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Top ten British landmarks
Buckingham Palace wins best landmark over Stone Henge, Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral
23 Mar 2012 - Article
'Unacceptable': cluster bomb investment
Despite the UK passing a law to ban the production and sale of cluster munitions within our borders, it is still legal for banks to invest in companies which produce these weapons in countries which have not yet banned them. Our recent poll finds that the British public would support a law to outlaw this practice.
01 Sep 2011 - Article
In the news this week
The latest YouGov poll undertaken on behalf of the Sunday Times covers some of the main news stories this week: the death of bin Laden and the AV Referendum. The poll also looked into attitudes to Water Companies, and polled football fans on the World Cup bid decision and whether bribery was involved. AV Referendum: The future of the Coalition
16 Jun 2011 - Article
In the news this week
The latest YouGov poll undertaken on behalf of the Sunday Times covers a range of topics this week and looked in detail at Ed Miliband’s leadership of the Labour party, the Government’s U-turns, universities and the “slut walks” movement. Ed Miliband’s time as leader Ed Miliband’s net job approval score is the lowest we have seen so far since he was nominated leader of the Labour Party. Now only 30% of people think he is doing a good job as leader of the party compared to 53% who think he is doing a bad job, giving a net score of minus 23.
13 Jun 2011 - Article
Ken Clarke rape comments: British disagree
Ken Clarke’s controversial remarks last week that some types of rape are more serious than others, which appeared to suggest that date rape is not a ‘serious, proper rape’, come in complete contrast to general public opinion, our latest poll for the Sunday Times shows. Mr Clarke has since said that he did not intend to suggest this, and that he thinks all rape is serious.
26 May 2011 - Article
Disloyal Lib Dems
‘Lack of trust and broken promises’: Why Lib Dem support has dramatically dropped
16 May 2011 - Article
The gender pay gap
Last Friday, ‘the Equality Act’ came into force. It draws together numerous anti-discrimination laws and gives hope for clearer and more straightforward discrimination rules. Last Friday also marked the release of Made in Dagenham a film which celebrates the actions of a small group of women whose protests about difference of pay between men and women lead indirectly to the passing of the ‘Equal Pay Act’ 40 years ago.
16 May 2011 - Article
Final call: Welsh assembly
Today, Wales is voting in their Assembly elections, and in our final call poll on behalf of ITV Wales, we predict the following results: Welsh Assembly Constituency vote: Lab 47%, Con 20%, Plaid Cymru 18%, Lib Dem 9%, Oth 6% Welsh Assembly Regional vote: Lab 43%, Con 19%, Plaid Cymru 18%, Lib Dem 8%, Oth 13% Peter Kellner, YouGov President, says:
05 May 2011 - Article
Final call: Scottish parliament
Today, Scotland is voting for its next Parliament in Holyrood. In our final call poll of 1,484 Scottish Adults we predict the following results: Holyrood Constituency vote: SNP 42%, Lab 35%, Con 11%, Lib Dem 8%, Oth 4% Holyrood Regional vote: SNP 35%, Lab 32%, Oth 14%, Con 13%, Lib Dem 7% Peter Kellner, YouGov President, says:
05 May 2011 - Article
Yes or no: The Welsh referendum
The Welsh electorate are today voting in a referendum on whether or not to extend the legislative powers of the Welsh Assembly. In our poll of 1,036 Welsh adults for ITV Wales, the result looks set for a ‘Yes’ win. 51% said they would be voting Yes (in favour of extending the Assembly’s powers), 25% said they would be voting No (against extending the Assembly’s powers). 10% said they wouldn’t vote and 14% said didn’t know.
03 Mar 2011