Conservative strategy

Conservative High Command brings in YouGov for internal polling

After years of relying on Populus for their private polling, CCHQ has now turned to the online pollsters YouGov to supply regular national polling direct to the election coordination team.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s Iain Martin, YouGov and Conservative high command have been locked in secret negotiations for some time. It is believed the firm will concentrate their polling efforts around “talking points”, or what the public is discussing at any given moment in the campaign.

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Time for the Tories to attack Labour’s Hypocrisy

Lord Ashcroft has issued a statement on his personal website disclosing the fact the he is a non-dom for tax purposes.

He also highlights the fact that two of Labour’s biggest donors also enjoy the same tax status.

I’ve said it before and I say it again, the Conservatives need to attack Labour’s hypocrisy when it comes to the issue of senior party member’s having non-dom statues. CCHQ has been willing to take the attacks on the chin for too long.

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