Most to blame for spending cuts? All voters% CON voters LAB voters LD voters CON-LD coalition 20 2 49 9 Last Labour government 44 88 5 56 Both 22 6 28 23 Neither 8 2 13 10 Can the coalition continue winning on this question? In all the polling this week YouGov once again asked “And who do you think is most to blame for the current spending cuts?”. The response was almost exactly the same as it has been…
The Sun How much can we read into the figures? As reported overnight the Sun is carrying YouGov poll figures this morning which suggest that the George Osborne plan to take child benefit away from those paying higher rates of tax is actually pretty popular. It’s hard to argue with an 83%-15% split. But how much can you read into findings like this? For generally pollsters find that people are happy to support tax increases when it doesn’t affect them….
Have they chosen a loser rather than a potential winner? I’ve been out for most of the day and am only just catching up – and one thing that stands out is the ComRes poll in London. For while it shows the red team in a healthy 39-36-16 position on Westminster voting intentions in the capital the responses for the 2012 London mayoral race, paints a grim picture. Boris Johnson is ahead by 44-35 with almost one in five of…
Phrase/word/comment Ladbrokes odds Big Society 1/4 Climate Change 2/1 Florence 5/6 Red Ed 2/1 Trident 4/1 No time for a novice 2/1 Gordon Brown 2/1 Referendum 2/1 Old Labour 3/1 Socialist 3/1 In Europe but not run by Europe 6/1 Quiet Man 10/1 Electoral Pact 20/1 Bigoted Woman 66/1 Get On Your Bike 100/1 Ladbrokes Is tomorrow a chance to make a few bob? Above are the latest prices for this year’s Ladbrokes 2010 PM speech to his party conference…
Daily Mail Was it rushed though to wrong-foot EdM? The Mail’s front page this morning sets out the real challenge for the government over yesterday’s shock announcement by George Osborne on the withdrawal of child benefit from those who are paying tax at the higher rate. For as is well summed up in the headline it seems to be unfair and to penalise stay-at-home mums. The paper sums it up succinctly: “It will mean that any couple with one earner…
Most trusted on the economy All voters % CON % LAB % LD % Coalition led by Cameron & Clegg 50 95 11 69 Labour led by Ed Miliband 31 2 77 18 Neither 8 1 2 4 Don’t know 11 2 9 9 Could the child benefit move undermine public support? The above data is extracted from last Friday’s ICM poll for the Guardian and shows responses to the question “Who would you say you trusted more to take…