An ICM poll in the News of the World suggests a majority (57%) of people now want Tony Blair to step down within a year, and 42% think he should step down now. It is difficult to directly compare questions on Blair's future, since every poll seems to
The monthly YouGov poll for the Telegraph suggests that Labour have so far survived the recent furore over party loans unscathed, while some of the shine has begun to wear off of David Cameron. The topline figures, with changes from the YouGov/Sunday Times polls earlier in the month are
It will probably still be a day or two before there are any polls to gauge reaction to the budget, but there was a rather surprising Populus poll commissioned for the BBC's run-up to the budget. The poll covered the subject of inheritance tax. While this is a
Sir Menzies Campbell Sir Menzies Campbell Approval Ratings YouGov: (1) Do you think Sir Menzies Campbell is doing well or badly as leader of the Liberal Democrats? (2) Do you think Sir Menzies Campbell is or is not proving a good leader of the Liberal Democrats? ICM: Are you satisfied
A new YouGov poll suggests that the majority of the public think that Tony Blair is sleazy, the way honours are distributed are corrupt and that rich donors have too much influence over the Labour party. The topline voting intention figures for the poll in the Sunday Times are CON
The ICM poll for the Guardian also included a voting intention question with Brown as Labour leader, which showed the now normal pattern of the Conservatives doing better against Labour with Brown instead of Blair. The full figures were CON 37%, LAB 37%, LDEM 19% (as ever bear in mind
A surprising ICM poll in tomorrow's Guardian puts Labour back ahead with a good 3 point lead - a reversal of last months figures: CON 34% (-3), LAB 37%(+3), LDEM 21% (nc). Voting intention polls tend to shift for identifiable reasons - Charlie Kennedy is ousted as
The other contentious (and rather more high profile) Commons vote this week is on the Education Bill. YouGov have carried out a poll of Labour party members asking their opinions of the proposals in the Bill, and their opinions seem to be closer to the Labour rebels than the Government.
The Animal Welfare Bill comes before the Commons on Tuesday. MPs are due to have free votes on two amendments - one banning all docking of dogs' tails, the other banning docking dogs' tails, except for working dogs such as rescue dogs, police dogs and gun dogs. As
Ipsos-MORI have released a new poll for the Associated Press on the trial of Saddam Hussein, conducted across 9 different countries. While other polls have consistently shown support for the war in Iraq declining in the UK, people continue to believe that Iraq is better off that it would have
The full details of Populus's monthly poll are now available on their website here. The poll also included some questions on people's perceptions of the party leaders. As in previous polls, David Cameron comes out ahead of Gordon Brown on questions of likeability and charisma -
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