Comments on: I can tell you where you’re headed - the lunatic asylum. http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html Don't annoy a dragon, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Curly http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3457 Curly Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:25:41 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3457 Why are the BBC not reporting this poll? Why are the BBC not reporting this poll?

]]> By: John Ward http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3454 John Ward Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:20:22 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3454 I agree with all of this, with the one caveat that this new Ipsos MORI poll was conducted over last weekend, when the LibDem conference was just starting. Even so, with the Labour leadership "rebellion" taking off that weekend, one would have expected the impact to be on Labour's figure, but that was hardly affected relative to recent polls including their own previous one. Instead it was the LibDems who have lost support quite significantly, and that I think is the real oddity of this poll's outcomes. Thus I come to the same "botom line" conclusion as you, in that they have no realistic prospect of forming even a coalition national government in the foreseeable future, but derived from a slightly different analysis. I agree with all of this, with the one caveat that this new Ipsos MORI poll was conducted over last weekend, when the LibDem conference was just starting.

Even so, with the Labour leadership “rebellion” taking off that weekend, one would have expected the impact to be on Labour’s figure, but that was hardly affected relative to recent polls including their own previous one. Instead it was the LibDems who have lost support quite significantly, and that I think is the real oddity of this poll’s outcomes.

Thus I come to the same “botom line” conclusion as you, in that they have no realistic prospect of forming even a coalition national government in the foreseeable future, but derived from a slightly different analysis.

]]> By: Ian Grey http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3453 Ian Grey Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:37:06 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3453 It reminds me of the Spitting Image parody of David Steel back in 1981- Go back to your constituencies and prepare...for a bit of a disappointment... It reminds me of the Spitting Image parody of David Steel back in 1981-

Go back to your constituencies and prepare…for a bit of a disappointment…

]]> By: Womble On Tour http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3452 Womble On Tour Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:47:52 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/09/i-can-tell-you-where-you%e2%80%99re-headed-the-lunatic-asylum.html#comment-3452 The BBC are spinning what a great week Clegg's had but frankly, given that he's been sidelined by the financial news, been greeted with stony silence every time he's mentioned the words "tax cut" and has demonstrated a complete ignorance on the level of pensions in this country, God knows what a bad week would have looked like. The BBC are spinning what a great week Clegg’s had but frankly, given that he’s been sidelined by the financial news, been greeted with stony silence every time he’s mentioned the words “tax cut” and has demonstrated a complete ignorance on the level of pensions in this country, God knows what a bad week would have looked like.

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