The last ICM poll showed the Conservatives gaining a single point, a movement too small to be significant by itself. This month's YouGov poll also shows the Conservatives starting to inch upwards. The headline voting intention figures with changes from YouGov's last poll are CON 33%
There is a widespread perception that the public are very draconian on law and order: hang 'em, flog 'em, lock 'em up and throw away the key. In one sense they certainly are. Asked in this month's ICM poll if sentences passed by the courts
ICM's August poll for the Guardian has Labour's led broadly steady at 5 points. The headline figures with changes from the last ICM poll, conducted for the Sunday Mirror, are CON 34%(+1), LAB 39%(nc), LDEM 18%(nc). Since bank holiday weekends are notorious for
A YouGov poll for the Fabian society suggests that on average people think the Prime Minister should be paid a salary of £135,000. This is lower than Gordon Brown achieved receives (the PM's salary is about £187,000) but was higher than the salaries people thought fair
A new ICM poll in the Daily Mail shows 82% of people think the revised EU treaty should be ratified by referendum, rather than left to Parliament. As David Boothroyd rightly pointed out in the comments here over the weekend, that doesn't necessarily mean much as polls invariably
There is a new YouGov poll in the Sunday Times covering Scottish voting intentions. Voting intentions in Westminster (with changes since YouGov's last poll of Westminster voting intentions, conducted in January 2007) are CON 14%(-2), LAB 40%(+5), LDEM 15%(-4), SNP 31%(+3). We can see
There were a large number of other areas touched on in the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times: Iraq and Afgahnistan. People think that British troops are failing in both Basra and Afghanistan. Only 15% think troops are making Basra safer for its residents and only 6% think British troops
A new YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has Labour's lead up to ten points. The topline figures, with changes from YouGov's last poll, conducted for the Telegraph, are CON 32% (nc), LAB 42%(+1), LDEM 14%(-2). It is Labour's largest so far
An Ipsos-MORI poll in Saturday's Sun has the Labour lead holding steady at CON 33%(-2), LAB 38%(-3), LDEM 15%(nc) - changes are from MORI's regular poll last month, though the Sun choses to draw comparisons with a poll a month previously, presumably because
A new poll for the Scottish Daily Mail by Scottish Opinion suggests a surge in support for the SNP. General voting intention figures for Holyrood (the poll asked only how people would vote in a Holyrood election, not how they would vote in the constituency and regional sections. Were CON
The Evening Standard front page yesterday lead on a YouGov poll showing Boris ahead of Ken Livingstone in the race to be London mayor. It was actually part of YouGov's poll in the Telegraph at the weekend - I held off mentioning it until now because, as some
The Brown boost continues in Populus's latest poll (conducted slightly earlier than normal, this is what would be their August poll). The headline figures with changes from their last poll, conducted shortly after Brown became leader, are CON 33%(-1), LAB 39%(+2), LDEM 15%(-3). This brings
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