Those polls don't factor Ukip.
It's not the polls, it's the prediction models. 12-19% is supposed to give them only 1 seat?
Apparently, that is possible because their vote is not concentrated.
United Kingdom
Fri, 2015-04-10 12:12
#52
Fri, 2015-04-10 16:33
#53
Fri, 2015-04-10 16:59
#54
That was funny, though of course it is sadder when "New Labour" does essentiallly the same. The UK Green party has a (middle-aged) boy band video, with Tories, Labour LibDems and UKIP: relevant in MANY countries in terms of "austerity" (and Labour doing f-all against it) but are the Greens a credible ecoleft alternative? There are many flavours of Green, from very progressive to frankly on the right.
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/04/08/greens-launch-boy-band-ele...
Sat, 2015-04-11 11:40
#55
Labour continues to narrow the gap - it's a real horse race now!
Party / GE / Apr 4 / Apr 7 / Apr 8 / Apr 9 / Apr 10 / Change
Conservatives / 302 / 283 / 287 / 284 / 282 / 281 / Down 21 seats
Labour / 256 / 277 / 271 / 274 / 275 / 277 / Up 21 seats, now within 4 seats of the Conservatives
SNP / 6 / 40 / 42 / 41 / 41 / 41 / Up 35 seats
Liberal Democrats / 56 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 28 / 28 / Down 28 seats
326 seats needed for majority
Sat, 2015-04-11 11:43
#56
General Election 2015: Tories switch to campaign Plan B as they suffer in opinion polls
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-el...
Sat, 2015-04-11 11:50
#57
Don't much about the Greens apart from the Canadian Greens who are just basically another right-wing party, as if we don't already have enough of those.
4 of the last 5 polls show Labour in the lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2015_United_Kingdom...
Sat, 2015-04-11 12:01
#58
Labour 40 seats short of majority, so Miliband better up his game.
Lab 286 seats, Up 28 seats
Cons - 273 seats, Down 34
SNP - 48 seats, Up 42 seats
Lib - 19 seats, Down 38 seats
326 required for majority
Sun, 2015-04-12 10:15
#59
swallow
Don't much about the Greens apart from the Canadian Greens who are just basically another right-wing party, as if we don't already have enough of those.
4 of the last 5 polls show Labour in the lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2015_United_Kingdom...
I think the Greens of England and Wales are firmly positioned as a left-ecologist party. Probably mroe so than Labour.
Sun, 2015-04-12 11:38
#60
Yes, I got that impression. I wish I knew more about the UK Greens. The Québec Greens have taken a sharp turn to the left, and proclaim themselves ecosocialist. They used to have very questionable social policies, for example wanting welfare benefits to be "in kind" so beneficiaries would have to have "healthy eating habits" (which is very different from helping poor people access healthful foods).
Sun, 2015-04-12 17:54
#61
montrealer58
Labour 40 seats short of majority, so Miliband better up his game.
Lab 286 seats, Up 28 seats
Cons - 273 seats, Down 34
SNP - 48 seats, Up 42 seats
Lib - 19 seats, Down 38 seats
326 required for majority
The SNP have already said they are willing to go into coalition with Labour, so from that poll, they are 2-4 seats over the top. Clegg is very likely to lose his seat (as is Farage), and if the LibDems are left with any seats at all they will not be cooperating with the Tories any more. Canadian Liberals should note that the destruction of the Liberal Party is directly related to how much you collude with the Conservatives. Clegg has done more to destroy the British Liberal Party than any man since Jeremy Thorpe. May Justin Trudeau follow in his footsteps.
Sun, 2015-04-12 18:14
#62
Party / GE / Apr 4 / Apr 7 / Apr 8 / Apr 9 / Apr 10 / Apr 11 / Apr 12 / Change
Conservatives / 302 / 283 / 287 / 284 / 282 / 281 / 283 / Down 19 seats
Labour / 256 / 277 / 271 / 274 / 275 / 277 / 274 / Up 18 seats
SNP / 6 / 40 / 42 / 41 / 41 / 41 / 42 / Up 36 seats
Liberal Democrats / 56 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 28 / 28 / 27 /Down 29 seats
326 seats needed for majority
Sun, 2015-04-12 18:20
#63
Labour 40 seats short of majority, so Miliband better up his game.
Lab 286 seats, Up 28 seats
Cons - 273 seats, Down 34
SNP - 48 seats, Up 42 seats
Lib - 19 seats, Down 38 seats
326 required for majority
Highly unlikely that anyone will get a majority. But Labour's likely to be in the best position to form a government, either with the SNP or the LDs.
Sun, 2015-04-12 20:35
#64
Or maybe both.
Mon, 2015-04-13 11:41
#65
This race is far from over but.....
