By 67pc to 12pc voters tell ComRes that Cameron would appear a coward if he didn’t take part in election TV debates
67% tell ComRes/Express poll say Cameron would appear a “coward” if he didn’t take part in TV debates like in 2010. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st…
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 9, 2013
There’s a new poll out tonight by ComRes for the Daily Express highlighting the dangers for Dave of appearing to be reluctant about taking part in election TV debates. The 67%-12% split saying he would appear a coward if not there is quite emphatic.
The debates will help being the election campaign to life, according to the poll. More than half (52%) say they “make the General Election campaign more interestingâ€, with 28% disagreeing, although 50% also believe that the debates “don’t tell us anything about the party leaders and their policies that we don’t already knowâ€.
The poll also finds 54% saying Nigel Farage “should be offered the opportunity to take part alongside the other main party leaders†and only one in five – 20% – disagree.
I think that Grant Shapps made a big error before Christmas when he appeared to suggest that the Tories would be reluctant to take part.
Mike Smithson
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