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18 October 2011
Follow the money: political finance edition #nlpoli
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If you have eyes, be prepared to have them popped by labradore’ s latest comparison of party financing. He looks at the pattern of corpor...
Handling the Undecideds #nlpoli
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Opinion polls conducted in Newfoundland and Labrador that ask about party choice measure the opinion of the entire population of eligible vo...
PPM: The Polls in the 2011 Election #nlpoli
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Polling firms released more election polls in the 2011 provincial general election than in any recent provincial election. Corporate Resea...
17 October 2011
When is “nutbar” an unacceptable term? #nlpoli
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CBC’s ombudsman has ruled on complaints about Kevin O’Leary’s on-air use of the word “nutbar”. According to the Globe and Mail: The wa...
A study in fiscal responsibility contrasts #nlpoli
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Alison Redford, Alberta’s new Conservative premier promises she will deliver some long overdue attention to the provincial government’s her...
The NDP Rise #nlpoli
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On Sunday, the always provocative labradore dissected the NDP performance in the last general election. The NDP gains in votes, and se...
Politics, polls and news media #nlpoli
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For the past 65 years, public opinion polls have been an integral feature of news media reports on politics and elections. The reasons ar...
16 October 2011
Cheap power for Nova Scotians #nlpoli
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No, this is not about the official policy of both the Conservatives and new Democratic Parties in Newfoundland and labrador, although both p...
Whither the Liberals #nlpoli
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[revised and edited 4:45 PM] The tale is not told in the view of columnists - Stephen Maher , Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt - who ...
15 October 2011
An excess of chutzpah: pollster attacks colleagues over methods, accuracy #nlpoli
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Corporate Research Associates president Don Mills is criticising his professional colleagues for their use of online surveys to conduct opin...
Election Week Traffic #nlpoli
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The ballots are in and counted. People are still trying to grasp the enormity of what happened Next week, SRBP will have a series on pol...
14 October 2011
She can’t handle the truth #nlpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale is like her benefactor, Danny Williams. neither liked the province’s legislature where they could be held to publi...
13 October 2011
What does sanction really mean?
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Here’s what Kathy Dunderdale told CBC’s David Cochrane about Muskrat Falls: "We're looking at sanction, at the earliest at th...
The fine art of cabinet making #nlpoli
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One of these people will replace Shawn Skinner as Capital City’s man in cabinet: Tom Osborne John Dinn Dan Crummell - srbp -
Some Day the Sun Will Shine: Oil and the End of Newfoundland History #nlpoli
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Some Day the Sun Will Shine: Oil and the End of Newfoundland History Time: 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Location: Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Ri...
The way not to change #nlpoli
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Kevin Aylward did a yeoman service to his party by stepping in and leading it through a tough time. He didn’t add anything to the seat tal...
12 October 2011
Here’s what an opposition party looks like #nlpoli
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The Conservatives won’t open the House of Assembly until the spring. Former Tory Premier Tom Rideout thinks it’s a bad idea, according to ...
Globe and Shitemail #nlpoli
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"Orange wave credited with slimming Tory majority", the headline on the Globe story proclaims. The lede is just as bad An &...
The Morning After the Night Before #nlvotes #nlpoli
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The story of the night is the loss of two cabinet ministers and the Premier’s parliamentary assistant in gains by the New Democrats in St....
11 October 2011
Belated September Traffic #nlpoli
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In the rush of the uber-exciting election, your humble e-scribbler forgot to post the September stat porn list. Consider this your bit of ...
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