The polling data that shows the Tories could recover
Harold Wilson narrowed a 26-point polling deficit to just two. Could Rishi Sunak do the same?
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How posh is Keir Starmer? British voters don’t know
A quarter of the public think the Labour leader was privately educated – and some think he inherited his knighthood.
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Most voters can’t tell if Rishi Sunak is right wing
They can’t tell if Keir Starmer is left wing either.
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Polling is ruining politics
Instead of substantive discussions about policy, elections are reduced to game theory.
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Voters don’t just feel Britain is broken – they feel they’re broken too
Polling shows both middle and working-class people want reform – but they don’t necessarily believe Labour can deliver it.
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Why the Tories can’t take hope from 1991
There are good reasons to think there is no overcoming Labour’s lead this time round.
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John Curtice on how the Tories are “stuffed”
Britain’s TV polling icon on spats with Labour, the UK reversing Brexit, and why the Union is “in trouble”.
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As the polling gap closes, Keir Starmer faces his greatest test yet. He mustn’t panic
It’s “squeaky-bum time” for the Labour leader – but we know he has an appetite for concrete change.
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Is Mick Lynch working class?
Rishi Sunak has accused trade unions of a “class war” – but class is not clear-cut in Britain’s new era…
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Are you an unsettled withstander or a hopeful struggler? Meet Britain’s new cost-of-living classes
These are the new social groups of the inflation age.
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Is this the revival of Tory moderates?
The One Nation wing of the party is trying to regroup in the post-Truss era.
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What was the point of Brexit? Britons still don’t know
A survey from Deltapoll finds that few Brits can name any advantages to leaving the EU, three years after it…
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Labour has public’s backing for its election platform
Exclusive polling shows broad support for abolishing non-dom tax status and creating a public clean energy company.
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New Year promises won’t resolve our meat problem
Just under a third of Brits say they are going reducetarian this year, but we need more to meet climate…
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Majority of Britons oppose workers earning over £50,000 going on strike
New polling reveals public sympathy for industrial action is influenced by salary levels.
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Huge majority of British voters reject GP charges
As the NHS struggles, exclusive polling shows Britons overwhelmingly oppose the idea of paying for appointments.
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Is support for Scottish independence resurging?
Nicola Sturgeon seems unable to contemplate departing office without the national question being answered.
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How the New Statesman’s midterms forecast triumphed
The NS was the only forecaster to project that the Democrats would retain control of the Senate.
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The Tories’ unpopularity among the young isn’t a woke conspiracy
It isn’t schools and universities that are pushing young people leftwards – it’s the housing crisis and student debt.
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Who will win the US House and Senate?
The New Statesman’s midterm elections forecast looks at whether the Democrats can hold the House on 8 November.
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