What 'Smeargate' tells us about media news reporting
The last couple of days have seen a flurry of new, post-Easter weekend polls. As LDV’s regular readers will know, we don’t cover individual polls, preferring to round them up on a monthly basis rather...
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The British public, eh? What do they know?
That’s the question the Royal Statistical Society and King’s College London decided to find out with the help of polling firm Ipsos MORI. They asked the British public a range of questions on current...
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Reasons the British public are so often wrong (and suggestions for what to do...
Earlier this week, I set readers a quiz — The British public, eh? What do they know? — based on research undertaken by Ipsos MORI for the Royal Statistical Society and King’s College London showing the...
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New Ipsos-MORI poll: Nick Clegg’s leader ratings in 5 graphs
Much excitement among Tories today at the arrival of a new Ipsos-MORI poll showing them drawing level with Labour – 36% apiece – among those who say they’re certain to vote. The explanation’s not too...
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Four-in-10 voters would never consider voting for the Lib Dems – but it’s not...
Some interesting poll data from Ipsos-Mori who were asked by British Future to look at attitudes towards voting for the four main political parties. Here’s three points that stood out for the Lib Dems:...
View ArticleFarage says Britain’s becoming “unrecognisable”. But the British public says...
Ukip leader Nigel Farage was dog-whistling for all he was worth at his party’s spring conference this week: “In scores of our cities and market towns, this country, in a short space of time, has,...
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New poll: Voters credit low-earner tax-cuts to Lib Dems, Clegg’s ratings...
Here’s a poll finding that will relieve Lib Dems and worry Tories – according to Ipsos-Mori more voters (45%) credit the Lib Dems with the Coalition’s tax-cuts than credit the Tories (33%): The...
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Poll of school leaders and governors: Don’t like Coalition’s education...
A couple of findings worth highlighting from a major survey of more than 2,000 school leaders and governors, commissioned by The Key, and carried out by polling firm Ipsos Mori. It probably won’t come...
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Mori’s Sir Bob Worcester increases his forecast for Lib Dem seats in May 2015
Yes, you read that headline right: founder of MORI, Sir Bob Worcester, increased his forecast of how many seats the Lib Dems would win in May 2015 when asked for a prediction at last week’s Lib Dem...
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