Level-pegging
The latest Populous poll puts Labour and the Tories on 34% (Labour down 2%) with the Liberals on 22%. The gainer was 'others', on 10%, which makes we wonder how much of the 2% is actually rounding. On immigration 24% prefer the Tories, 22% Labour and the Liberals on 11%. This leaves a whopping 43% of don't knows and neithers, and the BNP.Looking at some of the raw data 4% of people believe the BNP have the best policy on immigration, rising to 6% for C2s and Liberal Democrats, oddly enough (on all the other immigration questions they have the most liberal supporters - were they taking the mick? -- it reminds me of a story about ten years' ago in the paper when the Banque Nationale de Paris tried to book a table in a restaurant for its directors and the restaurant, on hearing the booking was under 'BNP', refused it).
ps Incidentally no April figures yet but Populous have had a clear plurality against the war in Iraq since about September. Currently it's about 50% to 42%.
pps Here's some charts of all polls over the last year and a half (except some odd ones like NOP).
ppps Anthony Wells has much the same to say, with a few extra bits.
posted by Matthew @ 4/06/2004 09:15:00 AM
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