoral Election Fiddle

31st July 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Our Markerfield correspondent has been in touch again, this time regarding the Manchester mayoral election which took place yesterday. However, the count doesn’t take place until today. Based on previous Greater Manchester mayoral elections and [more…]

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The Knob, a caricature of a northerner

27th July 2026 well_chuffed 0

After a week of the Andy Burnham show what have we let ourselves in for or to be more precise what has the Labour Party let us in for. True to form Labour has done [more…]

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Continuity Rodney

20th July 2026 well_chuffed 0

It’s all over then, Spanner has done the off, or will have in a week’s time, and the Knob o’t North will be taking over. From what I can see very little will change, it [more…]

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Knob o’t North

6th July 2026 well_chuffed 0

As mentioned by Mike Graham and Kevin O’Sullivan the self styled King o’t North has now been christened the Knob o’t North. The story so far is hard to believe. The mascara man has been [more…]

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Kenya’s Electoral Theatre

10th June 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

As Kenyan voters, we have become used to experiencing, every five years, a high-stakes drama full of sound and fury, in which the stage is set years in advance, the actors are meticulously costumed, and [more…]

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