Labour sleazier than the Tories?

Leaving aside the headline stories about the BNP's vote, the rest of YouGov's monthly poll for the Telegraph had some interesting questions on sleaze, the Conservative party and the NHS.

So far most questions on political sleaze have asked people to compare Labour with the last Conservative government and have tended to find that people think they are just as bad as one another. This month's poll asked whether people thought that Labour was "very sleazy and disreputable" and, in a separate question, asked if the Conservatives today are seen as "very sleazy and disreputable". The results were that 62% of people think that Labour are sleazy (a figure very similar to the sort of levels that the last Conservative government experienced) while only 33% think the Tories are sleazy. While the difference is very small, "Tony Blair, Lord Levy and those around them" are seen as sleazy by marginally fewer people than the Labour party in general - only 58% said they were sleazy.

On the Conservative party specifically, people still seem unsure of them, but a majority say they are willing to give them a couple of years to work themselves out (54% said they deserved a year or two to come up with policies, 25% disagreed). So far they haven't made much progress. 54% of people agreed with the statement that "despite having a new leader, the Conservatives have not changed all that much" and 50% agreed that the party still gave the impression of being out of touch with modern Britain. 60% said it was no longer clear what the party stood for - while this appears a bad thing, it could be something of a two-edged sword. The Conservatives do not want to lose what positive connetations the party retains, but if they are to rebrand their image they need to lose some of the negative things people think the party stands for.

Finally, YouGov also asked about the running of the NHS. 75% of people thought that the NHS was being badly managed at the moment. Asked why this was, 16% thought lack of money with 77% thought it was poor management.

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