Latest Poll Results From Yougov

[mikey4444]

These are the latest, a couple of days apart ::

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/05/30/update-labour-lead-7/

and

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/06/01/update-labour-lead-3/

Still no sign of dave making much headway here. Poor LibDems in a declining spiral.

[ToraToraTora]

Is there any reason you keep reporting the polls mikey?

[Sqad]

No, you are correct, the modest Labour lead continues BUT so do the electorate prefer Dave to ED as Prime Minister.

A dilemma eh?

[grumpy01]

All these polls,whilst giving an indication,are fairly meaningless in terms of forecasting the GE result in 11 months time.The only thing that will count is where the cross goes on May 7th 2015.

[sandyRoe]

If, as Harold Wilson said, a week is a long time in politics, then from now to the 7th May is an eternity.
I think the electorate are ready for a change, though.

[mikey4444]

Yes TTT...I like it and Sqad likes it too ! If the Tories were consistently in front, and had been for nearly 4 years, I am sure you would post the odd Poll as well TTT. And who could blame you ? ...not me.

Its interesting to note that despite UKIP being so "popular" the majority of Polls still show no sign of it when the question asked is " If there was a General Election tomorrow, which party would you vote for ? "

Just a point for discussion, nothing more.

[Gromit]

Here is your YouGov poll posting from a fortnight ago...

// Mikey4444 - 14:19 Tue 20th May 2014

Latest Yougov Euro Election Poll

Not sure if anyone is interested but here is YouGovs Poll, published this morning
Labour......28
UKIP.........24
Tories.......21
Greens......12
LibDems....10 ( oh dear )

As you can see from the helpful graph, UKIP's support is sliding fast. Nice to see the Greens doing well though. //

The polls are crap.
UKiP support is sliding fast - Wrong!
Labour winning the election - Wrong!

[Gromit]

If YouGov cannot accurately predict the Euro election 2 Days beforehand, why should we listen to their predictions for a year prior to the General Election?

[mikey4444]

Gromit...you appear to have got confused here. The Poll that you mention that I posted on May 20th, was about the voting intentions for the Euro Poll last week.

The 2 Polls I have posted today are about if there was a General Election tomorrow. Labour are still ahead of the Tories, and have been for nearly 4 years.

[mikey4444]

Gromit...no Poll can absolutely predict the outcome of any Election, and should only be used as guide to people future intentions. I would have thought that was common sense. But any inaccuracy in Polling could just as easily be in any direction.

[Gromit]

Mikey4444

Your Euro poll posting was 100% wrong, which is why I re-posted it.
It highlights how inaccurate these polls are and how pointless it is you keep posting them.

And I don't think they show what you think they show. Labour should be a lot further in front at this stage, and you keep posting to remind everyone how close the Conservatives are to them. Rather that an encoraging poll result, it is a very discouraging score for Labour.

[mikey4444]

Gromit...answer this then if you please. Why have Labour been consistently ahead in almost every Poll, since soon after the 2010 Election ? Some people would say that Labour have an open goal, with the 2 Eds, so why aren't the Tories more popular ? Could it be perhaps that the right-wing vote is being split with UKIP ?

[ToraToraTora]

oh dear, cat fight!

[Farriercm]

Who woke the brains trust up.

[naomi24]

//Could it be perhaps that the right-wing vote is being split with UKIP ? //

Don't let it worry you, Mikey - it won't last. ;o)

[Farriercm]

They dont like it up em,mikey.

[Gromit]

Mikey

A 3 point lead is nothing especially when there are 14% undecided.

Towards the end of an unpopular Government, with 2 parties to take votes from, Labour should be further ahead. They are not. If this pill is accurate (which I doubt) we are in another Coalition territory rather than an outright Labour win.

[Sqad]

In this point in time reminds me of the 1980' and the early 1990,s
From a personal point of view, it was a time for Consultants in private practice to print money......you couldn't go wrong.
Then a woman call Barbara Castle with distinct left wing policies was appointed as Minister of Health and we were then sh1t scared as she made it clear that she wanted to rid the NHS of private practice. We all got together and put our house in order and withstood the onslaught of left wing tendencies BUTon the horizon was a bigger threat.....Neil Kinnock..........a very bright, well educated highly electable threat to right wing ideology and particularly private practice in the NHS.

The Tories were unpopular and they had lead the country into a recession and No 10 was ready for the taking.

What happened? The Tories won the 1992 election?.why? Because the electorate didn't trust Labour on the economy.

Today, I have that same feeling that I had in 1992.

[Gromit]

// ...this point in time reminds me of the 1980' and the early 1990,s
Then a woman call Barbara Castle... //

The 1980s and 90s were the time of Conservative Governments. Castle ceased being a Ministers in 1976.
Perhaps you are mistaking her for Keith Joseph. The two did look very similar.

[Sqad]

Gromit no it was Barbara Castle.....I should have extended my era to include the 70's......as one gets older the mind " blurs" a little..;-)

[Gromit]

Sqad
Castle wasn't at Health long. Appointed by Wilson 74, sacked by Callaghan 76.