The Ipsos-Mori issues index for May is out now, the fieldwork finished nearly a fortnight ago, on the 19th of May.

To put the current month’s index into context, here is the long term trends over the last sixteen years.

As Mike tweeted last night

The Ipsos-MORI Issues Index is unique because the questioning is unprompted & is seen as best test of the salience of issues

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 30, 2013

Given the current increase in support for UKIP, here’s how the Common Market/Europe/Euro/EU ranks over the last sixteen years.

 

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Note: Mike Smithson is currently on holiday