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Boris Johnson is both the most and least likely to be seen as a good PM by the British public, data released today shows. In net terms, Rory Stewart comes on top, but is unknown yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
*Correction*: Matt Hancock has a negative score of 16, not 14 as stated in the chart.
Brits also have more faith in Boris Johnson (32%) to win a General Election, followed by Sajid Javid (19%), and Michael Gove (16%). Worth pointing out, however, is that no potential Tory leader asked about here has a net positive result yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
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THREAD/ Today we release the results of our latest Conservative members poll. One of the key findings is the dramatic extent to which Brexit has reshaped members' political priorities and subverted traditional loyalties
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Our new 8 country study looks at views of immigration in Europe and the US. When asked what the biggest benefits of immigration to their country have been, the most consistently popular answers are "food" and "culture"... yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
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Sophie Hill
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OK... I've finally snapped. Apparently this argument will never die 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️ but here's a thread anyway.

In short: there's NO EVIDENCE that refusing to back a public vote is a vote-maximizing position for Labour.
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🙅‍♀️ No! Because public opinion has changed since the referendum!
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Sunder Katwala
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"Pro-EU parties to use European elections as 'soft referendum'"
* the approach outlined (no alliances or pacts, compete with other pro-EU parties) is literally the opposite of a referendum approach (combine/aggregate: seek majority).
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It doesn't work as a proxy referendum
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2/. The YouGov Data report is here.

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Mr Corbyn in The Times
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Boris mini-special.
A long, long time ago, 1988, a young Boris Johnson was fortunate to be a cub reporter for @TheTimes. His first article (that I can find) was about a social security office in Peckham.
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Times 26 Apr 1988 p.1 'P&O prepares to defy mass picket and sail'
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