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Why’s YES apparently reluctant to work with Farage?

Why’s YES apparently reluctant to work with Farage?

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Is UKIP felt to be not quite respectable? Last month UKIP decided that it should campaign for a YES result in the May 5th referendum. In a statement the party said:“.. we recognise that AV does enable all voters to register their first preference vote with the candidate of their conscience, and so demolishes the ‘wasted vote’ issue. Under AV, UKIP could potentially achieve a much higher share of the vote through ‘honest’ first preferences.” I’m sure that’s a correct…

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The Tories move to their lowest level with Angus Reid

The Tories move to their lowest level with Angus Reid

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Poll Date CON % LAB % LD % OTH % Angus Reid/ 20/03/11 32 41 10 17 Angus Reid/ 04/03/11 33 41 10 16 Angus Reid/ 10/02/11 34 40 11 15 Angus Reid/Sunday Express 28/02/11 32 43 11 14 Angus Reid/ 25/01/11 33 41 12 13 Angus Reid/ 06/01/11 35 40 12 15 Angus Reid/ 20/12/10 35 41 9 12 Angus Reid/ 29/11/10 35 40 13 13 Angus Reid/ 28/10/10 35 37 15 11 Angus Reid/Sunday Express 01/10/10 35 38…

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The Libyan intervention: Making sense of contradictory polls

The Libyan intervention: Making sense of contradictory polls

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Pollster/publication Question wording Date Right % Wrong % YouGov for the Sun Do you think Britain, France, the US and other countries are right or wrong to take military action in Libya? 20/03/11 to 21/03/11 45 36 Pollster/publication Question wording Date Agree % Disagree % ComRes online for ITV news It is right for the UK to take military action against Colonel Gadafi’s forces in Libya 18/03/11 to 20/03/11 35 43 Is it down to timing and the wording? At 10pm…

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ComRes finds only lukewarm support for the Libyan action

ComRes finds only lukewarm support for the Libyan action

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ComRes/ITV News poll sampled online from Friday until Sunday Response % It is right for the UK to take military action against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces in Libya   Agree 35 Disagree 43 Don’t know 22 I feel I have a good understanding of why the UK is planning military action in Libya   Agree 52 Disagree 29 Don’t know 18 Military action in Libya is an unnecessary risk for Britain to take   Agree 49 Disagree 31 Don’t know 20 The international…

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Could the Salmond factor give the SNP the edge?

Could the Salmond factor give the SNP the edge?

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Might leader ratings be a better pointer in Scotland? We’ve just had two new Scottish polls, from, ICM and YouGov, and both point to reasonable leads for Labour over the SNP in both the constituency and regions sections. But both firms also had leader-related questions that make the picture less rosy for the red team. ICM asked “Putting aside your own party preference, which one of the following do you think is best qualified to be First Minister of Scotland?“….

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Will Labour EVER be able to shake off the blame?

Will Labour EVER be able to shake off the blame?

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How key is this to the next general election? If you think that there’s a glut of polling from Ipsos-MORI polling at the moment you are right. For as well as the regular MORI political monitor for Reuters there were also special pre-budget questions for the Economist – details of which are now available. The most significant findings politically related to that subject that we’ve touched on a fair bit on PB – who is to blame for the cuts?…

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Ipsos-MORI has boosts for the blues and Dave

Ipsos-MORI has boosts for the blues and Dave

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Poll/Publication Date CON % LAB % LD % OTH % Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 13/03/11 37 41 10 12 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 20/02/11 33 43 13 11 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 24/01/11 33 43 13 11 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 12/12/10 38 39 11 12 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 14/11/10 36 39 14 11 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 17/10/10 39 36 14 11 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 12/09/10 37 37 15 11 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 25/07/10 40 38 14 8 Ipsos-MORI/Reuters 20/06/10 39 31 19 11 It’s CON 37: LAB 41: LD 10 The monthly telephone poll from Ipsos-MORI for Reuters is…

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How’s the government comparing with its predecessors?

How’s the government comparing with its predecessors?

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Ipsos-MORI The 32 year view from Mrs Thatcher onwards This is a chart that Ipsos-MORI produces on most months in order to put current government approval ratings figures in an historical context. It shows how the satisfied-dissatisfied numbers moved month by month in the first year after a general election. So at this stage, the chart is based on February’s polling, the coalition is doing substantially better than John Major’s 1992 government and a touch better compared with nine months…

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