Conservatives take six-point lead in Guardian/ICM poll
Poll takes Tories to 39% ahead of Labour on 33%, as Lib Dem support stays at 8% and Ukip drops back two points to tie with Greens on 7%
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/13/conservatives-six-point-...
Mon, 2015-04-13 11:44
#66
General Election 2015: Conservatives have six-point lead, poll finds
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11531506/General-E...
Mon, 2015-04-13 11:46
#67
Mon, 2015-04-13 14:47
#68
This race is far from over but.....
Conservatives take six-point lead in Guardian/ICM poll
Poll takes Tories to 39% ahead of Labour on 33%, as Lib Dem support stays at 8% and Ukip drops back two points to tie with Greens on 7%
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/13/conservatives-six-point-...
In contrast, the Ashcroft poll displayed a similar trend to last week’s surveys showing support for the Conservatives dropping: Panelbase gave Labour a six-point lead over the Conservatives; Survation for the Daily Mirror put Labour four ahead; and TNS had the party three ahead.
. . . .
YouGov for the Sunday Times had the parties neck and neck, while YouGov for the Sun gave Labour a three-point lead.
Taking in the ICM result, the Guardian’s updated average of recent polls puts the Tories on 33.7% and Labour on 33.6%. Support for the Lib Dems has edged up slightly, with Nick Clegg’s party on 8.2%. Ukip continues to gradually shed support and is now on 13.3% compared with 15% at the beginning of the year. The Greens are on 5.3%.
Mon, 2015-04-13 15:14
#69
Artist Taxi Driver Interviews Liz Crow : UK's Excruciating Austerity
'We Are Figures'
https://twitter.com/rgplizcrow
'650 narratives of austerity'
Mon, 2015-04-13 18:34
#70
Mon, 2015-04-13 18:48
#71
Could SNP's strength cost Labour the election?
SNP has almost doubled lead over Labour in Scotland, poll shows
Support grows for Nicola Sturgeon with 52% of decided voters pledging to vote SNP, giving party 28-point lead over Labour
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said her party would ‘put an end to Westminster austerity’. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/13/snp-has-almost-doubled-l...
Mon, 2015-04-13 18:55
#72
Why didn't he do it in the last 5 years? 
Mon, 2015-04-13 21:33
#73
montrealer58
If the Tories are at 39%, and given all the other parties in the race, I think they are in slim majority territory. It could be an outlier poll.
The Tory Party calling itself the party of the working people is an old gaffe.
Tue, 2015-04-14 09:05
#74
Nigel Farage relaxing at The Jolly Racist
Tue, 2015-04-14 10:18
#75
Depression Alert: Recent electoral results from here and there....
Australia: Harper Clone (and they have a PR not FPTP system)
New Zealand: Harper Clone (He won 50%+ in their PR (not FPTP) system)
Israel: Harper Mentor (PR system there too)
UK: Harper clone maybe headed for re-election in their messy FPTP system?
Democracy and even PR voting systems are trumped by media control, it seems. Lets try and make Canada the exception.
Tue, 2015-04-14 11:36
#76
Depression Alert: Recent electoral results from here and there....
Australia: Harper Clone (and they have a PR not FPTP system)
New Zealand: Harper Clone (He won 50%+ in their PR (not FPTP) system)
Israel: Harper Mentor (PR system there too)
UK: Harper clone maybe headed for re-election in their messy FPTP system?
Democracy and even PR voting systems are trumped by media control, it seems. Lets try and make Canada the exception.
Cameron's not as bad as Harper. And Netanyahu is much worse.
Tue, 2015-04-14 17:40
#77
montrealer58
Depression Alert: Recent electoral results from here and there....
Australia: Harper Clone (and they have a PR not FPTP system)
New Zealand: Harper Clone (He won 50%+ in their PR (not FPTP) system)
Israel: Harper Mentor (PR system there too)
UK: Harper clone maybe headed for re-election in their messy FPTP system?
Democracy and even PR voting systems are trumped by media control, it seems. Lets try and make Canada the exception.
Cameron's not as bad as Harper. And Netanyahu is much worse.
UK Ally and fellow Anglophone country USA: HILLARY CLINTON WHO SUPPORTED THE GENOCIDE OF 1,000,000 IRAQI PEOPLE. How many people are going to be exterminated when she becomes president?
The question is, why do Anglophones in general support these mass-murderers?
Tue, 2015-04-14 17:40
#78
montrealer58
++
Tue, 2015-04-14 18:53
#79
UK Ally and fellow Anglophone country USA: HILLARY CLINTON WHO SUPPORTED THE GENOCIDE OF 1,000,000 IRAQI PEOPLE. How many people are going to be exterminated when she becomes president?
