YouGov/Sun - public support attacks on Libya by 45% to 36%

YouGov's daily poll for the Sun is out. Topline voting intention figures are CON 36%, LAB 43%, LDEM 9% so there is no sign of any major impact from the Libya conflict.

The poll was conducted between Sunday evening and this afternoon, so has some of the first real measures of attitudes towards the Libya bombing. I'll post properly tomorrow, but from the figures the Sun have released so far, 45% of people say Britain, the US and France are right to take military action against Libya, 36% think it is wrong.

UPDATE: There is also a ComRes poll that shows almost the exact opposite. ComRes found 35% agreed with the statement "It is right for the UK to take military action against Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya", but 43% disagreed. The YouGov question asked "Do you think Britain, France, the US and other countries are right or wrong to take military action in Libya?" - the two obvious differences are that the ComRes question mentioned Gaddafi (which shouldn't have this effect - in 2003 questions that mentioned Saddam by name always showed higher support for the Iraq war!), and that YouGov presented it as a joint attack by the US, France and the UK, while ComRes only mentioned the UK.

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