As diligent students of British politics understand, most votes under our first past the post system make no real difference to the result of a general election. The ones that count are those cast by swing voters in marginal constituencies. The Conservatives have been confident in their assertions that, despite a narrowing gap in nationwide opinion surveys, their lead among these defining voters in the marginals is big enough to make the crucial difference. A carefully targeted poll in this morning's Times suggests their confidence may be misplaced.
This site has been created using Drupal by Ian Reeves as a live publishing environment for the students and staff of the Centre for Journalism, one of the University of Kent's newest departments.
Its first cohort of undergraduates enrolled in September 2008 and its teaching staff include Prof. Tim Luckhurst, Ian Reeves, Sarah Lonsdale, Richard Pendry and Dr Suzanne Franks.
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