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What happens when voters see Labour politicians talking about climate change?
A short thread on an interesting new experiment I helped @LCEF_UK with - a great new organisation launching today. via @OpiniumResearch 🧵 #ukclimate
A short thread on an interesting new experiment I helped @LCEF_UK with - a great new organisation launching today. via @OpiniumResearch 🧵 #ukclimate
Firstly, why we did this: in short because there was a lot of snark from the usual places (‘sources’) on the electoral logic of Labour talking so much about green issues at conference.
We wanted to investigate if this was well founded - or if they are zombie takes.
We wanted to investigate if this was well founded - or if they are zombie takes.
Methodology: quite cool I think. We did a video RCT test.
We looked at the ‘outcome’ attitudes of those who saw a 60 sec vid of Starmer or Reeves talking climate compared to (a) a group who saw same politician talking about a different issue (b) control group who saw nothing
We looked at the ‘outcome’ attitudes of those who saw a 60 sec vid of Starmer or Reeves talking climate compared to (a) a group who saw same politician talking about a different issue (b) control group who saw nothing
How do views of UK MPs on climate change compare to the public? In short, there's a few alarming gaps.
A quick thread on new polling with @ECIU_UK, plus a few thoughts (some hope and some despair!) #ukclimate #cop27egypt 👇🧵
A quick thread on new polling with @ECIU_UK, plus a few thoughts (some hope and some despair!) #ukclimate #cop27egypt 👇🧵
Methodology: two polls via @YouGov in October 2022:
- one poll of 103 MPs, weighted to be representative of party, region, length of service etc
- one poll of 1,800 UK adults
MP surveys are never perfect methodologically, but YouGov do a really good job of them.
- one poll of 103 MPs, weighted to be representative of party, region, length of service etc
- one poll of 1,800 UK adults
MP surveys are never perfect methodologically, but YouGov do a really good job of them.
Firstly, the good news is there's broad agreement between MPs of all parties and voters on the problem of climate change and support for Net Zero.
They all want to see UK global leadership - one for the UK team at #COP27!
They all want to see UK global leadership - one for the UK team at #COP27!
New @Opinium polling shows UK public overwhelmingly fear the costs of inaction on climate change more than the costs of action.
Completely contrary to what a small number of MPs have been arguing recently. #ukclimate
Completely contrary to what a small number of MPs have been arguing recently. #ukclimate
Alternatively you can say that across all demographics - Remain, Leave, young, old - voters worry more about the #costofSteveBaker than they do the #CostOfNetZero …!
More seriously, I do think some SW1 thinking on climate is way behind the public. This is not a polarised culture war issue (at least right now). As with lockdowns, fear of the problem means people are willing to accept some inconvenience.
