So that was 2005. What should we be looking for the political polls for 2006? At the moment the Conservatives are ahead in the opinion polls - amongst some of the pollsters it is their first lead since the fuel strikes. It's probably four years until a general
As the third party you don't actually get many opinion polls focusing on the Liberal Democrats, further details of the monthly ICM poll in today's Guardian include the first question related to to Charles Kennedy's recent troubles. Asked if, in the light of the
Gordon Brown Approval of Brown as Prime Minister YouGov: (1) Are you satisfied or disatisfied with Gordon Brown as Prime Minister? (2) Do you think Gordon Brown is doing well or badly as Prime Minister? MORI: (1) Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Brown is doing his
One of the reasons I first started blogging about opinion polls was the newspapers' insistance on writing about the polls they commissioned themselves as if they were the only polls in the universe. Today's Guardian leader says " With the sole exception of September 2000, in the
The last two weeks's PMQs exchanges between David Cameron and Tony Blair have concentrated on education, with Cameron doing his best to try and drive a wedge between Blair and his backbenchers, and Blair doing his best to paint Cameron as a supporter of academic selection in schools.
This month's political monitor from MORI has one of the largest shifts I've ever seen in a voting intention poll - the topline figures are CON 40%(+8), LAB 31%(-11), LDEM 21% (+2). The nine point lead is the largest Conservative lead in any poll
YouGov's monthly tracker poll is in today's Telegraph and shows the Conservatives continuing to enjoy a slight lead over Labour. The topline figures with changes from YouGov's poll last weekend are CON 38%(+1), LAB 36%(nc), LDEM 18%(nc). It won't
Populus's monthly poll in the Times also shows a boost for the Tories, up three points under their new leader, however unlike ICM and YouGov this is not enough for them to overtake Labour. The topline figures are CON 35%(+3), LAB 38%(-2), LDEM 19%(nc). In
Two new polls in the Sunday papers show the Conservative party in the lead for the first time since April. The ICM and YouGov polls were conducted immediately after David Cameron's election. YouGov's topline figures, with changes from their poll for Sky News conducted immediately prior
The Conservative party has finally chosen a leader and normal politics has resumed. Sky have released the final opinion poll of the Tory interregnum, conducted by YouGov. With the last few days newspapers having been an orgy of Cameronia, it is rather unsurprisingly a good poll for the Tories -
There is what really amounts to a Conservative leadership exit poll in tomorrow's Telegraph. It was conducted between Thursday and Friday and over 80% of Tory members polled told YouGov they had already voted - the actual turnout may well be lower than this since CCO's
The Turner Report into the future of pensions has now been published - the main recommendations, as expected, are that the pensionable age should gradually increase over the next 45 years (though to 68, not 67 as reported in the press), the state pension should be residence based and linked
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