The Clegg masochism strategy: The first leadership ratings have him up a net 9pc in a week
Nick Clegg’s net YouGov ratings at best point since March 2012. Now minus 45%. In Sept they were -63%. LBC effect? twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st…
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013
Today’s net -45% the best in getting of for a year
Piles of polling overnight including, as every Sunday morning, the YouGov leadership ratings. Cameron sees a net rise of 1 to minus 18%; Ed Miliband a net increase of 3 to minus 20% and Nick Clegg up 9 to minus 45%.
The Clegg boost follows, of course, the first of his highly publcised weekely phone-in rogrammes on LBC which have been described as a “masochism strategy”.
The latest voting intention number from YouGov have CON 31%: LAB 44%: LD 11%: UKIP 8% are also good news for the yellows with the party having been in double figure for three and a half weeks – the first time that has happened since 2010.
But that contrasts with Opinium for the Observer overnight which had the party at its lowest level ever 7%. The firm is the only online pollster that does not take any steps to ensure a politically balanced sample.
The other polling headlines:-
Full ComRes Euro elections figures -Lab 35% (+19 on 2009 vote), UKIP 23% (+6.5), Con 22% (-6), LD 8% (-6), Green 5% (-3)
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 12, 2013
Just 67% of UKIP voters in the ComRes/S People Euro election poll want full withdrawal
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013
Overall support for complete withdrawal from the EU in the ComRes/People poll is 33% – down 4 from October 2012.
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013
Good for Dave?? By 57% to 24% CON voters tell ComRes they want to renegotiate relationship with the EU but not full withdrawal.
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013
The LDs drop to their lowest point yet with Opinium for the Observer while UKIP slip back 3.CON 31:LAB 41:LD 7:UKIP 12
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 13, 2013
So a very satisfactory set of figures for Labour – double digit leads in the Euro elections survey as well as the two Westminster voting intention ones.