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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Whilst the BBC leads the pack of broadcasters generally trusted by the British public, the tabloid press languishes behind with high levels of distrust. According to YouGov, the BBC is the outlet reporting the highest share of trust, on 44%, though taking distrust into account on a net measure (+23%
Kantar
New polling from Kantar highlights the fact that voters have limited faith in both major political leaders. Whilst the public believes Rishi is better placed to deal with more of the country's problems than Keir Starmer, his advantage is hardly resounding. Especially when, in every category bar one,
MRP
The SNP are on course to have their worst result in a General Election since 2010, according to a new MRP poll from YouGov. Following the recent downturn in the party's fortune, Labour looks set to recuperate swathes of their historic heartlands, paving the way for a more
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