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Mike Smithson
@MSmithsonPB
Election analyst and gambler who's been running his award winning blog since 2004. Pic is of grandad Charles campaigning in Lancashire in late 1920s
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Dec 24, 2020
    Lord Heseltine's comment on the Brexit deal - "We must welcome the news that Brexit does not end in the chaos of no deal, but only with the sense of relief of a condemned man informed that his execution has been commuted to a life sentence."
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    May 3, 2019
    How the vote went in Moggsy own ward in NE Somerset LD 67% CON 28% LAB 5% The turnout was 54%
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jul 15, 2022
    Latest YouGov has 84% of LAB voters saying Brexit was wrong
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jan 13, 2018
    From Mail on Sunday. Some of the comments that UKIP leader's girlfriend is said to have made about Meghan Markle dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    May 3, 2023
    From the latest Private Eye
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jul 1, 2022
    Tories drop to third place amongst Graduates - @IpsosNewsPolls LAB 40% LDs 25% CON 20% GRN 8%
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jun 12, 2017
    Staggering. Votes shares in London at GE17 LAB 54.5% CON 33.2% LD 8.8% GRN 1.8% UKIP 1.3% LAB exceeded all the polls in the capital
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Aug 30, 2022
    How is Truss going to cope with PMQs?
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    May 5, 2019
    Dominic Raab, the Kent MP who didn't realise that Dover was a major port, now 2nd favourite on Betfair to succeed TMay. Favourite remains the man who Tweeted he'd voted on Thursday when there were no elections in his area
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Apr 19, 2022
    What CON MPs perhaps don't realise is that their continued support for Johnson will be used mercilessly against them by their opponents at the general election
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Sep 5, 2018
    Latest NatCen survey overseen by Prof John Curtice has Remain 59% Leave 41%
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jun 27, 2020
    From latest Opinium - Voting intention in the seats won by CON at GE2019 CON 37% LAB 50% LD 8%
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Aug 23, 2018
    Latest YouGov Brexit tracker LAB VOTERS ONLY "In hindsight, do you think Britain was right or wrong to vote to leave the EU?" Right 20% Wrong 76% DK 14% I think this is a record high for LAB voters
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    Mike Smithson
    @MSmithsonPB
    Jul 10, 2022
    Latest @YouGov Brexit tracker finds 16% of those who voted Leave now say Brexti was WRONG

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