ComRes tonight
John Rentoul tells us there is a ComRes poll on its way tonight. I'm off out, so won't be updating till later, but feel free to discuss it here when it arrives.
UPDATE: the topline figures, with changes from the last ComRes poll, are CON 41%(-3), LAB 30%(+2), LDEM 17%(nc).
The poll shows a shift back towards Labour from the Conservatives - but this isn't necessarily significant: the weighting in the poll was more pro Labour. This poll was weighted to to targets of Con 18%, Lab 23%, Ldem 11%, the previous one was weighted to Con 19%, Lab 21%, Ldem 13%.
That aside, this poll really does bring all five of the regular pollsters into line with each other, with the Conservatives on 41-42% and Labour on 30%-32%. Only the reported level of support for the Liberal Democrats varies between the companies.
On other questions, 39% of people were optimistic about the economy. 39% agreed with the statement that "I expect the economy will start showing signs of improvement soon". 48% agreed that "David Cameron has what it takes to be a good prime minister".
There was also a "are you a selfish bastard question?" Unsurprisingly, 83% people didn't say they were selfish bastards and claimed that they would "make significant changes to the way I live to help prevent global warming or climate change". Doing things to help the environment (and giving to charity) are both areas where people tend to give what they perceive as the answer they "should" give, rather than the truth. Populus gave some good examples back in November 2006 when the percentages of people who told them they recycled all their stuff and only bought low energy lightbulbs were flatly contradicted by the actual figures.
