Just wish there was a table function. I spaced all those numbers out but it did not help.

Scot Dutchy wrote:

16-04-10

Party Current Polls My forecast
PvdA 33 28-35 30-35
CDA 41 21-28 30-35
VVD 21 18-22 25-30
D66 3 15-20 12-18
SP 25 8-12 12-18
PVV 9 22-28 10-15
GL 7 10-15 8-12
CU 6 6-7 5-8
PvdD 2 2-3 2-3
SGP 2 2 2
ToN 1 0-1 0

Nothing much moving. Wilders is having a lot trouble keeping people on his election list. A lot of comparison is now being made between the PVV and Fortuyn's party the LPF.

Utrecht has a very left of centre College made up PvdA/GL/D'66. The are going to ban all vehicles from the city centre just for starters.

See, that's awesome.

New polls here: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/blog ... .html#more

NineOneFour wrote:New polls here: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/blog ... .html#more

Thanks once again.
Yes things are quite quiet. Wilders is still having problems with his election list. A coalition of CDA/VVD/PVV will never happen. It would go the way of the LPF/CDA/VVD coalition which lasted a matter of months. The LPF were aguing about the size of offices!
No things will really move in two weeks time unless a disaster strikes. I dont think even the muslims are bothered about Wilders.

Wilders really is toast:

Peil.nl poll 21/4:

CDA 27
PvdA 33
SP 10
VVD 30
PVV Wilders 18
Groen Links 10
CU 6
D66 12

Purple is looking more and more likely!

It's the same story over at Polietike Barometer 23/4:

CDA 30
PvdA 30
SP 10
VVD 27
PVV Wilders 18
Groen Links 9
CU 8
D66 14

NineOneFour wrote:It's the same story over at Polietike Barometer 23/4:

CDA 30
PvdA 30
SP 10
VVD 27
PVV Wilders 18
Groen Links 9
CU 8
D66 14

Yes nothing much is changing. They call this period before an election the 'komkommer tijd' (cucumber time). In English they call the summertime the silly season which is the same. It is the period when nobody really pays any real attention as yet. We do not have the build up like in the states. The last two weeks is a mad house. It is also due that political parties election campaigns are paid by grants (relative of course to the present number of seats) from the government. They are not allowed to accept any contributions from third parties.
Which party brought its manifesto out in this time? The PVV of course. Slipping it through trying not get too much attention. This is after the fiasco in the local elections where the PVV did not join any college (the dutch name for body in charge of ruling the town council) in the town council.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/opposing-islam-central-tenet-dutch-freedom-party

Iain

Scot Dutchy wrote:

NineOneFour wrote:It's the same story over at Polietike Barometer 23/4:

CDA 30
PvdA 30
SP 10
VVD 27
PVV Wilders 18
Groen Links 9
CU 8
D66 14

Yes nothing much is changing. They call this period before an election the 'komkommer tijd' (cucumber time). In English they call the summertime the silly season which is the same. It is the period when nobody really pays any real attention as yet. We do not have the build up like in the states. The last two weeks is a mad house. It is also due that political parties election campaigns are paid by grants (relative of course to the present number of seats) from the government. They are not allowed to accept any contributions from third parties.

Music to my ears.

Which party brought its manifesto out in this time? The PVV of course. Slipping it through trying not get too much attention. This is after the fiasco in the local elections where the PVV did not join any college (the dutch name for body in charge of ruling the town council) in the town council.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/opposing-islam-central-tenet-dutch-freedom-party

Iain

Morons.

You never hear about the court case anymore.

Latest peil.nl:

May 6th

CDA 27
PvdA 33
SP 10
VVD 33
PVV 17
GroenLinks 10
CU 6
D66 11

Purple looking good.


Latest from politeikebarometer.nl

April 29th

CDA 29
PvdA 32
SP 8
VVD 30
PVV 18
GroenLinks 9
CU 7
D66 13

Purple looking doable but fragile.

NineOneFour wrote:Latest peil.nl:

May 6th

CDA 27
PvdA 33
SP 10
VVD 33
PVV 17
GroenLinks 10
CU 6
D66 11

Purple looking good.


Latest from politeikebarometer.nl

April 29th

CDA 29
PvdA 32
SP 8
VVD 30
PVV 18
GroenLinks 9
CU 7
D66 13

Purple looking doable but fragile.

Thanks again old friend. Yep it is going in the right direction.

Wilders has further problems in his court case. One of expert witness (on Arab culture and islam) has been disallowed. An expert witness has to be totally independent. This one was a fund raiser for Wilders. Not quite independent.

Scot Dutchy wrote:

NineOneFour wrote:Latest peil.nl:

May 6th

CDA 27
PvdA 33
SP 10
VVD 33
PVV 17
GroenLinks 10
CU 6
D66 11

Purple looking good.


