Britain: Labour's "re-launch" stymied by worsening economic forecast

                   
wsws.org     May 17, 2008            

By Julie Hyland 17 May 2008 The Labour government brought forward a series of measures this week in a rearguard action to try to rescue its political fortunes in wake of the party’s collapse into third place in the May 1 local elections. In 2007, the move won applause from Labour’s backbenches,... [read full story]                

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Three polls that shake Labour to the core

politicalbetting.com     May 18, 2008          

Graphics - News of the World Can it get any worse for Gordon? Reproduced above are the graphics that appear in this morning’s News of the World showing the key numbers from its ICM survey of Crewe and Nantwich voter ahead of next Thursday’s crucial by election. Given that a week ago the same...                

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Polls show Tories widening lead

msn.com     May 18, 2008          

Gordon Brown is facing another disastrous setback in next week's crucial by-election battle, according to polls.Despite a surprise tax cut and frantic campaigning by senior Government ministers, the Tories have doubled their lead in Crewe and Nantwich over the past week.                

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More Bad News For Brown

this-is-sparta.blogspot.com     May 18, 2008          

From The Sunday Times:Gordon Brown's attempt to relaunch his government has flopped, according to a poll for The Sunday Times, and his unpopularity is on a par with the worst days of John Major.... the survey of more than 1,800 people by YouGov gives David Cameron’s Conservatives a 20-point lead...                

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Triple whammy poll blow for Brown

conservativehome.blogs.com     May 18, 2008          

Last night we noted a YouGov survey for The Sunday Times giving the Conservatives a 20% national opinion poll lead. Over on the Seats and candidates page we blog an ICM poll that puts the Tories 8% ahead in Crewe and Nantwich. It also shows that voters are unpersuaded by the 10p tax u-turn. A...                

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Brown sets out vision for global society

sundayherald.com     May 18, 2008          

By James Cusick, Westminster Editor PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN YESTERDAY ARGUED THAT THE internet and a global desire for justice had created "the irrepressible revolution of our time". Addressing the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, Brown said a billion voices now...                

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THINK MAJOR, SAY BROWN...

squarespace.com     May 18, 2008          

The bad news just keeps on coming for UK PM Gordon Brown! With last week’s £2.7 billion tax cut bribe and a raft of new measures in the draft Queen’s speech Brown hoped to improve his standing but the latest opinion survey of more than 1,800 people by YouGov gives David Cameron’s Conservatives a...                

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Thoughts from Crewe

bloggers4labour.org     May 18, 2008          

I’ve been up in Crewe this weekend, enjoying the weather, Harvey’s sandwich shop and helping out in the campaign - and oh so unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of handwringing from the bien pensant press about the campaign. It’s a load of rubbish, of course, but that doesn’t seem to stop them...                

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In lieu of a new deck, a new hand

bloggers4labour.org     May 18, 2008          

Things look bleak for the embattled prime minister. Labour are facing opinion poll deficits that appear to be in free-fall. Some are suggesting his leadership will be called into question should Labour lose in Crewe and Nantwich. The media, the people and his party are turning against him and...                

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Will Thursday’s C&N disaster make the case for this man?

politicalbetting.com     May 19, 2008          

Is John Denham the person who can retain Labour’s English supporters? Because of Gordon Brown’s tendency to make most of the government’s announcements himself we rarely get a chance to see ministers like the Innovation and Universities Secretary, John Denham, in action. Doing a video search of...                

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BALLOONS ABOUT TO BE POPPED!

squarespace.com     May 19, 2008          

It's quite remarkable when you think about it. At the last General Election in 2005, Labour won the Crewe and Nantwich constituency seat with a 7,078 majority. That was quite a win back then, this was a solid Labour seat, and yet when voting takes place this Thursday in the by-election, they will...                

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