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Polling Observatory #34: a voteless recovery so far but still time to turn the tide?

Rob FordWill JenningsMark Pickup By Rob Ford, Will Jennings and Mark Pickup Filed Under: Polling Observatory Posted: March 19, 2014

This is the thirty-fourth in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence we can reduce the impact of the random variation each individual survey inevitably produces. Most of the short term advances and setbacks in party polling fortunes are […]

Tagged With: Conservative, GE2015, general election, Labour, Liberal Democrat, opinion polls, party politics, politics, polling

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Polling Observatory 33: public opinion steady through the storms

Rob FordWill JenningsMark Pickup By Rob Ford, Will Jennings and Mark Pickup Filed Under: Featured, Polling Observatory Posted: February 12, 2014

This is the thirty-second in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence we can reduce the impact of the random variation each individual survey inevitably produces. Most of the short term advances and setbacks in party polling fortunes are […]

Tagged With: Conservative, GE2015, general election, Labour, Liberal Democrat, opinion polls, party politics, politics, polling

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Polling Observatory 32: running down the clock

Rob Ford By Rob Ford Filed Under: Featured, Polling Observatory Posted: January 21, 2014

This blog post, by Dr Robert Ford, Dr Will Jennings and Dr Mark Pickup is the thirty-second in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence we can reduce the impact of the random variation each individual survey inevitably produces. Most […]

Tagged With: Conservative, GE2015, general election, Labour, Liberal Democrat, opinion polls, party politics, politics, polling

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Policy Agendas in British Politics

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: Featured Posted: January 20, 2014

How do Governments arrive at policy decisions in the United Kingdom? There has been a great deal of commentary on the apparent disconnect between Westminster and voters, with priorities not necessarily shared between the two. This book by Peter John, Anthony Bertelli, Will Jennings and Shaun Bevan, will help illuminate the reader on how these policy agendas are shaped, […]

Tagged With: Agendas, British, policy, politics

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Polling Observatory 31: No joy from the polls as festive season approaches

Rob Ford By Rob Ford Filed Under: Featured, Polling Observatory Posted: December 13, 2013

This blog post, by Dr Robert Ford, Dr Will Jennings and Dr Mark Pickup, is the thiry-first in a series that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. Manchester Policy Blogs will be posting Polling Observatory updates on a regular basis, alongside the well-established Ballots and Bullets blog. A more detailed […]

Tagged With: Conservative, GE2015, general election, Labour, Liberal Democrat, opinion polls, party politics, politics, polling, UKIP

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Polling Observatory #30: Good news for all the parties… except the Lib Dems

Rob Ford By Rob Ford Filed Under: Featured, Polling Observatory Posted: November 19, 2013

This blog post, by Dr Robert Ford, Dr Will Jennings and Dr Mark Pickup, is the thirtieth in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. From now onwards, Manchester Policy Blogs will be posting Polling Observatory updates on a regular basis, alongside the well established Ballots […]

Tagged With: cameron, campaigning, Clegg, Conservative, GE2015, general election, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Milliband, opinion polls, party politics polling, politics, UK polling

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