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Month: June 2013

Polling averages and changes with the online pollsters since January

Polling averages and changes with the online pollsters since January

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Now that the Opinium poll for the Observer  and the The YouGov for the Sunday Times have both been published, all the online polls for May have been published, here’s the online polling average, to go with the phone pollster analysis I did earlier on in the week. A couple of methodology notes 1) I’ve limited to one poll per pollster per month, if the pollster has conducted more than one poll during a month, I have used the last…

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Dave should remember this polling before he decides to withdraw from the debates

Dave should remember this polling before he decides to withdraw from the debates

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  There’s a report in the Independent this morning which says Amid increasing signs that the Conservatives would pull the plug on televised leaders’ debates if Mr Farage was included, the UKIP leader said he would be prepared to challenge efforts to stop him taking part in the courts. From January this year, there was polling on the debates that should make the Conservatives wary of pulling the plug on the debates. There’s a new poll out tonight by ComRes for…

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No promotion and the backbenchers are restless

No promotion and the backbenchers are restless

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  Do MPs feel that they’re off the leash with no government baubles to dazzle? The stability that coalition has brought to government is in many ways a good thing, allowing ministers to settle in post, become fully acquainted with their brief, see legislation through from design to statute, and reduce uncertainty. Almost certainly, there will be just the one significant reshuffle – that carried out last summer – with any casual vacancies filled with minimum disruption. No action (or…

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