Petitions are a rubbish way of measuring public opinion. In fairness, that isn't actually their purpose - a petition is a way for individuals to record and express their opinion, a way of highlighting an issue and exerting pressure. They can indeed be very good at that job.
The Sunday Times had a Panelbase Scottish poll yesterday, with tables out today here - from memory I think it's the first Scottish poll of the year. There are no voting intentions (or at least, none that have been published so far), instead it concentrates in Brexit and
Several newspapers last night reported a "poll" commissioned by Labourleave in Stoke on Trent. It claimed to show UKIP on 35%, Labour on 25% and the Tories on 10%. Labourleave have today put up this document. It is fair to say it is light on methodological detail. There
The latest ICM poll for the Guardian has topline figures are CON 42%(nc), LAB 26%(-2), LDEM 10%(+1), UKIP 13%(+1), GRN 5%(+1). It was conducted over the weekend and changes are from a fortnight ago, before Theresa May's Brexit speech. The sixteen point Tory
The Times have a new YouGov poll this morning, carried out after Theresa May's Brexit speech. Overall, it looks as if the PM has passed her first Brexit test - a majority of the public support the sort of Brexit she is seeking to achieve. Whether they support
Just to catch up, YouGov put out new voting intention figures yesterday (though the fieldwork was from last week). topline figures were CON 39%(nc), LAB 28%(+2), LDEM 11%(+1), UKIP 13%(-1). While the changes since the week before are not significant in themselves, eleven points is actually
ComRes have a poll in the Independent/Sunday Mirror tonight. The finding that has got the most attention is a question asking who people think would do "a better job at managing the NHS this winter". 31% of people picked Jeremy Corbyn and Labour, 43% of people picked
Earlier on today ICM put out their first poll of the year, conducted for the Guardian. Topline figures with changes from before Christmas are CON 42%(+1), LAB 28%(+1), LDEM 9%(nc), UKIP 12%(-2), GRN 4%(+1). No significant change there, just the sort of double digit Tory
The Times released their regular YouGov voting intention poll this morning, the first of the new year. Topline figures with changes from before Christmas are CON 39%(nc), LAB 26%(+2), LDEM 10%(-2), UKIP 14%(nc), GRN 4%(nc). There is no significant change, though the boost in Lib
In terms of support for Brexit we end the year in pretty much the same place as we were on June 23rd. Among some there is a desire to jump on the slightest bit of evidence to suggest that people have changed their mind one way or the other. Overall
I'm writing a longer piece rounding up public opinion towards Brexit, but rather than let that get dominated by a big rant, I thought I'd write a separate piece about self-selecting newspaper polls apparently showing changing attitudes to Brexit. Several newspapers in the North East and
Opinium's latest voting intention poll has topline figures of CON 38%, LAB 31%, LDEM 6%, UKIP 13%, GRN 4%. The seven point Conservative lead is much tighter than we've seen in other recent polls, which have almost all had double-figure Tory leads. While the lead has
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