Latest from politeikebarometer.nl

April 29th

CDA 29
PvdA 32
SP 8
VVD 30
PVV 18
GroenLinks 9
CU 7
D66 13

Purple looking doable but fragile.

Thanks again old friend. Yep it is going in the right direction.

Wilders has further problems in his court case. One of expert witness (on Arab culture and islam) has been disallowed. An expert witness has to be totally independent. This one was a fund raiser for Wilders. Not quite independent.

Remind me when a decision is likely?

Remind me when a decision is likely?

The court case will take place in the autumn but he is allowed two expert witnesses to back him up and like everything else nobody wants to touch him witha barge pole. He is now considered bad luck.

Off topic. An online HTML table generator can be found at
http://www.quackit.com/html/html_table_generator.cfm

Alas it comes out literally in this editor.

Perhaps some opening and closing tags may work. Right now, don't know.

Better online ed at http://www.spiderweblogic.com/Html-Tag-Generator.aspx

Thanks for the info

pinkharrier wrote:Off topic. An online HTML table generator can be found at
http://www.quackit.com/html/html_table_generator.cfm

Alas it comes out literally in this editor.

Perhaps some opening and closing tags may work. Right now, don't know.

Better online ed at http://www.spiderweblogic.com/Html-Tag-Generator.aspx

Oh, that's nice. Thanks.

Latest PolitieBarometer:

VVD 36 (!)
PvdA 33
CDA 23
PVV Wilders 18
GroenLinks 10
D66 10
SP 8
CU 8

Latest Peil.nl:

VVD 37
PvdA 31
CDA 24
PVV Wilders 16
GroenLinks 11
SP 10
D66 9
CU 8

Purple is looking really good right now.

What's all this I hear about a police station being bombed in Den Haag? Are you guys ok?

NineOneFour wrote:Latest PolitieBarometer:

VVD 36 (!)
PvdA 33
CDA 23
PVV Wilders 18
GroenLinks 10
D66 10
SP 8
CU 8

Latest Peil.nl:

VVD 37
PvdA 31
CDA 24
PVV Wilders 16
GroenLinks 11
SP 10
D66 9
CU 8

Purple is looking really good right now.

What's all this I hear about a police station being bombed in Den Haag? Are you guys ok?

Yep it is looking good. The VVD leader Rutte did well in the television debates. Wilders not.

I am sorry I know nothing about a police station being bombed. Nothing in the newssites.

Scot Dutchy wrote:

NineOneFour wrote:Latest PolitieBarometer:

VVD 36 (!)
PvdA 33
CDA 23
PVV Wilders 18
GroenLinks 10
D66 10
SP 8
CU 8

Latest Peil.nl:

VVD 37
PvdA 31
CDA 24
PVV Wilders 16
GroenLinks 11
SP 10
D66 9
CU 8

Purple is looking really good right now.

What's all this I hear about a police station being bombed in Den Haag? Are you guys ok?

Yep it is looking good. The VVD leader Rutte did well in the television debates. Wilders not.

I am sorry I know nothing about a police station being bombed. Nothing in the newssites.

A police station in The Hague has been targeted by unknown arsonists. On Monday evening a molotov cocktail hit the outside wall of the building in the Dutch political capital, causing a fire.

No-one was injured in the attack, which has not been claimed. Police are investigating traces left by the anonymous attackers, local station RTV West reports. The police station is in a residential quarter of the city.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/fire ... ce-station

Hi Nine,

It must have been a very small incident. TV West is our very local television station. Non comercial paid by taxes BTW. It is very local.
The article from TV West:

Brandbom tegen politiebureau
gisteren 07:00 25-5-2010

DEN HAAG - Onbekenden hebben een brandbom tegen het politiebureau aan de Haagse Beresteinlaan gegooid. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van de politie aan Omroep West bevestigd.

De brand werd rond 23.00 uur maandagavond ontdekt. Politiemensen doofden meteen de brand. Niemand raakte gewond.

De politie heeft de omgeving afgezocht, maar er is nog niemand aangehouden. De politie zoekt getuigen.

http://www.westonline.nl/nieuwsitem/41700

Beresteinlaan is what here is called the 'grey area' between the aso part of the city and a better area on the south east of the city. I am afraid kids there do this sort of thing all the time that is why it did not reach the regular papers.
On TV West everything is reported even when a cow falls into a ditch!

On the politcal scene:
Politieke Baraometer:
25-05-2010

VVD 37
PvdA 30
CDA 26
PVV Wilders 18
GroenLinks 10
SP 9
D66 9
CU 7

Not much change. "Paarse" has just a majority but it is very fragile. The policies differences between PvdA and the VVD are enormous but thats Dutch politics and when it comes to coalition building it is always amazing how policies change.
Under two more weeks and we will know.