The question is, why do Anglophones in general support these mass-murderers?
Obviously, the reasons are historical, as with any question one might ask about why certain groups of people behave in certain ways. People behave the way they do because of their interactions with the world into which they are born. That world in turn is the product of all of the history that led up to it, from the paleolithic onwards. In this particular case, the most important recent historical factors are the dominance of the British Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries, and its smooth replacement by the U.S. Empire in the 20th.
Tue, 2015-04-14 18:54
#80
The question is, why do Anglophones in general support these mass-murderers?
Maybe they have other planks in their platform besides "Oh, and don't forget I supported the invasion of Iraq eleven years ago."
Or maybe it's just something about the English language that brings out the worst in people.
Tue, 2015-04-14 19:04
#81
When it is Morrissey singing in it, absolutely. Makes me want to squash kittens every time I hear that guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49lPGmnYDw4
(okay, not really him)
Tue, 2015-04-14 22:03
#82
The Cons are starting to pull ahead.
Cons - 286
Lab - 271
SNP - 43
LIB - 26
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
Tue, 2015-04-14 23:55
#83
Sputnik: Episode 071 (and vid) George Galloway MP etc
http://rt.com/shows/sputnik/244605-uk-blair-malcolmx-murder/
"A sensational new book, 'Blair Inc: The Man Behind the Mask' tours the horizon of Britain's most controversial prime minister. Francis Beckett, co-author of Blair Inc, a Labour man and one of the country's leading Blair-ologists, joins Sputnik to tell us about the private dealings of Tony Blair..."
Thu, 2015-04-16 19:55
#84
C - 280
L - 277
SNP - 42
LD - 27
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
Thu, 2015-04-16 20:05
#85
Interesting that Cameron just didn't even bother to show up for the BBC debate.
Thu, 2015-04-16 21:43
#86
montrealer58
I think Cameron would have annoyed his supporters if he appeared on the BBC.
Fri, 2015-04-17 08:16
#87
C - 280
L - 277
SNP - 42
LD - 27
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
This has it Labour 282 Tories 280, with the SNP at 48.
Fri, 2015-04-17 09:41
#88
Interesting that strategic voting is called "Tactitcal Voting" in the UK
They have the same voting problems we do!
Sun, 2015-04-19 18:35
#89
'Adorable' Ed Miliband mobbed by Chester hen party as approval ratings continue to soar
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/adorable-e...
Sun, 2015-04-19 18:38
#90
Mon, 2015-04-20 14:53
#91
Poll that last week had Tories up 39-33, now has them up 34-32. Clearly, last week's poll was an outlier.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/20/tories-still-ahead-labour-latest-guardian-icm-poll
Tue, 2015-04-21 00:46
#92
Looks like Conservatives are pulling away from Labour
Cons - 283
Lab - 269
SNP - 47
LD - 26
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
Tue, 2015-04-21 02:21
#93
Looks like Conservatives are pulling away from Labour
Cons - 283
Lab - 269
SNP - 47
LD - 26
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
One should bear in mind that the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the SDLP, and the Greens have all said they are going to vote against the Conservatives and support Labour. So it would make sense to include all the parties when predicting who has the greatest chance of forming the next government. If Labour, the SDP, Plaid Cymru, the SDLP, and Greens end up with more than 322 seats, Labour will most likely form the next government. It should also be mentioned that the Liberal Democrats have also said that they are open to being in a coalition with Labour.
Tue, 2015-04-21 06:43
#94
Tue, 2015-04-21 09:49
#95
Britain’s criminally stupid attitudes to race and immigration are beyond parody
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/20/britain-criminally-...
Sat, 2015-04-25 15:44
#96
Conservatives appear to be pulling away
Cons - 286 seats
Lab - 267 seats
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
Sat, 2015-04-25 16:16
#97
Labour by 2 seats in these forecasts,
Sat, 2015-04-25 20:58
#98
Here are 9 different Election Prediction Sites:
http://www.electionforecast.co.uk/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/feb/27/guardian-...
http://may2015.com/category/seat-calculator/
http://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/politics/british/mm4.uk.meet...
http://www.firstpastthepost.net/
http://www.ukelect.co.uk/HTML/forecasts.html
All of these sites are showing a close result between either a Conservative or Labour minority government. It seems a hung parliament will very likely occur again
Mon, 2015-04-27 16:08
#99
Polls starting to show a sift in favour of the Conservatives, one pollster now show Cameron with a 6% lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2015_United_Kingdom...
Mon, 2015-04-27 16:31
#100
Tue, 2015-04-28 04:25
#101
According to the talking head on the tele, the next prime minister will most assuredly be Ed Milliband if Labour and the SNP together win 314 or more seats.