CON now level pegging with LAB amongst those certain to vote with Ipsos-MORI

CON now level pegging with LAB amongst those certain to vote with Ipsos-MORI

Amongst all giving a voting intention LAB was 5% ahead See chart pic.twitter.com/8GuTYRRqlH — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 17, 2013 All leaders see satisfactions ratings boost In the Ipsos-MORI leader satisfaction ratings all see net increase. Ed now has better net figures than Dave See pic.twitter.com/pxJrTbav30 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 17, 2013 EdM sees net 34% uplift in Ipsos-MORI satisfaction ratings amongst LAB voters See chart pic.twitter.com/hvZFhFYIEJ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 17, 2013 Ipsos-MORI finds that of all the new…

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What voters think would happen if the Tories won a majority

What voters think would happen if the Tories won a majority

Eight years of decontamination have produced almost no serious change to the Tory brand http://t.co/FDqqmQ0KgA — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) October 17, 2013 What does this say about Dave’s decontamination project? Very interesting new YouGov polling out this morning for the Times on what voters think would be more or less likely to happen if the Tories won an overall majority. The views on immigration count against the Lib Dem while the view on tax cuts are helpful to them. Mike…

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New Marf Cartoon and Nighthawks is now open

New Marf Cartoon and Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk tonight? Marf’s cartoon discusses one of the major topics of the day, The Clash between Andrew Mitchell and The Police in Downing Street last year. I wonder if the title of Andrew Mitchell’s biography will be I Fought The Law (and Law fought back), given the stories in links 5, 6…

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LAB lead back to 5pc in YouGov daily tracker but overall the party’s share looks stable

LAB lead back to 5pc in YouGov daily tracker but overall the party’s share looks stable

LAB YouGov/Sun daily poll lead back up to 5%. It was 1% yesterday LAB+1, 39% CON-3, 34% UKIP+1,11% LD-1, 9%. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 15, 2013 After yesterday’s YouGov daily poll which saw the Tories at their highest level since the March 2012 budget things are back to “normal” this morning. Looking at the detailed data today’s poll shows a more balanced sample with less need to scale up those demographic segments which varied from the target. Generally outliers are more likely…

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The Deputy Speaker election is hard to call

The Deputy Speaker election is hard to call

Ladbrokes Deputy Speaker 11/8 Laing 3/1 Streeter 4/1 Bellingham 5/1 Burns 8/1 Binley 20/1 Amess 33/1 Dorries pic.twitter.com/XvR30Ci4Zy — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 15, 2013 I can’t get excited about the election of the new deputy speaker to replace Nigel Evans. Usually I like to bet based on some knowledge and detailed analysis. On this one, frankly, I don’t know. The favourite is Eleanor Laing who I met when she chaired a session I was speaking at at the CON conference in October 2009. I liked…

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Another poll has CON getting much closer to LAB

Another poll has CON getting much closer to LAB

Chart showing trend in TNS-BMRB polls this year pic.twitter.com/tWzf0RHUTf — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 15, 2013 Another poll has CON getting close to LAB Latest figures from TNS-BMRB CON 34% (+5) LAB 36% (-3), LD 9% (0) UKIP 13% (-1), — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 15, 2013 The firm carried out the survey of 1,207 people between the 10th and 14th October 2013. The interviews were conducted using the pollster’s unique online self-completion which combines face to face with online questioning. Generally the firm’s…

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Tories get to within one percent in today’s YouGov daily poll

Tories get to within one percent in today’s YouGov daily poll

A narrowing lead or normal variation within margin of error? The Tory share of 37% is the best for the party since March 16 2012 a few days before the budget which seemed set off the decline. Four weeks ago YouGov had the two parties level-pegging. Ten days later LAB had an 11% lead. 37% is also what the party secured at GE2010 which in view of the austerity measures is quite remarkable. As yet I have not seen the…

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