Comments on: ComRes European voting intention poll

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The BNP « MCMXCI — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:48:17 +0000

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By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:51:29 +0000

Alec,

What seems pretty clear, regardless of what you choose to think of David Cameron’s handling of the issue, is that his personal expenses are not far out of line. He is one of the cleanest MPs on this matter (though not quite the cleanest) as he ONLY claimed for mortgage interest. Now I don’t think he should have claimed it, but in comparison to all he could have claimed, and what most other MPs claimed, he claimed very little.

As William correctly points out, his own financial situation is entirely irrelevant, and that of his wife is even more so.

If you want to claim to be impartial, as you so often do in these threads, at least try to give some semblance of reality to your claims rather than just make it obvious that you can’t stand the Conservative party.

By: william

william — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:17:35 +0000

How many jobs vary the income and expenses according to the empoyees wealth?
I may vote Labour locally as I know the candidate
ukip in europe and Conservative in a general election.

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:21:46 +0000

@Pete B – I can’t agree with point 4. Cameron simply isn’t a millionaire because he has the good fortune to have bought a house that has risen in value. He is a seriously wealthy individual, as is his wife, (daughter of Lady Astor no less) with the bulk of their wealth not earned by themselves as individuals but gained through accident of association with wealthy families. I repeat – a £30m fortune sets this man apart, and his need to borrow £400,000 at taxpayers expense to buy a very substantial property to serve as his constituency home when he could have straightforwardly purchased an appropriately modest home (or rented?) without the need to trouble the taxpayer is another sign of the dislocation of morality prevalent among MPs. The fact that too many like you (on all sides) seem prepared to condemn this behaviour on a partisan basis leaves me feeling that we will not truly be able to deal with these issues.

By: Paul H-J

Paul H-J — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:47:13 +0000

Stuart,

Probably not !

Hang on, what about Mebyon Kernow ? Do Labour have enough votes in Cornwall to leak more than a few thousand to MK ?

Still, in local relative terms, they will undoubtedly leak in that direction too.

By: Stuart Dickson

Stuart Dickson — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:53:52 +0000

Just a thought: could the Labour Party come FIFTH at the Euros?

YouGov has the Greens ahead of the BNP, who are at 7%.

Best ever Green result was 14%. If they can better that, could we be about to witness the destruction of the Labour Party before our very eyes, as it splinters in ALL directions: Con, LibDem, SNP, Plaid, Green, BNP, UKIP, assorted independents and anti-sleaze candidates, Monster Raving Loony.

Is there any political party that Labour is NOT leaking vast amounts of votes to?

By: Quincel

Quincel — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:43:40 +0000

Cheers Stuart

What I’d give to see the Greens and UKIP both beat Labour and maybe the LDs, would sure give them a boost that might just make the GE more interesting. The Tories would wtill win, but imagine if the Greens were actually polling for a seat or 2.

By: Stuart Dickson

Stuart Dickson — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:20:21 +0000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5341974/MPs-expenses-row-hurts-major-parties-Telegraph-poll-suggests.html

By: Stuart Dickson

Stuart Dickson — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:20:06 +0000

NEW POLL ALERT:

“The Telegraph/YouGov survey put the Tories 16 points ahead of Labour. Mr Cameron’s party polled 39 per cent, down six on last month, Labour 23 per cent, down four, and the Liberal Democrats 19 per cent, up one.

Crucially, the “other” parties are now also on 19 points, the same as the Liberal Democrats and only four behind Labour. That is a surge of nine points and shows that voters are considering turning towards more minority parties.

The poll found that none of the main parties was on course to perform well in the European elections next month. Among those certain to vote on June 4, 26 per cent backed the Tories, 21 per cent Labour and 14 per cent the Liberal Democrats.

One of the big beneficiaries of the expenses scandal could be the UK Independence Party (Ukip). It is on 16 points, putting it in third place.

There has been concern that the BNP is well-placed to win its first seats in the European Parliament. It is on seven per cent, behind the Green Party. “

By: Mark M

Mark M — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:17:49 +0000

Link to Telegraph story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5341974/MPs-expenses-row-hurts-major-parties-Telegraph-poll-suggests.html