YouGov President, Peter Kellner, analyses Britain's opinion on the EU referendum Public opinion is on the move on Europe. YouGov’s latest poll for the Sunday Times confirms that if David Cameron called a straight in-out referendum some time in the future, Britain would vote to remain a member of the ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, discusses the public's views on welfare reform As governments down the years have discovered, welfare is a political minefield. Most people think they pay more into the government’s welfare pot through taxes than they draw out in benefits. They find the system horrendously complex but have ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, looks ahead to the new year in 2016 January 2, 2016 Looking back on 2015, the odd thing is that David Cameron’s triumphs should provoke such surprise. The events that gave him total command of British politics have been enjoyed as a fairy tale by some ...
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Peter Kellner's latest commentary focusses on the perilous politics of immigration Beware. Interpreting public opinion on immigration can be a tricky business. Knowing what POLICIES the public want is straightforward enough; the tough bit is making sense of the POLITICAL IMPACT of the issue. Want to receive Peter Kellner's commentaries ...
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2012 has been groundhog year: YouGov President, Peter Kellner, analyses Pollsters, like economists, social scientists and other data-watchers, thrive on change. When the numbers move, we have plenty to say. Sometimes, however, people, and therefore the data, let us down. This is one of those occasions. As far as the ...
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Leveson, public opinion and some unvarnished facts: an analysis by YouGov President, Peter Kellner An important part of the political battle following the publication of the Leveson report is to win over public opinion. YouGov has conducted the first post-publication survey for the Sunday Times. First, given the controversies that ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, analyses what the public really want from the Leveson Inquiry Oscar Wilde famously described fox-hunting as ‘the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible’. As far as many voters are concerned, when MPs debate how to rein in newspapers following the publication of Lord Leveson’s report, it ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, discusses Cameron's room for manoeuvre on the EU budget Conservative eurosceptics and Labour tacticians should beware. British hostility to the European Union is not as simple or complete as some of them think. YouGov’s latest survey for the Sunday Times suggests a nuanced set of attitudes, ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, discusses the mid-term by-elections Beware analyses of mid-term by-elections (including this one, if you like). They are prone either to exaggerate or understate their meaning. It is “this shows the government is on its way out” versus “they tell us nothing at all about the next ...
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The problem of trust goes far wider than the BBC, YouGov President, Peter Kellner analyses The BBC has suffered more from the rows that led to the resignation of George Entwistle as Director-General than it did from its failure to report Jimmy Savile’s crimes. A YouGov survey for the Sun, ...
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