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Latest PB/Polling Matters podcast: Are you racist? Syrian airstrikes & the Lords report on polling

Latest PB/Polling Matters podcast: Are you racist? Syrian airstrikes & the Lords report on polling

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran Pedley is joined by Matt Singh (Number Cruncher) and Adam Drummond (Opinium) to discuss: 1) Why voting intention polls and perceptions of party leaders seem to be moving in different directions 2) Reactions to the Windrush scandal and how pollsters deal with sensitive questions around immigration 3) An exclusive survey from Opinium for PB that shows 1 in 10 Brits believe the Russian military accusation that Britain staged the Douma chemical attack in…

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TMay’s decision to back the Syria raid without Commons approval was in the face of public opinion

TMay’s decision to back the Syria raid without Commons approval was in the face of public opinion

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Will there be a price to be paid? Was TMay right to order strikes on Syria without MPs backing? SurvationYes 30%No 54%DK 16% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 15, 2018 Do you support the UK bombing of Syria? SurvationYes 36%No 40%DK 24% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 15, 2018 Why did Corbyn oppose Syria raids?(Survation) Genuine belief raids were wrong 40%Opportunist bid to damage TMay 40% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 16, 2018 The Russian Government has become a force…

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If Mrs May does back military strikes against Syria it will be in the face of public opinion

If Mrs May does back military strikes against Syria it will be in the face of public opinion

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There is no doubt that this is going to be a tricky one for the prime minister. After gathering of the consensus of nations in relation to the Salisbury attack she’s now in a position where there’s an expectation that Britain could support action against Syria particularly because of the use of chemical weapons. The first full national polling on the issue it is featured above in the YouGov charts and there is no doubt at all that the public…

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Challenges, challenges

Challenges, challenges

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It is perhaps too easy to assume that Western democracy, capitalism and liberalism will continue to thrive and prosper, certainly in the West, and that they will continue to act as a model for countries elsewhere. To counter any complacency, here are two long-term challenges which the Western model faces. Money or freedom? Paddy Ashdown said that the biggest mistake the West made in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan was to fail to make the rule of law and security the…

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The Syria vote: Cameron looks set to win but how many LAB MPs will back him?

The Syria vote: Cameron looks set to win but how many LAB MPs will back him?

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Now count 130 Labour MPs who've indicated they're likely to vote Against, 54 who've indicated they're likely to vote For #SyriaVote — Joe Oliver (@joe_oliver) December 2, 2015 Just over an hour to go to the big vote Voting takes place at 10pm and the result should be known within about 16 minutes. Then there’ll be the wait, not too long, for the division lists so we can see who has not followed their parties. There will be Tory rebels…

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Syria – the big debate goes on

Syria – the big debate goes on

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Will bombing #ISIS make a UK terror attack more likely? Most Brits think not #Syriavote pic.twitter.com/knRaPZ6d06 — Andrew Hawkins (@PigsAndPolling) December 2, 2015 Tim Farron backing air strikes. "This is toughest call I have ever had to make, and certainly in this House". Cites UN resolution &refugees. — Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) December 2, 2015 Great speeches by Labour's lost leaders (Alan Johnson and @YvetteCooperMP) in #SyriaVote — Jason Beattie (@JBeattieMirror) December 2, 2015

The Commons might be about to vote for Syrian air strikes but the public is becoming less convinced

The Commons might be about to vote for Syrian air strikes but the public is becoming less convinced

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Support for air strikes against Syria falling sharply pic.twitter.com/LxnWVMKTsJ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 1, 2015 Men strongly in favour – women much less certain As we come to the crucial Commons vote on Syria there’s new YouGov polling in the Times this morning that suggests that support for British action is declining with, now, fewer than half of those sampled approving. YouGov had this at 48%. The affairs impacting on the Labour leadership appear to have overshadowed the movement…

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Needed: a Geneva Convention for the 21st Century

Needed: a Geneva Convention for the 21st Century

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Tuesday’s Sun front page: Wham! Bam! ..Thank you Cam #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/d0S8pTZzeo — Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) September 7, 2015 The world of warfare has changed and its rules need to catch up My wife and I were recently watching the excellent More4 drama series Saboteurs, about the Nazi effort to build an atomic bomb and the Allied operations to stop them, principally by putting the Norwegian factory producing the heavy water needed for the atomic reactor out of action. At…

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