UK Polling Report (Page 6)

Inflation

Half of Voters Hold Government to Account Government for Inflation

A majority of British voters predominantly hold the Government responsible for inflation. 50% of voters blame the Government, whilst 32% hold the Bank of England responsible. Perhaps not unrelated to Rishi's relentless repetition of his pledge to halve inflation... Although the government does set an inflation target, and

Brexit

A Majority of Voters Think Brexit Has Gone Badly... That Doesn't Mean They Want to Rejoin

To coincide with the seven year anniversary of the Brexit vote, UK in a Changing Europe have published polling taking a deep dive into the extent of Brexit regret. The pressure group has produced 537 pages of tables, if any committed readers fancy trawling through the data, with a full

Six in Ten Voters Think Rishi Sunak Handled Boris's Partygate Investigation Badly

Almost 60% of voters think Rishi Sunak handled the investigation and report into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament badly. According to new polling from YouGov, 32% of voters think the Prime Minister handled the Privileges Committee's report "very badly", with 25% saying the Prime Minister did

Conservative In-Fighting Boosts Labour's Poll Lead

The internal battles on the Conservative backbenches seem to have filtered through to opinion polling, as every poll result since Boris Johnson announced his resignation from parliament has shown Labour growing their poll lead. Estimates of Labour's Boris bounce range from Omnisis' 2% to the 8% suggested

Greece

Greek Electoral See Saw Favours New Democracy

Modern Greek politics has often felt like a seesaw in a children’s playground. Election after election, the Government's side of the saw has experienced a collapse in their support. Since 1974, no Greek governing party has improved their results at the election following their time in office

40% Think Boris Still Has a Political Future, Despite Privileges Committee Report

According to snap polling from Savanta, 40% of the British public think Boris's political career "is not over", despite today's excoriating report from the Privileges Committee. This can be contrasted to the 47% who think he doesn't have a future in politics.

Tactical Voting

Liberal Democrats Best Placed to Benefit from Tactical Voting

Since writing about by-election prospects in Mid Bedfordshire, readers will no doubt be aware that two further Tory MPs have announced their plan to stand down effective immediately. On top of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, it means four separate by-elections are now on the cards. Whilst Rutherglen looks to be

By-Election

Co-operation Key for the Conservatives to Lose in Mid Bedfordshire

Amidst speculation that Nadine Dorries' peerage would be delayed to prevent a by-election, the Mid Bedfordshire MP today made the surprise announcement that she was standing down anyway with immediate effect. This paves the way for a by-election in what would ordinarily look like a solid Tory seat. At

MRP

Why Labour's Lead Probably Won't Translate to a 470-Seat Landslide

Best for Britain have just released a new MRP poll, leading with the projection that Labour would be sat on 470 seats - which would amount to a majority of 290. The figure came about on a Labour vote share lead of 12%, with the party on 35% to the

Reason to Doubt Uxbridge Constituency Poll's Boris Bounce

New constituency polling, which suggests Boris would win an election in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has been doing the rounds on social media this morning and it's easy to see why. The headline finding is that Boris would secure support from a majority (50%) of Uxbridge voters, with

Ipsos MORI

Majority of Voters Think Rishi Sunak is Doing a "Bad Job" at Managing his Pledges

It's already been five months since Rishi Sunak announced his five pledges, although by now we've all heard them enough times to last a lifetime. Downing Street's relentless commitment to staying on message doesn't seem to have filled the electorate with confidence,

Trans Rights

Britain Is Less Supportive of Pro-Trans Reforms Than Other Countries

Although around two-thirds of the British public think that transgender people face "a great deal or fair amount" of discrimination, support for various pro-trans reforms ranks below almost all other countries surveyed. The results come from Ipsos MORI's latest annual pride survey, which also found that