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Post by European Lefty on Mar 5, 2021 0:02:34 GMT
It's basically back to the GE result 15 months ago. The vaccine bounce has "forgiven" Boris for the dreadful Covid results the UK got over the previous year. Which sucks, but so does life. Although that forgiveness might not last
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Merseymike
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 5, 2021 7:57:36 GMT
It's basically back to the GE result 15 months ago. The vaccine bounce has "forgiven" Boris for the dreadful Covid results the UK got over the previous year. Which sucks, but so does life. Although that forgiveness might not last But given most of the public appeared to agree with risk-aversion and authoritarianism and prioritising Saving Lives (TM) and the "opposition" were reduced to making essentially technical points of objection, why should that come as any surprise?
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Post by timmullen1 on Mar 5, 2021 8:20:26 GMT
Although that forgiveness might not last But given most of the public appeared to agree with risk-aversion and authoritarianism and prioritising Saving Lives (TM) and the "opposition" were reduced to making essentially technical points of objection, why should that come as any surprise? It doesn’t, and one reason I don’t think polls aren’t worth doing at the moment is that people are zoned out of news; yes, they are aware of the success of the vaccine roll out, and there are some who are somewhat fussed by the Windsor/Sussexes contretemps, but most are only paying attention to things like whether they think it’s safe to send their sprog to school next Monday, or will be relieved at the continuation of the furlough scheme taking away an immediate family crisis. However there will come a point, probably in the second half of the year if Johnson’s timetable holds, when Parties are able to campaign, when the government’s disastrous handling of the beginning of the virus (PPE, track and trace, etc) start to register, along with obvious economic problems caused by Brexit, at which point the mood will start to change.
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 5, 2021 8:46:16 GMT
But given most of the public appeared to agree with risk-aversion and authoritarianism and prioritising Saving Lives (TM) and the "opposition" were reduced to making essentially technical points of objection, why should that come as any surprise? It doesn’t, and one reason I don’t think polls aren’t worth doing at the moment is that people are zoned out of news; yes, they are aware of the success of the vaccine roll out, and there are some who are somewhat fussed by the Windsor/Sussexes contretemps, but most are only paying attention to things like whether they think it’s safe to send their sprog to school next Monday, or will be relieved at the continuation of the furlough scheme taking away an immediate family crisis. However there will come a point, probably in the second half of the year if Johnson’s timetable holds, when Parties are able to campaign, when the government’s disastrous handling of the beginning of the virus (PPE, track and trace, etc) start to register, along with obvious economic problems caused by Brexit, at which point the mood will start to change. Perhaps, perhaps not. But I don't think any party who supported the measures taken has a leg to stand on, and if there is a shift away from support for the consensus position, Labour won't be able to take advantage. I don't think that the government's handling of the early stages will have any impact at all. Already there is registered dissatisfaction with that, but I think there is also a view that noone would have been able to do "better". In the context of disagreeing with the broad approach I think that's about right. There will no doubt be arguments over the marginalities. I have great doubts as to whether they will impact on voting intentions.
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Mar 5, 2021 9:22:41 GMT
Hmmmmmm I think 45 is our roof. Maybe not in a poll but possibly in a General Election but you were mighty close to breaching that in 2019!
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 5, 2021 10:47:37 GMT
Well indeed, the argument is whether that is the effective Tory ceiling in a GE. Age related factors mean that it could be.
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 5, 2021 11:27:30 GMT
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Post by tonygreaves on Mar 6, 2021 23:37:15 GMT
It's a good poll bounce for the spin put on the budget! But sooner or later the truth will out.
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 12, 2021 8:42:24 GMT
Today's RedBox:-
Con 42 (-3) Lab 33 (+1) LD 7 (+1) Green 6 (-1) REFUK 3
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Post by london(ex)tory on Mar 14, 2021 11:20:58 GMT
Today's RedBox:- Con 42 (-3) Lab 33 (+1) LD 7 (+1) Green 6 (-1) REFUK 3 Has YouGov become the new ComRes in not releasing full figures / tables for a few days?
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 17, 2021 9:26:17 GMT
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Post by michaelarden on Mar 17, 2021 11:53:06 GMT
Love that Tony Blair is twice as popular among Lib Dems as among Labour supporters
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 17, 2021 22:22:58 GMT
Good that 4 per cent of those polled are honest.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Mar 17, 2021 22:31:02 GMT
B Johnson would have probably polled higher ten years ago, funnily enough.
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Post by peterl on Mar 17, 2021 22:43:21 GMT
Personally it would be a spoilt ballot. I could never support an elected head of state.
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Post by John Chanin on Mar 18, 2021 6:08:01 GMT
You need someone who is non-partisan, politically savvy, but with no personal political ambition, or any inflated view of their personal importance. Ideally charismatic but self-effacing, if that is not a contradiction in terms. Since this is essentially an impossible curriculum vitae there is no strong demand for an elected head of state, and unlikely to be unless the Windsors make a monkey out of it, and start taking political positions. Where the head of state is powerless outside crises, the usual approach elsewhere is to find an “elder statesman”. In the British context where the head of state is even more powerless than elsewhere, a “national icon” on the verge of death like Attenborough actually makes some sense, although since their role requires travel, perhaps not enough sense.
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Post by johng on Mar 24, 2021 16:36:06 GMT
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Post by mboy on Mar 25, 2021 19:47:06 GMT
Oof
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Post by Jamie #LD #FBPE He/Him on Mar 25, 2021 21:41:15 GMT
Oof Until the government becomes unpopular the Lib Dem’s are dead.
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Post by Andrew_S on Mar 30, 2021 10:43:58 GMT
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