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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Jeremy Corbyn is Britain’s most popular politician – but there’s a catch LISTEN

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Jeremy Corbyn is Britain’s most popular politician – but there’s a catch LISTEN

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi discuss exclusive polling from Opinium that looks at how popular a series of frontline British politicians are. The poll asked a nationally representative sample of UK adults to rate the following politicians on a scale of 0 to 10 on the basis of how favourable they were to them: Jeremy Corbyn Sadiq Khan Yvette Cooper Keir Starmer Emily Thornberry Diane Abbott Ed Miliband Theresa May Boris Johnson David Davis Phillip…

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Tony Blair: Must we love him or loathe him? Don Brind says No

Tony Blair: Must we love him or loathe him? Don Brind says No

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Tony Blair was at his brilliant best in his Sky interview with Sophy Ridge who introduced him as someone people either love or loathe. Blair demonstrated his supreme ability to present evidence and argument in an accessible and compelling way. I didn’t need convincing that Brexit is a looming disaster but it was a joy to hear the case made so impressively. The big question, though, is whether anyone now listens to Tony Blair? What does he need to do…

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EXCLUSIVE Support for a second Brexit vote is growing and Leavers should be nervous

EXCLUSIVE Support for a second Brexit vote is growing and Leavers should be nervous

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Keiran Pedley looks at some exclusive polling from Opinium and asks whether Britain really could remain in the EU after all? As Tony Blair gave one of his characteristically unwelcome interventions in British politics last week many were asking why he bothers. With parties supporting Brexit winning more than 8 in 10 votes at the recent General Election you could be forgiven for assuming that the former PM’s calls for Brexit to be stopped will fall on deaf ears and…

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The Tories are on the run over the public sector pay cap. So why is Don Brind frustrated by Labour’s campaign?

The Tories are on the run over the public sector pay cap. So why is Don Brind frustrated by Labour’s campaign?

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.@Theresa_May can find £1 billion to keep her own job, but can’t find the money so nurses and teachers can keep theirs. #PMQs #NHSBirthday pic.twitter.com/EedylEeWFf — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 5, 2017 There was no doubting the passion and conviction that Jeremy Corbyn brought to the Commons as he challenged the Prime Minister  over the pay cap which, he said, “causes real shortages in nursing, teaching and many other professions, as well as real hardship.” He added, “this pay cap…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Do voters think Corbyn is ready to be PM?

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Do voters think Corbyn is ready to be PM?

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran is joined by Habib Butt and Leo Barasi to discuss the latest polling news and analysis of the week. Key topics discussed this week include: 1) What the polls tell us about the state of the parties 2) Who the voters think would make the best PM and what the numbers mean 3) Exclusive Polling Matters / Opinium numbers on why people voted as they did in June and whether Corbyn is ready…

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Don’t Diss the DUP. They could help put Labour into government

Don’t Diss the DUP. They could help put Labour into government

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If Martin McGuiness could work with the DUP why couldn’t Jeremy Corbyn? That rhetorical question works the other way round too. If Jeremy Corbyn is to see private prediction to Michael Eavis at Glastonbury that he could be Prime Minister in six months fulfilled he can only get there with the combined votes of all the non-Tory parties – including the DUP. By contrast those 10 DUP votes were enough to give Theresa May an effective Commons majority. On the…

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Local By-Election Review : June 2017 (post General Election)

Local By-Election Review : June 2017 (post General Election)

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Dawdon on Durham (Lab defence) Result: Labour 693 (52% +6% on May 2017), Independent 633 (48%, no candidate in May 2017) Labour HOLD with a majority of 60 (4%) Hedge End and Grange Park on Eastleigh (Lib Dem defence) Result: Liberal Democrat 668 (56% +14% on last time), Conservative 316 (27% +4% on last time), Labour 144 (12% +7% on last time), Green Party 41 (3%, no candidate last time), United Kingdom Independence Party 14 (1% -29% on last time)…

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The first local by election since GE17 – the results

The first local by election since GE17 – the results

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First of all, an explanation of this new method. During the general election campaign I became aware that a lot of people were doing profiles of the wards up for local by-elections and having a look through them all I came to the conclusions that the profiles offered by Andrew Teale were far and away the best, therefore in consultation with Mike, I said that I would list the results of the local by-elections after the results had been published…

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