John Humphrys asks: What does David Miliband’s departure mean for the Labour Party? David Miliband’s decision to leave British politics and take up an international job in New York marks the end, at least for the time being and possibly forever, of a political career many saw as likely to ...
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YouGov CEO, Stephan Shakespeare, discusses the impact of ads even if viewers don't remember them. A couple of weeks ago I promised that I would use this space to reveal a new discovery that would change the way we think about marketing. I can now share with you that we ...
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As America's pendulum swings, Syria suffers: US foreign policy is a story of oscillating between lessons learned from war – but post-Iraq caution is not helping Syria The "Iraq effect" on US foreign policy seems everywhere evident in Washington's current approach to Syria, from a fear of kicking the sectarian ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, analyses the challenges facing the Chancellor after his Budget If George Osborne were subject to a political rating, he would have been downgraded to BBB some months ago – and each B stands for a challenge that last week’s Budget was designed to address. Those challenges ...
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John Humphrys asks: Are the government’s plans to help working mothers fair to those who stay at home to look after their children? The government has laid out plans to help parents with childcare costs. The aim is clear: to make it easier for mothers to go out to work. ...
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European Union foreign ministers meet in Dublin this Friday to discuss whether to lift or ease the EU’s arms embargo on Syria. YouGov surveys this week in Britain and France find that voters in both countries are reluctant to back David Cameron’s and President Hollande’s demands to allow military supplies ...
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YouGov CEO, Stephan Shakespeare, argues that Britain cannot afford another omnishambles British GDP has been stagnating, yet unemployment has been falling; retail sales are up but manufacturing is contracting; stock markets are still hitting record highs but being spooked by developments on a small island with a population of 1.1m. ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, discusses public attitudes towards the Royal Charter on press regulation We love the idea of punishing bad behaviour by the press - but public support for the principle of underpinning this by law is more muted. Today YouGov conducted the first survey of attitudes to Parliament's ...
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Ten years after the Iraq war, YouGov's Director of Political and Social research, Joe Twyman, discusses the sectarianism that divides the country During the early months of my time in Iraq I witnessed a very interesting event at Baghdad International Airport (colloquially known as 'BIAP') that, for me, came to ...
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YouGov President, Peter Kellner, analyses the public’s views on press regulation and Wednesday’s Budget The public’s response to two very different controversies is much the same: what matters is what works. Asked about how best to regulate the press and, separately, what the Chancellor should say in his Budget, voters ...
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