English tabloid, The News of the World is closing following a political storm over its journalism practices. The 168-year-old tabloid is accused of hacking into the mobile phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. The Met Police say there are 4,000 possible targets named in seized documents.
The newspaper and its executive are closely allied to the Conservative Party in the UK and disgraced former eidtor Andy Coulson was formerly David Cameron’s director of communications.
There is much debate at present between politicians and their supporters on the best way to reign in the growing deficit and rebalance the economy. What is your view on how to improve the US’s fiscal position?
UPDATED April 26th, 2011 Advance voting has soared by 34% over 2008 with Monday April 25th having the highest early voting turnout on record. See artice on CBS.
In our poll Liberals lead with 41% to the New Democrats on 30% and the Conservatives on 16%. BUT we have too few votes yet to be statistically meaningful.
In Nanos polling which is the most recent the results are Conservatives 39.2%, Liberals 25.6%, NDP 23.6%, BQ 6.5% and Greens 3.6%. Angus-Reid has Conservatives at 38%, Liberals at 27% and the NDP at 21%.
The latest Canadian Press/Harris Decima measure of voting intentions reveals the Conservatives lead by 8 points. Over the latest week, the Conservatives stand at 36%, to 28% for the Liberals, 19% for the NDP, 8% for the BQ, and 7% for the Greens. Over the last two weeks, the Conservatives stand at 38%, to 28% for the Liberals, 17% for the NDP, 8% for the BQ, and 7% for the Greens. Ekos last poll on April 18th had Conservatives at 37.4%, Liberals at 24.9%, the NDP on 20%, the Greens on 8.4% and BQ on 7%
From Wikipedia; The 2011 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 41st Canadian General Election) will be held on Monday, May 2, 2011 to elect members to the House of Commons of the 41st Canadian Parliament. The writs of election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on March 26, at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose Conservative government was defeated in the House of Commons on a motion of non-confidence which declared the government to be in contempt of Parliament.This is the first time in the Commonwealth of Nations, that a government has fallen on a contempt motion and it is without precedent in countries governed by a Westminster-style parliament.
A Nanos Research survey of about 1,000 voters put the Conservatives on 37.8%, the Liberals (led by Michael Ignatieff) on 26.7% and the New Democratic Party on 23.7%.
We published this poll on March 16th, 20011 with the folowing lead-in;
The growing catastrophe surrounding Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plants has some politicians around the world calling for an end to nuclear power. Germany has closed 7 plants, and the EU is reviewing all 195 plants in the EU. Some in the US are also calling for an end to nuclear power, but President Obama and most other leaders say that nuclear power can be pursued safely in the United States, away from coastal and earthquake-prone regions. Meanwhile, Bechtel has been to investigate a way to make smaller, more modular plants.
I then posted it on Facebook and it prompted this interesting discussion.
David DaviesThis is a very negative & reactionary thing to do right now while there are still 1000’s of unaccounted people from the Tsunami and most people are basing their reactions on sensationalist unbalanced media reports.
March 16 at 11:18pm ·
Ken SwartzIt is certainly time to turn the lights out on building nuclear power plants on beaches in Tsunami prone areas!
Tricia McDonald BellWhen these plants out way the risk to human lives with the resource that was the reasoning for there existence. How can we keep these open ? Look at what our earth has to work so hard to reclaim. Our mother earth seems very angry that this is a question.
Thursday at 4:22am ·
David Davies”The Legacy of Chernobyl”
Zhores A. Medvedev PhD; Paperback
… But for most people its easier just to believe the rhetoric
Thursday at 7:34am ·
Irina SviridLooks like the next generation will have more brain power (= people with two heads) to answer this question…
if 7 days after 9-11 you created a “poll” asking people if the US should nuke Iran the result would probably be “yes” too.
if you’re just looking for knee jerk reactions, based on media hype and scaremongering in order to oppose Nuclear Ener…gy then now is absolutely the right time.
In a few months the actual impact will be known and people will be able to voice opinions based on real information.See More
Friday at 11:24pm ·
Michael GaleThese polls have to go up immediatey. Interest wanes quickly! Its amazing how topical it all is. See how fired up y’all are
Yesterday at 12:20am ·
David DaviesFor those of you comfortable overseas, you can revel in your (to be short lived) propaganda victory against Nuclear Energy. For people here in Japan, we prefer to focus our concerns on victims of the Tsunami, which is a real disaster.
Yesterday at 12:30am ·
Ken SwartzThey built the reactors to withstand a 7.0 earthquake and guard them with a 25 foot wall. The wave went right over it. Why hedge your bet? Build it to withstand a 9.5 earthquake (largest in recorded history) and a 50-100 foot wall. Or move it to higher ground. Just saying.
Yesterday at 1:15am ·
Ken SwartzAnd it goes without saying that we pray for the victims of this horrible disaster. Be safe.
