It’s the goat story that shows no signs of slowing down! This week, Scrapbook reported that after showing up the Treasury’s “Spending Challenge” site, many were wondering how long it would be until the goat* became more popular than the Liberal Democrats. Well, it appears we need ponder no longer. A YouGov poll, released this [...]
Category Archives: Polls
Anxious Tory sweat part deux
Poll watching is done better and more quickly by other blogs but, while not wishing to tempt fate, tomorrow’s Mirror front page is a corker for its playground cheek: Labour may breathe a sigh of relief with polls showing a “conspicuous lack of impact” from the fake lobbyists sting and no boost for “Sam Cam the [...]
Times/Populus poll puts Labour and Tories "neck and neck" in crucial marginal seats
A Populus survey for The Times has Labour level pegging with the Tories in the crucial seats that will decide the next election. The Times’ Peter Riddel writes: “The poll suggests that recent talk of a Tory “wobble” has affected voters’ expectations” with “a swing of about 6.7 per cent to the Tories from Labour [...]
Labour leap to 29-point lead in shock new poll
Rather than a poll of Joe Public, however, politicos will be unsurprised to discover that this was a survey of voluntary sector workers asked which party would be best for charities and other non-profits. Still, the third sector is central to current Conservative thinking and yet charity staff collectively retch at the prospect of Cameron [...]
Populus poll would leave Cameron 20 short of majority
Peter Riddell reports that the latest Populus poll for The Times shows the Conservative lead cut to single digits for the first time this year. If this was replicated nationally on election day, running these through Electoral Calculus shows that the outcome would be a hung parliament with David Cameron 20 seats short of a majority. [...]
Political Betting poll brings Labour supporters back to earth with a bump
A day after many Labourites cracked a smile at MORI polling showing a dramatically reduced lead for the Conservatives, a Political Betting poll with fieldwork finishing today shows, erm, well…
Observer poll slashes Tory lead to six points
As Kevin Maguire tweeted, “one poll doesn’t make a Labour Spring”, but the latest Ipsos MORI poll certainly does make a very welcome Sunday morning tonic for Labour supporters (god knows Scrapbook needed one). Reaction: The Observer front page article Bob Worcester of Ipsos MORI: Why the Tories are worried and the Lib Dems are [...]
