The death penalty is normally cited as the classic example of disconnect between politicians and the people they represent, one where a majority of MPs consistently oppose the death penalty and a majority of the public consistently support it. This is pretty much true (whether it is a good or
Tonight's daily YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 36%, LAB 42%, LDEM 11% - a six point Labour lead, but still very much within the normal margin of error of the Labour lead of eight points or so YouGov have been showing lately.
Time to dish out another of the much sought after UKPollingReport "Crap media reporting of polls" awards. The Daily Record is proudly reporting that "Support for Lib Dems in Scotland down to just 3%, according to new poll". I thought for a moment I has missed
There are two new polls out tonight. Firstly YouGov's daily poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 37%, LAB 41%, LDEM 10%. This is something of a narrowing of the Labour lead, in the last week leads of 8 points or so were becoming pretty standard,
The full tables for the YouGov Sunday Times poll are now up here. On the regular trackers Ed Miliband's ratings continue to rise - his net approval rating is now up to minus 15 (from minus 21 a week ago, and minus 34 before the phone-hacking scandal went
Tonight's YouGov/Sunday Times poll has topline figures of CON 35%, LAB 43%, LDEM 10%, so the eight point lead seems increasingly steady. Full report to come tomorrow when the tables are up.
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 35%, LAB 43%, LDEM 11%. It looks as though the bigger Labour leads of up to 8 points that YouGov have shown since the phone hacking scandal hit its peak haven't quite faded away yet
Ipsos-MORI's monthly political monitor is out, and has topline figures of CON 32%(-5), LAB 39%(nc), LDEM 11%(nc), Others 18%. Changes are from last month's poll, and clearly show a significant drop for the Conservatives and a boost for minor parties. On leader ratings
There are three voting intention polls tonight. Their topline figures are as follows YouGov/Sun - CON 37%, LAB 42%, LDEM 9% ICM/Guardian - CON 37%, LAB 36%, LDEM 16% Populus/Times - CON 34%, LAB 39%, LDEM 11% ICM shows Labour down since before the phone hacking scandal
ICM's monthly poll for the Guardian has topline figures of CON 37%(nc), LAB 36%(-3), LDEM 16%(+4). This is the first poll to show a Conservative lead since March, which was also ICM. In contrast Populus's monthly poll in the Times has figures of
A small avalanche of polling tonight - as well as the daily YouGov poll in the Sun, which will be up at 10pm, there is also the monthly Populus poll for the Times at 8pm*, the monthly ICM poll for the Guardian at some unspecified time (though "later than
The full tables for this week's YouGov/Sunday Times poll are now up here, and cover mainly the ongoing phone hacking affair. So far 36% of people think David Cameron has handled the phone hacking affair well, 48% badly. In comparison, 49% think Ed Miliband has handled it
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