Browsed by
Category: Ed Miliband

ComRes: All 3 leaders see declines in their net ratings

ComRes: All 3 leaders see declines in their net ratings

Comments 0 Comment

Ed Miliband sees the biggest drop The monthly online poll by ComRes for the Indy on Sunday/Sunday Mirror is just out and sees the coalition partners moving upwards while Labour stands still. The figures with comparisons on last month are CON 38% (+2): LAB 40% (nc): LD 11% (+1). These are all well within the margin of error though the blues will be pleased to be getting within two points of the reds. ComRes is continuing with its monthly leader…

Read More Read More

Will Miliband’s ‘British Promise’ become a millstone?

Will Miliband’s ‘British Promise’ become a millstone?

Comments 0 Comment

Is it the wrong time to assert unearned rights? In the emergency parliamentary debate on the riots this week both David Cameron and Ed Miliband used the disturbances as evidence in support of concepts that are clearly key to how they see their leaderships and what they want to address or to deliver through them: the Broken Society in David Cameron’s case, and the British Promise in Ed Miliband’s. The Labour leader’s is the more interesting of the two at…

Read More Read More

Will Labour get behind its leader on the riots?

Will Labour get behind its leader on the riots?

Comments 0 Comment

Is trying to make excuses a dangerous strategy? So far during riot week Ed Miliband has played a very straight bat and has been careful not to be seen to be making excuses for the arson, looting, mugging and now murder. His rhetoric has been focussed on the need to restore public order combined with calls practical help and cash. As Michael White puts it in the Guardian his approach has been to treat it as if the rioting was…

Read More Read More

Is EdM about to bite the hands that fed him?

Is EdM about to bite the hands that fed him?

Comments 0 Comment

Guardian Would DaveM have dared to take on the unions like this? The main lead in the Guardian this morning trails what’s likely to be a massive battle within Labour as Ed seeks to reduce the power of the big unions – those who used their power and influence to get him into the job in the first place. The leader is pressing forward with a range of reforms that would blunt the power of the big unions at Labour…

Read More Read More

Cameron drops to new low with YouGov

Cameron drops to new low with YouGov

Comments 0 Comment

But will this improve as the media interest fades? The weekly YouGov leadership ratings for News International are just out and show a further deterioration in Cameron’s position. For the first time since becoming PM his “well” number is below 40% while his “badly” figure at 55% is the worst that he’s seen. At the end of May, just eight weeks ago, Cameron was on 48% – 46% showing a net positive of 2. Miliband’s 35% – 50% is a…

Read More Read More

The Tories and Cameron drop to new lows with Ipsos-MORI

The Tories and Cameron drop to new lows with Ipsos-MORI

Comments 0 Comment

And Ladbrokes now make Dave 4/1 to be next cabinet exit The third major telephone poll of the month, the July political monitor by Ipsos-MORI for Reuters, is being published this morning and looks set to have bad news for the blues. Although the actual figures are not yet available the above chart has been based on data from a Reuters news video which can be seen here. The Tory share of 32% is the lowest with the pollster since…

Read More Read More

Nick and Ed get hacking ratings boosts from YouGov

Nick and Ed get hacking ratings boosts from YouGov

Comments 0 Comment

But are the changes just temporary? The weekly YouGov leader ratings for the Sunday Times are just out and show sizeable moves upwards in their net positions for both Miliband and Clegg. Cameron, meanwhile, also moves up a point. In the same poll a fortnight ago before the hacking scandal erupted Miliband was on 26% “well” and 60% “badly” – the worst figures of his time as leader. Today’s numbers show a net improvement over the two weeks of thirteen…

Read More Read More

What does the Murdoch fallout mean for Miliband?

What does the Murdoch fallout mean for Miliband?

Comments 0 Comment

Henry G Manson’s weekly slot In many ways this crisis has been the making of Ed Miliband. 16 days ago ago he was seriously wobbling. Since then the Labour Leader has bet big in taking on the Murdoch press and against the odds appears to have won. A judge-led enquiry, the BSkyB bid withdrawn, Rebekah Brooks gone and Rupert Murdoch beginning to apologise. Many Labour MPs simply are struggling to believe the recent turn of events and the transformation of…

Read More Read More