By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Over the weekend I'll reveal how ConHome readers answered the question as to who they'd most like promoted to the Cabinet and also those they'd like demoted from the Cabinet. Before then, however, here's the criteria you suggested were most important for choosing the people at the government's top table… […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier this week we asked 1,898 Tory members to assess the danger that 25 factors represented to the Tory chances of winning the next election. Members were asked to rate each factor on a zero to ten scale (zero for no danger to Cameron getting returned to Number 10 and […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Most Tory members (54% over 30%) agree with the statement "the Budget produced some bad headlines in the short-run but its overall effect will be to boost growth and that will be good for Tory chances at the next election". But if they think the Budget is a long-term boost […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Public opposition to continuing spending cuts Tax rises on ordinary families The growth of UKIP as a vehicle for disillusioned Conservative and Eurosceptic voters A suspicion that the Conservative Party is on the side of the wealthy rather than the ordinary worker Opposition from The Sun, Mail and other newspapers […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On Sunday and yesterday 1,922 Tory members took part in our pre-Budget survey. THE 50P TAX RATE Two-thirds of Tory members support abolishing the 50p rate. I found less support among Tory MPs yesterday. Most agreed that the 50p rate was economically dangerous but they worried about the symbolism of […]
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By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Who are the three most effective members of the Cabinet? Here are the answers you gave at the start of the week (last month's figures in bracket)… Michael Gove 65.7% (60.7) Iain Duncan Smith 60.8% (64.5) George Osborne 42.5% (47.6) William Hague 42.0% (41.3) Eric Pickles 27.1% (23.1) Theresa May […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The latest ConservativeHome survey is online. In this poll we are focusing on your opinion of the Cabinet. Vote here.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier today I introduced this week's focus on Lords reform. The ConHome editorial position is very much in line with the views of Tory members. Last Thursday and Friday 1,426 Tory members took part in our online survey and again shifted against an elected Lords. The results are published below […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Throughout next week ConservativeHome will be running ten articles on House of Lords reform. In preparation for that focus we are running a special survey. We want your views on whether the Lords should become a mainly or fully elected chamber. We also want to know whether you agree or […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There are a lot of press stories yesterday and today about the Chancellor's tax options in the looming budget. Mr Osborne will meet his fellow Quadsters (Cameron, Clegg and Alexander) later today to discuss options. It is understood that he's kicked the income tax threshold ball back into Mr Clegg's […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In this month's ConservativeHome members' survey we used the alternative question we sometimes use to rate the Cabinet. Rather than asking for a satisfaction rating for every one of David Cameron's top table colleagues (last month's ratings for this test are here) we asked respondents to name the three most […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In the latest ConservativeHome readers' survey we asked respondents to rate a list of measures in terms of their importance for the competitiveness of the British economy. A zero rating equalled of no importance and ten equalled top importance. The table below summarises the results. In order to read it […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Boris Johnson is loved by ConHome readers. In our end-year readers' survey he came second only to Margaret Thatcher as the politician that members felt, ideologically, closest to. This is understandable given his views on Europe, tax and crime but Boris is no cardboard cut-out Tory. His support for an […]