Progressives can win the debate on welfare
It’s regularly assumed that progressives can’t win the debate on welfare, and must outflank conservative opinion from the right. But looking at polling data more closely, this might not be the case.
It’s regularly assumed that progressives can’t win the debate on welfare, and must outflank conservative opinion from the right. But looking at polling data more closely, this might not be the case.
In news that is sure to embolden the dissenters at Lib Dem conference, a new poll reveals Nick Clegg to be the least popular party leader since Michael Foot.
The latest Sunday Times/YouGov poll shows David Cameron is viewed as dislikeable, indecisive, weak, out of ideas and out of touch.
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On Europe, Nick Clegg is less in tune with his own voters than the Tories, a new YouGov poll reveals.
Alex Hern assesses what the latest flock of polls means for Labour, and what lessons can be drawn from them
Ken Livingstone is neck-and-neck with Boris Johnson in the London Mayoral election, the latest poll has revealed, with the contest too close to call.
A majority of the public (56 per cent) and nearly two-fifths of Tory supporters (38%) believe home secretary Theresa May should resign over the borders fiasco.
Public opinion is firmly opposed to Rupert Murdoch’s proposed takeover of BSkyB, with voters finally waking up to the fact he has way too much influence over UK politics.
The president of YouGov, Peter Kellner, has argued that Labour party allusions to ‘middle Britain’ are “no longer useful” for developing a political strategy.