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Month: December 2012

Politicians should be less frightened of the national newspapers given that far fewer people are buying them

Politicians should be less frightened of the national newspapers given that far fewer people are buying them

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The press ain’t wot it used to be. Look at these declining circulation numbers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_n… twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 2, 2012 EdM re-takes the lead in YouGov’s leader ratings Cameron slips back in YouGov’s leadership ratings and EdM is back ahead twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 2, 2012 Mike Smithson For the latest polling and political betting news Follow @MSmithsonPB

Dave could be facing a big challenge winning support for press control without legislation

Dave could be facing a big challenge winning support for press control without legislation

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The first post Leveson report poll suggests that Cameron might be on the wrong side of public opinion. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 2, 2012 First Leveson polling reaction: By 50-29%, people tell YouGov that Cameron was wrong to oppose Leveson’s proposals for new legislation — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 1, 2012 By 50-26%, those sampled by YouGov think Clegg was right to back Leveson’s proposal. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 1, 2012 By 46-32%, people tell YouGov that…

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More polling showing that the EU isn’t the main issue for UKIP voters

More polling showing that the EU isn’t the main issue for UKIP voters

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How UKIP supporters assess the importance of the EU as an issue. Some remarkable findings – see chart. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 1, 2012 49%, though, rate immigration as key Ipsos-MORI aggregated data from their issues index polling will be published next week with the quite remarkable finding that just 20% of UKIP voters mention EU/Europe as a key issue facing the country. The one area that they are really concerned about is immigration with 49%. The Ipsos-MORI…

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Should the party without a single MP be given a place in the TV debates?

Should the party without a single MP be given a place in the TV debates?

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David Herdson asks:Should the party without a single MP be given a place in the TV debates? bit.ly/VkNSd8 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 1, 2012 David Herdson says there might be a case based on the polling In one sense, UKIP has enjoyed a Golden November. In the PCC elections, every one of their 24 candidates kept his or her deposit, their shares of the vote ranging from 6.9% in Merseyside to 18.7% in Northamptonshire. In the six parliamentary…

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