Polling
David Cameron is no longer more popular than his party
For the first time, David Cameron is trailing behind his party, according to the latest polling from Lord Ashcroft. Labour has long struggled with this problem, but as the charts… Continue reading
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Labour are the real losers in Eastleigh
The Lib Dems are still on course to hold Eastleigh. Despite the loss of Britain’s AAA credit rating and the unfurling Rennard scandal, Lord Ashcroft’s latest poll today puts their candidate Mike… Continue reading
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Will Nick Clegg take advantage of Britain’s growing EU and immigration anxiety?
Today’s Financial Times paints a poor picture for pro-Europeans: half of those polled want to leave the EU and just a third want to remain in. Plus, 41 per cent of those… Continue reading
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They’re nearly here but still, no one cares about elected police commissioners
This time tomorrow, the country will be flocking to the polls to select their first ever police commissioners. Or at least some of them will. Turnout has long predicted to… Continue reading
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Is David Cameron struggling to keep up with public opinion on Europe?
Over the past two weeks, the government has been desperately trying to harden its position on the European Union to match public opinion. David Cameron has been rather bullish with… Continue reading
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Despite everything last week, David Cameron is still on the up
Finally, some good news for the government – the public seems unconcerned by its recent difficulties. In spite of plebgate and George Osborne’s train ticket dominating this weekend’s papers, polling out… Continue reading
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Labour conference: Ed Miliband’s speech boosts his ratings
Labour leave Manchester today with a 14-point poll lead over the Conservatives, according to YouGov. That’s their biggest lead in a YouGov poll since June, although one last week showed… Continue reading
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Labour conference: Polling suggests Ed Miliband is still not seen as PM material
As Ed Miliband prepares to present a carefully crafted image of ‘Ed the human’ to the Labour conference this afternoon, polling out today suggests the nation still does not see… Continue reading
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Lib Dem conference: Paddy Ashdown hits out at opinion polls, Tories and pessimism
Polls don’t and shouldn’t matter to Liberal Democrats, so says Paddy Ashdown. The ex-Lib Dem leader managed to whip activists into a yellow-tinged frenzy this afternoon at a packed out… Continue reading
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Boris Johnson wouldn’t quite carry Conservatives back into government
If Boris Johnson was leader of the Conservative Party, would his presence reverse the party’s declining fortunes? This is the million dollar question on the mind of many Tories after… Continue reading
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Why do the Lib Dems love leaflets so much?
Polling analyst Mark Gettleson has a fascinating piece of research on ConHome today about the implications for the Conservatives of a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote in 2015. In… Continue reading
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Conservative Corby slips away
The first polling on the Corby and East Northamptonshire by-election is out today and not surprisingly, it suggests that Labour will take the seat by a landslide. The poll commissioned… Continue reading
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A deal on party funding could enrage Tory backbenchers all over again
Are the Tories about to do a deal with the Liberal Democrats over political party funding? Benedict Brogan intriguingly suggests that David Cameron might offer a post-Lords reform olive branch… Continue reading
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The morning-after for Borismania
If yesterday was the peak of enthusiasm for Boris Johnson’s hopes for the Tory leadership (Guido noted that every broadsheet commentator discussed the Mayor of London in their Saturday columns),… Continue reading
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