Full report on YouGov/Sunday Times poll
Full tabs for the YouGov/Sunday Times survey are now up here. On the leader trackers all three are up very slightly, Cameron on minus 4 (from minus 6 last week, Miliband on minus 41 (from minus 45 last week), Clegg on minus 45 (from minus 47 last week).
It almost goes without saying that the economic trackers remain dire. YouGov's semi-regular question on economic policy - basically "stick with cutting the deficit" or "borrow more to encourage growth" shows people evenly split, 36% to 36%. On quantitative easing, 34% of people said they supported more, 29% opposed it - but the largest chunk of people (38%) said don't know. This isn't particularly surprising, I think it's something that it too complex for most people to have strong views upon.
Turning to the NHS, Ed Miliband has a narrow lead over David Cameron as the most trusted leader on the NHS, by 26% to 22%. 37% of respondents, however, say they don't trust any of the main party leaders on the NHS.
On the NHS policy itself, 18% say they support it, 48% are opposed, 34% don't know (suggesting that, understandably, a large chunk of people still don't have much idea what the reforms consist of). There is little faith that the principles behind the bill would improve the health service - only 19% think more competition would improve services with 49% thinking it will make them worse; only 26% think giving doctors more control over their budgets would improve services, 41% think it would make them worse. Overall, 50% of people think that the government should abandon the reforms, 23% think they should continue.
On Syria, there is broad support for non-military action, such as economic sanctions (supported by 60%) or a travel ban on members of the Syrian regime (supported by 66%), but very little support for any military engagement. Only 17% would support giving arms to the rebels or sending troops to protect civilians. Just 8% would support sending in troops to overthrow al-Assad.
Turning to Abu Qatada, on principle 70% of people think he should be deported regardless of whether he would get a fair trial abroad compared to 20% who think he should only be deported if a fair trial can be guaranteed. When asked about the ECHR ruling, 54% think it should be ignored, compared to 33% who think we should negotiate with Jordan in order to get assurances that torture would not be used so that he can be deported.
Finally there were some questions on the England football team - amongst those interested in football 66% thought that stripping Terry of the captaincy was the correct decision, but a similar proportion also thought that it was wrong for the FA to do so without consulting Capello. Hence 63% think Capello was right to resign (so essentially, people think that Capello was right to resign over having his wrong decision overruled!). As expected, Harry Redknapp has a strong lead as the preferred successor to Capello.
