John Humphrys asks: are the increases in rail fares justified or are the public being victimised? If you are a commuter returning to work today, the realisation that the long midwinter holiday is over for another year and that the next bank holiday won’t turn up till the end of ...
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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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John Humphrys asks: will 2012 go down in history as a forgettable or resonant year? Years come and go. Some are memorable; some are not. So how will 2012 go down? Think back a hundred years and the date 1912 will probably ring few bells with most of us. Any ...
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Britons are feeling less than festive about Europe Every month YouGov runs its EuroTrack survey, a multi-country study tracking public opinion in the UK, Germany, France and the Nordic countries. Looking at the latest data, the results of two questions (one a serious political issue, the other more light-hearted) grabbed ...
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Many Brits prefer ‘EU-lite’, but still want a leading role in Brussels David Cameron got an apparent boost for the ‘cake and eat it’ approach to Europe last week, when finance ministers of the European Union (EU) agreed on the terms of an embryonic Eurozone Banking Union. The agreement could ...
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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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John Humphrys asks: is Britain changing as we would like it to or are we being carried along on a tide of change we neither like nor seem able to control? This week the Office for National Statistics published the first results of last year’s census. What they show is ...
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Stephan Shakespeare looks at the ups and downs enjoyed by the London 2012 brand over the last year As each year draws to a close I like to look back over YouGov’s BrandIndex and consider the big gainers and fallers of the previous twelve months. Usually this involves examining Britain’s ...
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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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John Humphrys asks: what does the Autumn Statement mean for the British economy and for British politics in the next few years? The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, cannot have been much looking forward to standing at the despatch box of the House of Commons on Wednesday. He knew ...
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