You Gov Poll On Plastic Bag Charge

[mikey4444]

http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/1d35yifsuf/Results_140605_Plastic_Bag_website.pdf

As you can see, most people Polled agreed with the 5p charge...roughly 2 to 1 in favour. But can anyone explain why UKIP supporters gave such a different result ? 49% agree and 44% oppose ?

Why should UKIP supporters be so much at odds to all other parties ?
The answer doesn't appear to be explained by gender, age, or social grade.

Curiouser and curiouser !

[mikey4444]

Prudie ...you have not read the Polls results properly...if you had, you couldn't have posted as you did at 20:15. For the record, 49% to 44 % may be nearly fifty-fifty, but all the other Political Party demographics show differently.

All I wanted to know is what factor about being a UKIP supporter would make such a difference on such a simple, basic subject. Plastic bag regulation has been passed by Wales and Scotland and the sky has not fallen in, nor has civilization ended. Not sure why it should be different in England.

There are plenty of active contributors to the News section on AB that have owned up to voting UKIP, which is their right of course...all I want to know is the opinions of why the plastic bag issue should be so startling different to other parties.

[berniecuddles]

@ mikey "There are plenty of active contributors to the News section on AB that have owned up to voting UKIP"
and what is the problem with that mikey?
i don't vote as i said before in a thread (my choice) but i may do next year as ukip are a breath of fresh air to me.

[mikey4444]

Not a problem in any way bernie, although in my opinion a vote for UKIP will be a wasted vote, as they can not and will not win the 2015 Election !
But people are entitled to waste their vote if that is what they wish. Part of the burden of democracy.

I just want someone, especially the aforementioned UKIP supporters to hazard a guess why they are more likely to oppose a 5p charge on plastic bags !

[mikey4444]

DB...now that is an answer I never expected !

[DaisyNonna]

Does anyone think that these limited polls are meaningful?

[mikey4444]

Daisy...as I have explained already today, if their aren't meaningful, then they aren't meaningful in a very consistent way !

[berniecuddles]

ukip wont win the election is quite correct mikey but i reckon they will stop labour getting in imo!

[DaisyNonna]

So rubbish then?

[mikey4444]

All the evidence is that they may help Labour get in, although I would have to admit it is not entirely clear-cut.

But if you admit that your vote will not result in the party of your choice winning the 2015 election, why vote for a party that can't win ? Or are you voting tactically...ie, is it your wish to prevent a certain party from winning ?

[mikey4444]

Daisy...in what ways are Polls rubbish ? Polls these days are largely accurate, as the next link will prove :::

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/05/27/yougov-gets-it-right-again/

YouGov got it right with an error rate of only 1.4%

[berniecuddles]

because neither the Tories or labour have done anything for me apart from giving shed loads of our money away to other countries when its needed here!

[mikey4444]

Bernie...so why are you considering voting for a party which neither of us expect to win ? Who knows or even cares about the party that comes second ? Who remembers the person that won a Silver Medal at the Olympics ? Coming first gives a party seats in the House of Commons...coming second gives what ?

[DaisyNonna]

So? What difference does it make? None.

[askyourgran]

The Green party will be happy at least. I fail to see why UKip in particular should get a mention in this thread. Wales has been charging 5p for plastic bags for a while. I pay 5p in M&S for my plastic bags which are then recycled with my paper every week. Just another coin in the coffers. Does anyone know where the money will be spent and how is it collected?

[Prudie]

Mikey 34/47 with 19 don't knows (18-24 yr olds) and 40/49 with 11 don't knows (Londoners) seem like fairly even and meaningless splits to me. You could also ask why twice as many Cons are in favour. None of that table, with its small samples, mean anything, I don't even the think the figures warrant any analysis.

[mikey4444]

Daisy...I have just demonstrated that YouGovs Polls were very accurate, and that is why Polls are important. If there is something about that you don't understand, then please say so !

[berniecuddles]

i'm no good at arguing mikey lol give me a reason why i should vote Tory or labour then, as it will be between those two,and they are both as bad as each other!!
i find immigration a problem neither has the balls to do something about it and the same could be said about getting out of the EU!

[DaisyNonna]

My question was what difference does it make?

[Ric.ror]

When your worried about having enough money to eat worrying about 5p is additional stress