The Truth about those Polls…  

Well…what is happening? The sharp tightening of the polls may or may not be concrete – but both red and blue seem to think that it is. Colleagues have roundly scoffed at my theory that this reported tightening is a Tory ruse to ensure that their vote turns out at the GE… And a ComRes poll published tomorrow will put Labour as the largest party  following the next election with some, like Charlie Whelan, claiming that this shows the polling trend shoring up. We’ll see. Whether  it’s a five or two point difference between the parties, not a single vote has been cast yet… …and the non-dom scandal (for once a time when the term is justified) has yet to be factored into the polling. As matters stand, anything could happen. No chance for the LOTO to erase memories of his weekend performance by putting in a shift at PMQs – it’s Harriet and...