Prof John Curtice asks, “Does Brexit still matter?”
If you look at polls, since the TCA, attitudes have shifted from a majority in favour of EU exit to a majority in favour of a hypothetical rejoin.
While Tories counted on Leave voters to win the 2019 election, those voters are less likely to support them now.
Labour’s current lead is driven by strength among Remainers but also by those who didn’t vote in 2019 and by 2019 Leave-supporting Tory voters.
Now @LukeTryl of @Moreincommon_ says nationwide focus groups have shared two major shared threads running down the country: People are exhausted with politics, and there’s a wide sense that the UK isn’t working anymore➡️➡️Conservative struggles in polls.
ON LEADERS:
Sunak has a competence advantage, but struggles with control of his party, perception of strength, and relatability during cost of living crisis.
Starmer has advantage over previous Labour leadership, but the public don’t know his vision for the UK.
Come election time, there’s room for Tories to gain incumbency advantage if cost of living struggles lessen and Labour struggle to communicate their vision.
Conversely, in Scotland, Labour could gain SNP voters on the back of discontent with Tories.
“Tactical voting is going to play a huge part in the next election...but it shouldn’t be needed” -@carolvorders
With a fairer electoral system, every vote would count equally, but FPTP makes us navigate confusing alliances to get our voice heard.
For tactical voting, @carolvorders reminds us that advice will change very quickly.
With over 200 marginal seats and a web of electoral pacts, opposition voters will need guides to defeat the Govt.
For Best for Britain’s guide to tactical voting, visit getvoting.org
Prof John Curtice and @LukeTryl say that while Sunak is “less unpopular” than his party, his personal popularity could still be dragged down.
That’s all this morning from SW1!
You can catch us on 20th June at @TradeUnlocked, where hundreds of businesses will gather at the Birmingham NEC to add their voices to a trade policy blueprint fit for the next decade.
🚨NEW POLLING KLAXON🚨
Today at a press conference with Prof John Curtice @carolvorders & @LukeTryl, we unveiled the first major seat-level MRP poll of GB Parliamentary voting intention undertaken under the new electoral boundaries
The representative poll of 10,102 voters undertaken by Focaldata on behalf of Best for Britain shows that while their lead has narrowed, Labour enjoy a 12pt lead over the Tories, which at an election would secure them 470 seats 2/
While Sunak has made headway in winning back some disaffected Tory voters with a 23% share up from 18% in Oct, undecided voters remain the 3rd largest group with 1 in 8 (12%) of respondents answering ‘Don’t Know’. The polling shows that Tories are on course for 129 seats 3/
🧵🗞️@observer EXCLUSIVE: New Best for Britain nationwide polling suggests ardent Leave areas now favour closer UK-EU relationship as Brexit attitudes shift…
MAJOR transformation in attitudes towards 🇪🇺as 63% believe Brexit has created more problems than it has solved & more than half (53%) believe the UK should pursue a closer relationship with the EU (2/11)
Groundbreaking data show a closer 🇪🇺 relationship most popular response in every new GB constituency. Even in the 5 highest Leave voting constituencies, those who want a closer 🇪🇺relationship now outnumber those who want the opposite more than 2 to 1. (3/11)
@darrenpjones asks about warnings by car manufacturers. Minister for Industry tells him off for ignoring ALL THE POSITIVE things being said. She reads a single sentence by Nissan on how the UK is carmaker heaven. But want to know what Nissan said next? 1/3 ~AA
The very next after the sentence the minister reads is "HOWEVER". And what follows is a four paragraph telling off about how Brexit and this government's dithering, and lack of focus or support are risking car manufacturing leaving the UK altogether. 2/3 ~AA @TradeUnlocked
THIS has been the issue for a long time. Everything is treated as a PR problem, rather than an actual challenged to be overcome. Admitting it is seen as weakness. So everything is tied in a big red bow, while under the surface problems mount.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: David Furnish, @eltonofficial's husband, has attacked the deluge of Brexit red tape and extra costs choking UK musicians trying to tour the EU, as the scale of the slump in British performers in Europe is revealed. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
"New analysis shared with The Independent shows that the number of British performers playing festivals across Europe this year is one-third less than before Brexit."
"And the number of European acts playing at this year’s Glastonbury has plummeted by half compared to the years before Brexit, according to figures from the @BestForBritain campaign group."
The #Eurovision Song Contest takes place in the UK for the first time in 25 years! We're hosting as Ukraine, the winners of 2022, wouldn't be safely able to host 🇺🇦
But if you haven't tuned in since 1998, here's a rundown of every year you’ve missed!
Eurovision 1998 was the last time the 🇬🇧UK hosted the contest after Katrina and the Waves won in 🇮🇪Dublin the year before.
The UK was represented by the wonderful Imaani with 'Where Are You?' and the contest was won by Dana International with 'Diva'. 👏
1999 in 🇮🇱 was the first time the contest allowed people to sing in whatever language they choose. The UK has not won since...
Our entry was Precious (🤷♂️) but the eventual winner was Charlotte Nilsson with iconic euro classic 'Take Me to Your Heaven'
🧵In my view the local election results analysis that I have not seen, is actually the simplest. Detail is great, but sometimes one can miss the wood for the trees.
It is this: The country is leaning towards broadly progressive parties by a crushing ratio of about 2 to 1. ~AA 1/
🧵The pool of votes to the right of the Tory Party, which in recent local (and EP) elections has been reliably a minimum of 10% and as high as 20%. It is now tiny, shallow, and difficult to fish. And yet Tories seem locked into culture war stuff. To attract whom? ~AA 2/
🧵This 2-to-1 ratio in the projected national share from the locals, is broadly borne out by GE voting intention aggregate polling, too. Regardless of how the precise arithmetic shapes up, 2-to-1 is hard to overturn. Especially if you're trying to fish the wrong pool . ~AA 3/