Comments on: ComRes compare Labour leaders

By: wolf

wolf — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:36:32 +0000

Heard a Co-op assistant today say he would not vote for Brown as Brown wanted everyone to have no pension.

By: Paul H-J

Paul H-J — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:10:27 +0000

Fluffy,

Surely you do not mean to be uncharitable and suggest our politicians will be driven by purely pecuniary calculations ?

I was trying to credit any putential contender with some political idealism and integrity.

Then again, if the choice is PM for a few weeks or never ever …..

By: Frederic Stansfield

Frederic Stansfield — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:07:20 +0000

I think people have made the point in the past that it is of little value asking people to choose between people most of whom many voters do not recognise by name.

In addition, Philip J W is quite right. It is the economy that matters, and Labour – all of them -are now perceived as having mismanaged it. Labour disregard for human freedom and dignity comes into it as well.

By: Mark Senior

Mark Senior — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:46:33 +0000

Peter , it is not the methodology but the minute sample sizes that give meaningless results to the Scottish and other subsamples . The previous Comres Independent poll had Con at just 5% and SNP at 40% . Other Comres polls have had LibDems at 24% . Sample sizes of around 50 cannot produce useful data .

By: Fluffy Thoughts (E.D.P.)

Fluffy Thoughts (E.D.P.) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:23:17 +0000

…why would any cabinet minister want to take on the leadership now ? The pressure to go to the country quickly will be immense, with defeat by far the likeliest outcome. What price being PM for a few months….

Paul H-J, you may call me cynical, but a £90,000 p.a. pension for life! Why do you think many people are egging-on a Straw or Johnson interim Premiership…? [PoliticalBetting.com]

Peter Cairns,

Do you really think that the SNP figure should be lower…?