Comments on: Team Huhne: Chris is catching up

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:45:41 +0000

if Nick Clegg doesnt win without at least 55% of the vote i will be truly amazed

By: Dominic

Dominic — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:54:27 +0000

OK Steve you’re on! My tenner says Nick to win – ping me an email at enquiriesATstpeterspress.co.uk if you’ll match it!

By: Steve Comer

Steve Comer — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:28:11 +0000

Dominic (35). I put my small wager on Chris Huhne to win with Parry Power weeks ago. My return will be relatively modest, but those of you who stick a few quid on now will get much better odds…..unless the bookies have seen the latest poll evidence.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:27:03 +0000

Richard uses the phrase “canvass figures”.
Is it not true that both campaigns would be calling on behalf of a particular candidate, so the results, however you cut them, are highly dubious. For both.
What are the opening lines of each sets of calls?

By: Daniel Bowen

Daniel Bowen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:02:56 +0000

OK….

It’s pretty clear in the SE at least that Chris has always been doing well.

The high profile of the last 2 weeks will improve that and get his vote ‘in’ so to speak.

The members I’ve been talking to are now much firmer for Chris than they were.

The question is in the rest of the country. Surely mass media coverage will be more important than MPs’ endorsements?

By: RichardA

RichardA — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:01:23 +0000

I spend a lot of time looking at the Clegg campaign canvass figures every day. I can cut these in many different ways by time, geography etc. and they all come in at the same range – 40 to 45% for Huhne, 55 to 60% for Clegg. This is consistent with the Sky poll just last weekend. I’d (really) hate to be wrong on this but have to say that the figures published above are so far out of kilter as to be literally incredible. Without further information on who did the calling, who was called and the questions asked these numbers have no real value other than to spin a tale.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:54:15 +0000

I know this isn’t politicalbetting, but any Huhnites out there willing to put their money where their mouths are?

Dodgy polls are one thing (Huhne’s email certainly made me chuckle), but it’s not long now till we get the result, so surely some of you will put down a tenner or so on your man, won’t you …?

By: big Mak

big Mak — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:50:08 +0000

Angus:

Don’t have a cow man!(with apologies to Bart Simpson)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:09:34 +0000

32. LibDemBritain

With a population of 70,000 and a 3% confidence interval with a 95% confidence level you need a sample of 1051.

Both campaigns have exceeded this.

Calling more people is of course useful for drumming up support – but such push polls if the Clegg team are doing them to get support would make the results a statistical nonsense.

By: LibDemBritain

LibDemBritain — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:50:32 +0000

Rob F – I’d look a bit closer at how much polling Team Clegg has done. Only 200 odd undecideds canvassed but of other canvassing, it runs at several thousand over the last week.

Team Clegg seems to have by far the biggest sample in this election and they have Clegg at 60-40. This strikes me as probably being about right. It would be unwise to bet on Huhne I feel.

By: Rob F

Rob F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:13:01 +0000

Glad you’ve calmed down, Rab – save it for the other parties

By: Angus J Huck

Angus J Huck — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:09:23 +0000

Big Mak:

You are in danger of putting yourself Beyond the Lunatic Fringe (with apologies to Alan Bennet).

By: big Mak

big Mak — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:05:11 +0000

I do Rob, I think you will see my postings are mostly in jest toward you…a little bit more harsh on our mad bovine friend Angus…but hey if you can’t “roll with the punches” then your in the wrong game, internal contest or not.

By: Rob F

Rob F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:00:21 +0000

Calm down Rab, it’s an internal contest, remember?

By: big Mak

big Mak — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:59:03 +0000

Jesus Rob did you just say that the Clegg supporters should “cut down on the desperate spin”….its worse than I thought doctor, he’s totally lost it!

By: Rob F

Rob F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:59:02 +0000

Tell me how I’m selectively reading!

By: big Mak

big Mak — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:56:20 +0000

Angus, at least that gives me an excuse. Whats yours for writting such utter bolloc*s!?

As for being in my toen I think we got rid of mad cow(or bull in your case) a while ago, but always get my cattle prod out again… your name Angus seems to fit the bill in so many ways.

As for you Rob, come on I thought you were a little bit more on the ball…I’ve heard of selective hearing but selective reading?!

By: Rob F

Rob F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:54:46 +0000

What a load of old tosh, surely those MPs are backing Nick because they think he is the better of the 2 candidates?

C’mon, let’s be honest here, they’re backing Nick because they were told at the outset of the campaign that he’d walk it, so he’d be in a position to hand out jobs at the end. I think they’ve been surprised.

I’ll happily support whichever man wins, but can y’all cut down on the desperate spin? It’s like Millbank New Labour in here!

By: JamesS

JamesS — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:53:40 +0000

Pah. Either will make a good leader, and it’s not exactly life and death for the party as we continued through deeper, darker days than this!!

By: Rob F

Rob F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:51:41 +0000

20: I think you are, as the story on Nick’s website does, confusing total canvassing from the start of the campaign with canvassing done in the last week?

Given the apparent number of undecideds, and how crucial the figures from the last week are, I’m sure you wouldn’t want to mislead anyone