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Are these now going to get really squeezed?

Are these now going to get really squeezed?

Do the latest polls show it’s the end of the “others”? The dominating feature of the polls since last June’s Euro elections was that “others” – mainly GRN/BNP/UKIP – looked set to take a significant shares. These three parties together with PC/SNP in Wales and Scotland secured about 8% of GB vote in 2005. In some polls in the past few months this has touched 18% and a big question has been whether the Tories or Labour are being hit…

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How are “others” likely to split as the race gets tighter?

How are “others” likely to split as the race gets tighter?

YouGov for Channel 4 June 2009 Can Labour really expect to benefit most? The above is from the massive 32,268 sample YouGov poll taken just before the Euro Election last June and is just about the best resource we’ve got on the attitudes and backgrounds of those who, in that election at least, supported the “others” – the BNP, UKIP or the Greens. For given the continued very high shares that are being recorded for this segment this survey might…

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Is the BNP really going to save its deposit on Thursday?

Is the BNP really going to save its deposit on Thursday?

..or is Labour using the threat to get its core vote out? Towards the end my conversation with Kevin Maguire on Radio 4’s “The Westminster Hour” the question arose of how the BNP would do in the Glasgow NE by election on Thursday. This followed reports that Labour officials have been telling the the media that the BNP might come third? But just how likely is this given that the BNP has never really got a foot-hold north of the…

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Will the BNP succeed in infiltrating YouGov?

Will the BNP succeed in infiltrating YouGov?

BNP Should we be worried about the polling scam?? Reproduced above is part of a page from the BNP website and sets out a scam aimed at both raising the party’s polling numbers and making money at the same time. The site spells it out: “..Despite recently getting two MEPs elected our support in Yougov polls has recently dropped to 3%. One of the main reasons people don’t vote for us is because they believe we are a wasted vote,…

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Where are the BNP votes coming from?

Where are the BNP votes coming from?

A guest article from Peter Ould It’s commonly asserted that BNP voters are most likely to be disaffected Labour supporters. For example, Iain Dale on Saturday noted that the places that the BNP have done well are all strong Labour constituencies. Equally, some Labour commentators have blamed the rise of the BNP on the lack of an effective Conservative opposition. Which is it? To examine both these propositions I decided to look at some polling data. Taking the four polling…

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Has the BNP got a Question Time polling boost?

Has the BNP got a Question Time polling boost?

Norwich north by election poster Is this what all the publicity has produced? According to a twitter from the Standard’s Paul Waugh a new YouGov poll for the Telegraph tonight will show a boost for the BNP. The last survey from the firm put the party’s share at just two points. Tonight’s poll is due out at 10pm. I’m off out and won’t be back until late. Mike Smithson