John Curtice Quotations

At the end of the day, Brown was quite explicit that he was not going to try and cut taxes, and the elbow room he has would be spent on education.

It's the moment that MPs start worrying about their seats that Blair has to worry.

The big crucial difference is that the opposition's still not terribly popular.

Both are in part about inequality between rich and poor. For many, the objection on smoking was that a partial ban would have increased inequalities in health. With the education bill, the objection is that it will increase inequality.

People like Simon Hughes are still burdened by the mores of the generation they grew up in.

The thing that would make me say this is more than something you can dismiss as exceptional local circumstances is that it fits a new bigger pattern.

It was classic Cameron: brilliant style, not much substance.

It is symptomatic of the fact the government does have a smaller majority so it is more vulnerable.

If Labor do lose a very large number of seats, it will be well and truly a disaster.