Populus's poll earlier this week caused some excitement when it suggested that David Davis might have pulled ahead of David Cameron amongst Conservative voters after Davis's focus on policies like the return of grammar schools and promises of tax cuts. The only people who really count
There is a fascinating - if not bizarre - Populus poll in today's Times. David Davis has moved ahead of David Cameron amongst Conservative supporters, despite the fact that the same supporters think that Cameron would stand a better chance of winning, would lead a more united party
It's been a difficult week for Tony Blair, but a couple of recent polls shows that rumours of his dimise may be premature. An ICM poll for Monday's Newsnight showed that 28% of people think that he should resign now, but a quarter of people think
Last week the government faced problems not just as a result of David Blunkett's resignation, but also through opposition to their anti-terrorist legislation, specifically plans to increase the length of time the police can hold terrorist suspects without charge to 90-days. Last Wednesday the government's majority
Two new polls in the Sunday papers - BPIX in the Mail on Sunday and ICM in the Sunday Telegraph. ICM asked a hypothetical voting intention poll with Davis/Cameron as Conservative leader vs Brown as the Labour leader. The poll showed that Brown would win relatively easily over both
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Saturday's Telegraph has a snap YouGov poll reacting to the Question Time debate between David Cameron and David Davis. It shows that David Davis won the debate pretty convincingly and has made up some ground on Cameron, but despite this Cameron still enjoys a convincing lead amongst party
Britain's current nuclear deterrent, the Trident system, is nearing the end of its lifespan and the govermment will soon have to decide how, and if, to replace it. Greenpeace has today published a new MORI poll, which shows the public are ambivalent at best about whether Britain should
There have been new polls on the Tory leadership by both YouGov and ICM over the weekend, and David Cameron seems increasingly unbeatable. YouGov's poll in the Telegraph showed Cameron leading Davis amongst the general public by 34% to 13%, and amongst Conservative supporters by 56% to 16%
On Monday afternoon Tony Blair is set to announce new government plans for secondary education and, with rather excellent timing, the free-market think tank Reform have published a new ICM poll on education. The poll suggests that people would be supportive of an increase in choice in education. 76% of
With Liam Fox eliminated the Tory leadership contest moves to the party membership. We've already seen in YouGov's poll earlier this week that David Cameron holds a commanding lead amongst party members, but their voting decisions will obviously be influenced by how the polls suggest the
The Conservative leadership election is (briefly!) down to three candidates - David Davis, Liam Fox and David Cameron - and Thursday's Telegraph has what is likely to be the only poll between the first and second leadership ballots. It shows that David Cameron's lead amongst party
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