They did a LOT of things wrong, the implimentation was botched and they ignored warnings about the safety of the location. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-17/japan-s-nuclear-disaster-caps-decades-of-faked-safety-reports-accidents.html… Nowadays that’s the way things happen in Japan, it is not at all the same culture that made Japan the No 2 economy in the world. But the actual danger posed by the incident is blown out of all proportion by the media. The fact is, that despite everything that went wrong the nuclear incident is a trivial part of the real disaster, and the final impact will be minor.See More
And 100 Million people still live here at very real risk of an aftershock or tsunami.
There are major aftershocks every day still, a week later. But instead of hearing news and information about the real threat, all we hear is news about… Fukushima which could never do comparible damage.
It sure must be more exciting for people outside of Japan, because its a hot topic of international debate, but it is extremely unhelpful to those of us still here, with friends here or for the 1000’s suffering from the original disaster.See More
Yesterday at 2:17am ·
Beverly Swartz BulI don’t think “exciting” would be the term that comes to mind. Horror and disbelief might be. The Doctors without Borders in Virginia are being asked to sign on for 9 month commitments, so hopefully this will be considered helpful. Nothing but heartfelt condolences to you all.
Yes, along with my wife and just few rational friends. Literally 1000’s of other foriegners have run away and selfishly diverted resources that should be focussed right now on helping people in the freezing Tsumani effected areas. The irr…ational panic over non-existant radiation in Tokyo is costing lives.
One ray of light is that BBC seem to have done an about face on their sensationalist stance as of this morning.See More
22 hours ago ·
Horace LimMe thinks NEW nuclear power plants are on hold for another 20 years? Now let’s examine all the generation 1 nuclear plants built around earthquake faults…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-asia-pacific-12785274
BBC seem to be the first news service to see reality and try to save face. All the others will either follow or be left looking stupid.
Those of us here in Japan will always reme…mber that at the time of a genuine disaster what the world cared about most was the anti Nuclear political agenda.See More
21 hours ago ·
Michael GaleDo you think its politics? Aren’t people just worried and the Japanese Govt giving mixed signals and not appearing open after all the past cover ups about safety breaches? People expect Govts to come clean when stuff happens and mixed messages look bad.
Nobody trusts the Japanese government or Corrupt officials at TEPCO. And if were were not in the middle of a REAL disaster with a clear and present danger of further quakes and tsunami’s then this Nuclear incident would be a great discussio…n and we would learn a lot from it. We can still do that LATER.
But right now it is a trivial distraction that diverts life saving resources away from where they should be.
I strongly support your right to voice your opinion and push a political agenda, but I wish people would do so at an appropriate time when there are not negative implications.See More
Challenging isn’t it. I of course don’t have an opinion at least not one I ever let on. I just keep promoting the web as a way to get global democracy and all my poll originators scan for what is getting political traction and then poll it.… The inappropriate timing issue comes up a lot. Another one is how a poll extends the life of an issue. Our “Is Obama an American Citizen?” gets a lot of criticism for giving credibility to what some say should not be a legitimate issue but we found that a third of GOP politicians have publicly stated he isn’t so it really is a legit political issue even if distasteful. This being an impartial platform is harder than I ever imagined!
The Australian State of New South Wales goes to the polls on Saturday March 26th. Most opinion polls heavily favor the opposition coalition of the Liberal and National parties to easily defeat the sitting Labor government of US born Premier Kristina Keneally, the State’s first female Premier. Who is your pick?
Today, Libyan war planes launched at least five airstrikes on protestors and rebel forces that seek to oust the leader of Libya, Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Many of the protestors and observers from around the world have called for foreign powers to enforce a “no fly zone” over Libya, which would require the use of foreign military aircraft that would patrol the skies of Libya and shoot down any Libyan plane that flies over the country. Some have suggested the zone could be enforced by Arab countries, NATO, or predominantly by the United States.
Today, Libyan war planes launched at least five airstrikes on protestors and rebel forces that seek to oust the leader of Libya, Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Many of the protestors and observers from around the world have called for foreign powers to enforce a “no fly zone” over Libya, which would require the use of foreign military aircraft that would patrol the skies of Libya and shoot down any Libyan plane that flies over the country. Some have suggested the zone could be enforced by Arab countries, NATO, or predominantly by the United States.
Wisconsin was the first state in the nation to give all public sector workers collective bargaining rights, in 1959. Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill – to strip collective bargaining rights from most public sector unions – has sparked days of demonstrations, and a walkout by State Democrats. Walker’s plan is expected to easily pass the state Assembly, which Republicans control by a wide margin. Their margin in the Senate is narrower, and a few GOP Senators have expressed reservations about it. What do you think?
Google marketing executive Wael Ghonim, one of the key organizers of the Egypt uprising was detained and held by Egyptian authorities for 12 days. He organized the revolution on Facebook and Twitter and plans to write a book about the effect of social media on political activism called “Revolution 2.0.” Should he take a political role in Egypt?
