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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&
Omnisis
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&
By-Election
A great night for Labour in the West Lancashire by-election without a doubt. Ashley Dalton held the seat with a Conservative to Labour swing of 10.5 points on a turnout of 31.3%. With the usual caveats about extrapolating from a single constituency result, what can we say? Labour
Despite what internal Conservative pollsters might brief the national press, Labour leads on economic trust. This is common across pollsters and remains robust almost independently of question framing. When voters are asked which party is best placed to manage the economy, Labour consistently leads. PeoplePolling and Deltapoll, admittedly with slightly
Nearly half of male university students, 45%, are confident they could label the "nubis" on a diagram of the female reproductive system. The "nubis" doesn't exist. This highlights at least one shortcoming in the applications of polling - people aren't great at
As "Walk-out Wednesday" - where half a million workers are walking out in co-ordinated strikes - gets underway, Ipsos MORI have looked at opinion towards the action. It reiterates that the public is broadly split, with similarly sized blocs both in favour of and opposed to strikers. As
Focaldata
UnHerd's MRP project has recently published the results for an MRP poll on the issue of Brexit regret, conducted with focaldata. In every British constituency, bar three, more voters agree with the statement "Britain was wrong to leave the European Union" than disagree. The overall national
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