Should have got him on this thread I recall 4 recommendations selling Labour @ 278, selling Libs @ under 38.5, backing the Tory in Croydon @ 11/8 (won by 156...) & multiple times the legend Simon Kirby...and there were more but no'one like's an aftertimer unless they are losing ones like mine in...
15+ years ago Tim Sainsbury (yes them) won 5 times running with 15k majority. Since then wealthy old timers have been replaced by so many from the Smoke, 1,000 per year recently that don't eat meat, like buckets of coffee and didn't like the casino, which shut. Just Ain't the same
You mean like Vince Cable who bodged the Mansion Tax @ £1m, immed raised to £2m after supporters complained and now gets voted out @ 1/7 by his own wealthy Tory constituents. Asking turkeys to vote etc etc
Clever guy Vince
The Tory was a stand in for the well known incumbent who stood down owing to Cancer. This 'incumbency bonus' helped other 1st time Torys more than the difference needed to retain in Hove
A guy last week placed a £30k bet @ 7/1 with Ladbrokes on a Tory Majority & EVERYONE laughed at the waste of dosh...monster call & looking nice right now
With the 24 largest seats having Tory MPs & the 20 smallest having Labour, a nice boundary reform bill to adjust the unfairness (that the Libs thought it would be a good idea to block) will make it a even longer road back
If it is true it is prob because that there were 100 new Tories voted in at the last election for the first time since 97 & once in place they have done a good job and together with the 1st time incumbency effect has kicked in big time
You gov usually poll 1,000 of a group that has opted in to their site...ie not Tory pensioners...and they are babies at exit polls..,bbc was 22,000 & they have strong exit form