Battle Lines Are Drawn for UK Election
Our latest voting intention poll shows the parties at CON 40%(+1), LAB 27%(-2), LDEM 18%(-1). After our previous poll, which showed the Conservative lead narrowing to 10 points, it’s a return to the previous pattern. Along with a poll by ICM also published yesterday it shows the Conservatives back in a position that would give them a majority at a general election, after polls from several companies showing figures that would translate into a hung Parliament.
We also asked about some of the battle lines that that are emerging between the main parties. By focusing on their attitude towards taxes on the wealthy, bankers’ bonuses and even David Cameron’s Eton schooling, the Labour party have been trying to paint the Conservatives as the party for only the well off. Our polling suggested some public sympathy for the view: 52% agreed with the statement that the Conservatives are still the party of the rich, with 31% disagreeing. It was largely a partisan response though, 90% of Labour supporters agreed, only 14% of Conservative supporters did.
Ahead of the pre-budget report we found that the public continue to opt for public spending cuts over tax hikes, by 52% to 30%. If there are to be tax rises though, putting extra taxes on the very rich remains as popular as ever. Asked whether taxes should be spread evenly across the population, or concentrated on rich people, 66% go for the latter.
Finally we tested attitudes to the Conservative proposals to recognise marriage in the tax system, and here we found the public far more evenly divided: 48% of repondents supported the idea, 43% disagreed.
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It’s also quite clear – and YouGov polling supports this – that hunting will also become a key ’soft’ issue for the electorate. In a recent poll, 59% of people said they’d consider changing their vote if their chosen candidate was pro-hunt, whilst 75% have said they want to see the ban on fox hunting stay in place.
Our campaign – Keep Cruelty History – makes people aware that some politicians want to bring back hunting.
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HAVING HAD PAST EXPERIENCE AS A HUNTER, f0rty years ago, I found out some of the deplorable things that happen out of the sight of hunt followers. I was sickened and have ever since expressed my revulsion to this’sport’