Comments on: Saturday polls

By: graham jones

graham jones — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:48:48 +0000

I hve little doubt that the Tory lead is much more to do with the electorates dissenchantment with Labour reenforced by the Tory press than it has to with a love of the conservatives. The kind of leader cult that emerged from the conservative conference will not survive the intense examination that will follow over the next 7 months. What will emerge is either a return to the traditional two party divide or the serious emergence of third force probably the Lib Dems. Am I alone in having given up newspapers because of their bias?

By: COLIN

COLIN — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:14:55 +0000

ICM in NoW

45( +5)
26 ( n/c )
18 ( -5 )

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:14:46 +0000

MIKE GRAHAM. Murdoch N of World ICM poll now out 45 C – 26 L – 18 LD i

By: Mike Graham

Mike Graham — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:42:21 +0000

Yet another yougov poll in the times.
42/29/19.
You’d think the three Murdoch companies could avoid getting 3 polls on the same day from the same pollster, wouldn’t you?

By: James Ludlow

James Ludlow — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:14:05 +0000

@ Alec – no, it’s not that simple at all I’m afraid. The NIESR figures are an estimate, and Osborne’s figures factor in predicted inflationary rises as well. It’s all estimates and cannot be anything else. Or are you a disciple of the Mystic Meg School of Futurology?