A new month starts and UKIP’s support remains buoyant
The Godfrey Bloom affair hasn’t even registered
Another month starts and there’s no sign that support for UKIP is on the wane in spite of the much publicised blow at the party’s annual conference 11 days ago.
The chart above shows the recent UKIP shares in the YouGov daily poll for News International and it is hard to detect any impact.
The ComRes phone poll for the Indy, published on Monday, had UKIP up. The only firm with it down is Populus.
Real voters in local by-elections, are still staying solidly with the party which continue to secure good vote shares. Last Thursday the purples picked up a seat from Labour.
Mike Smithson
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