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Given current polls the Tories shouldn’t be spooked by Corbyn but they are

Given current polls the Tories shouldn’t be spooked by Corbyn but they are

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The shockwaves of June 8th 2017 continue The Speccies Isabel Hardman has an excellent piece under the heading “Why the Tories feel so spooked by Jeremy Corbyn”. She argues that some of the messages from the LAB leader have the potential to resonate. She goes on: I understand that the reason Labour has decided to talk so much about the way capitalism has left certain voters behind is that recent polling carried out by the party found it had strong…

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Both main party leaders have seen their ratings decline since the last conference season – Corbyn’s more May’s

Both main party leaders have seen their ratings decline since the last conference season – Corbyn’s more May’s

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Corbyn needs to turn things round for LAB to have a chance The end of the Party Conference season is a good time to look back at the past year through the prism of the Ipsos MORI leader satisfaction ratings. This is part of the longest running polling series in the UK and is now in its fifth decade. As can be seen from the chart both leaders have experienced a marked decline in the levels of satisfaction over the…

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Polling boost for beleaguered Theresa as the Tory conference opens in Birmingham

Polling boost for beleaguered Theresa as the Tory conference opens in Birmingham

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Her party retakes the lead with Opinium Opinium fieldwprk Sept 26-29 CON 39+2 LAB 36-3 LD 9= It used to be one of those rock solid polling rules that LAB would always get a boost in its polling position in surveys taken at the end of its September conference and before the Tory one started. After all the media focus has been on the red team and during the week the general perception was that Labour had had a much…

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The polling suggests that Corbyn’s onto a winner backing onshore wind power and solar

The polling suggests that Corbyn’s onto a winner backing onshore wind power and solar

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YouGov August 2018 The Tories are vulnerable on energy policy Today is Corbyn’s big speech and amongst the ideas he’ll proposing are a big promotion of solar power and onshore wind. The latter is in sharp contrast to the Tories which have sought to curb the development of this as an energy source by making it more difficult. Polling from YouGov only last month suggested that the public is supportive. It found that 62% said they would like to fit…

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New ComRes poll finds LAB catching up with the Tories as the one best described as “The Nasty Party”

New ComRes poll finds LAB catching up with the Tories as the one best described as “The Nasty Party”

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A new ComRes poll commissioned by Jewish News has found the CON lead over the label ‘the nasty party’, memorably coined by TMay at the Party’s 2002 Conference, is now being challenged by Corbyn’s LAB. The poll found that while 34% said they thought the Conservatives are ‘the nasty party’, almost as many – 31% – said the same of LAB. The poll also found that fully twice as many British voters – 48% – think Labour was a more…

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TMay ends the week extending her satisfaction margin over Corbyn

TMay ends the week extending her satisfaction margin over Corbyn

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The latest numbers in what is by far the longest series of leader ratings in British politics, the satisfied/dissatisfied figures from Ipsos-MORI, are out and show TMay just about holding steady but with a sizeable drop for Corbyn. Fieldwork took place before yesterday’s EU summit in Salzburg. As can be seen both are in negative territory but Corbyn’s on net minus 42% while TMay is at minus 33%. To put that into context – in July 2017 Corbyn was on…

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Labour’s Oldies’ headache: Turnout levels reverting to GE2015 levels

Labour’s Oldies’ headache: Turnout levels reverting to GE2015 levels

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And will young voter enthusiasm be retained? Unlike Alastair Meeks on the previous thread I am far less certain that Labour, certainly under Corbyn, have a good chance of winning most seats, let alone getting a majority at the next election. The boundaries, the lack of any discernable progress in Scotland and the ongoing blowback from Corbyn’s cack-handed handling of the antisemitism issue are going to make it hard. This thread is about another potential challenge – the changes in…

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Et tu, John? Is another JC set to get stabbed in the back by a close ally?

Et tu, John? Is another JC set to get stabbed in the back by a close ally?

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Well this is very interesting. 'Allies of McDonnell claim he has become increasingly frustrated with Corbyn and his team over their botched handling of the anti-semitism row this summer, which overshadowed a carefully planned grid of policy announcements'. https://t.co/WlZKpJoRxK pic.twitter.com/wyCug9xTV6 — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 16, 2018 The truly great, such as Caesar & Thatcher, are removed from power by their allies stabbing them in the back, is Corbyn about to join that club? The Sunday Times reports While those who…

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