Scotland
Going by polling of the Scottish electorate alone, Kate Forbes would still be the frontrunner to be the next First Minister of Scotland. A new poll from Panelbase reinforces the previous picture, despite a plurality of respondents still saying they "don't know" who would be their
Ipsos MORI
Rishi Sunak now has the lowest net approval of any any point since he became Prime Minister, at least according to Ipsos MORI - this fits with the broader evidence from a range of pollsters. The Prime Minister now sits on unfavourable ratings of 46% (+7 from January), with 27%
The race to decide who will replace Nicola Sturgeon is now well underway, as Humza Yousaf has taken an early lead in endorsements. Polling from YouGov yesterday shows the magnitude of the big challenge facing all candidates - the public doesn't know who they are. When asked who
Savanta
New polling for The Independent, conducted by Savanta, has asked about the public's views on former Prime Ministers. Unsurprisingly, considering the esteem in which the public generally holds politicians, none of them come off particularly well. The public wants to hear less from all Prime Ministers listed -
Focaldata
UnHerd Britain has released the latest update from their MRP question series, conducted with focaldata. It asks about immigration - and paints a stark picture. Freddie Sayers promoted the findings with the claim that of all the statements posed so far, none had as much agreement across the country as
Sponsored
The UK Treasury has made it clear that there is no new money for defence, according to a recent report by Sky News. This comes at a time in which there are talks of renewing the UK’s defence policy, a change intended to inform the spending plans of the
YouGov
A new poll from the Scottish Election Study and YouGov has been released today, suggesting a striking shift in Scottish voting intention. It puts the SNP on 38% (-4) to Labour's 35% (+7) - a significant 5.5 point swing to Labour from the SNP. Naturally, this would
Guest Post
The very unexpected news yesterday that the Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon has decided to stand down as leader of her party has very much shaken the political establishment – both in Scotland of course, but also across the rest of the United Kingdom too. There has not been a
Trans Rights
Prior to Lee Anderson's promotion to Party Deputy Chair, he argued at the New Culture Forum that the Tories' 2019 victory was down to Corbyn and Brexit. He continued that in the next election "we’ll have to think of something else. It’ll probably be
Scotland
In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon's surprise resignation, commentary has been quick to circle on the declining fortunes of Sturgeon, independence and the SNP in polls. Whilst the party has certainly had a tough time of late, the evidence behind these headlines is hardly conclusive as yet. What&
Redfield & Wilton
The latest voting intention poll from Omnisis' included some intriguing questions on current perceptions of Labour party policy. Broadly, the public reports very limited knowledge of Keir Starmer's platform - just 33% said they know what he stands for. When this is probed further by policy areas,
Scotland
A recent finding from Panelbase, that 40% of Scottish voters wanted Nicola Sturgeon to resign, made headlines in the national press this weekend. Even though more voters in the same poll, 45%, wanted Sturgeon to stay. The Times also reported Kate Forbes, on 7%, was "the most popular choice&
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