Comments on: More from Sunday’s YouGov poll

By: john t t

john t t — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:51:47 +0000

M – i have a feeling that the public are more miffed at remuneration-committee-approved wages and would be OK if, say, some-one started a business selling things and made a fortune out of it.

Still, it seems to be suggesting that higher taxes for the wealthiest are not as unpopular as they were. Maybe even the £2m IHT threshold will be reduced by Osborne as a result of such a mood-swing?

By: Mark M

Mark M — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:41:59 +0000

M – I, too, am shocked that 35% of people believe there should be some form of wage cap. Why is success so frowned upon in this country? Yes, there are the few bad apples who earn vast amounts of money without seemingly earning it but I suspect that most people earning a high wage have worked, and continue to work, very hard to get where they are.

Jack – I believe it’s 84% of our new laws that come from Brussels. Read Daniel Hannan MEP in the Telegraph, he often recites the figure. I think the main problem people have with Brussels’ laws is a perception that they are irrelevant. Outside of the smoking ban, I couldn’t name you a new law, Brussels or UK, brought in that has had any effect on anything done by myself or anyone I know. If a new law doesn’t have any effect, then you may well ask whether people are passing laws for laws sake rather than making an actual difference.

By: James Ludlow

James Ludlow — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:10:21 +0000

@ Peter – I’m not denying that but I think the publicity about cervical cancer aspect is also a factor. My mum had breast cancer a few years ago and since that rude awakening has campaigned for greater awareness, because awareness saves lives. Same thing with cervical and other varieties of cancer. Mum hasn’t read a celebrity mag in her life but she’s glad that cervical cancer has been getting so much more attention lately due to Goody and that more women are going for check-ups.

I’m also not sure how it affects voting intentions, but it’s in the poll so worth a few comments

By: Stuart Dickson

Stuart Dickson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:57:08 +0000

Peter – “As the SNP and Labour tend to have the most even distribution and the largest votes they’re figures are probably the most robust but the Tory and Libdem figures swing about all over the place.”

Agreed.

I have been following Scottish polls for years, and the erratic results for Con and LD are legendary.

The funny thing is that you almost never see both Con and LD doing well, or both doing badly. It is always one up and the other down. During the last 3 years it has usually been Con up, LD down, but not 100% so.

By: Anthony Wells

Anthony Wells — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:56:56 +0000

Stuart – the subsample has a margin of error of about 7.5% – you shouldn’t be surprised if the figures are up to 7.5 points off!