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On the move!

Agh! You’re still here? My new site and weblog, ianking.ca is now up and running; new posts are building up over there, never to be mirrored here. Go! What are you waiting for? All the stuff worth keeping has been migrated over to the new server, and I don’t anticipate making any more posts here.

Bloggers and webmasters: Update your links! Simply replace vancouverscrum.blogspot.com with www.ianking.ca in your blogrolls or bookmarks to point to the new site. Old posts will remain on this server for as long as the people at Blogger/Google allow them to remain; unfortunately, I’m not going to bother to come up with any way of converting permalinks on this blog to their corresponding posts on the new site. Yes, I plead laziness. I also realize the irony of switching away from Blogger just it starts to add features that the demanding blog nerds insist upon.

Thanks for reading and linking, and see you over at ianking.ca!

—Ian King, December 13, 2004

Monday, May 31, 2004

 

Poll Vault: Day 9

Good news(?) for the Grits -- SES Research/CPAC: Liberal 36, Conservative 26, NDP 20, Bloc 13, Green 5. (May 28-30, n=600, +/-4.1%, 19/20)

Bad news for the Grits -- Ipsos/CTV/Globe and Mail: Liberal 34, Conservative 30, NDP , Bloc 11 (44 in Quebec), Green 6, Other 2. (May 28-30, n=1000, +/-3.1%, 19/20) Notable: Grits and Conservatives statistically tied in Ontario, NDP falls sharply in BC (though the BC sample is only about 130 people), 66% of Canadians are saying time for a change -- but what kind of change? Ipsos' seat projections don't show any party getting a majority, and the only coalition that would exceed 156 seats would be a possibly unthinkable Bloc-Conservative coalition. Wouldn't you love seeing those two try to hash out foreign, social, or energy policy? Well, maybe if you're into soap operas...

OBVIOUS QUESTIONS: With the Conservatives being very close indeed to at least a share of power, will the national media begin to harsly scrutinize on the Conservatives' agenda once the platform is further revealed this week? Will anyone be able to figure out just what sort of government Stephen Harper is actually talking about, or will it be whatever government you want him to provide?
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