Sentences with phrase «opinion poll ratings»

As we all know, opinion poll ratings move sharply during the political conference season.

She said she was not «playing political games» in calling for a vote amid commanding opinion poll ratings but much international and domestic instability.

His mishandling of the press and his continually dire opinion poll ratings are running sores for some of those who are publicly still very much part of the Corbyn convoy.

In all, the May 23rd contests proved to be a disappointing and ultimately dismal series of contests for the Labour Party, although the writing did seem to be on the wall for some time based on a series of low opinion poll ratings over the past few years.

e.g. the Lib Dem opinion poll rating hasn't increased since they adopted this policy, and there has been no polling comparing this policy to alternative ways of spending # 17bn.

Although the current system may help the Liberal Democrats save more seats that their 9 per cent opinion polling rating suggests, the party will stick to its long - standing support for proportional representation.

Corbyn's controversial and divisive leadership of his party since September 2015 has seen Labour's opinion poll ratings struggle to improve.

[54] Labour's opinion poll ratings also improved, with most showing the party to have gained a narrow lead.

Most sensible Conservatives know that the Lib Dems are still gifted, hard working and canny campaigners and will do better than their current opinion poll ratings suggest and certainly when those ratings rise in a General Election campaign, as they inevitably will.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage points to the Barnsley by - election result - where his party came second - and rising opinion poll ratings.

This is precisely the sort of seat he should be in a position to take, given the coalition's disarray, the bite of austerity and his own soaring opinion poll ratings.

It is common in the press and the political classes to characterize the poor opinion poll ratings for the Conservative (and Lib Dem) Party as «mid-term blues».

The leader of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, has insisted he still supports Jeremy Corbyn after he suggested the Labour leader would consider stepping down if the party's opinion poll ratings remain low.

Jeremy Corbyn has already had some success turning around his previously - dire opinion poll ratings...

The combined result was a fall in Lib Dem opinion poll ratings and open discussion at the party conference about who would succeed him.

The acting Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, today tried to calm the nerves of his party reeling from the shock resignation of home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten, and the lowest opinion poll rating in five years.

Since then, the opinion poll ratings of both Labour and the Conservatives have dropped.

... This differentiation strategy has been followed not for the good of the nation but in a so far forlorn effort to protect the Lib Dems» opinion poll ratings and a rather more successful one to keep the Deputy Prime Minister in his post.»

However, the by - election result came at a time when Labour's opinion poll ratings were very low and perhaps represented a protest vote at the government.

The May local elections are «going to be tough call» for the Conservatives with its opinion poll ratings swapped over with Labour since these same seats were last contested in 2009, said Bob Neill.

He's a «swear bear» (and his swearing pre-dated the recent slide in his opinion poll ratings).

As usual, at the last elections in May they polled well above their opinion poll rating, winning 27 % of the vote (to Labour's 36 % and the Tories» 33 %) and taking the plum prize of Sheffield from Labour.

Lord Kalms, a former party Treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, has given voice to the discontent felt by many disgruntled backbench MPs and influential Tory figures who have privately called on David Cameron to dismiss his close ally following a sharp fall in the party's opinion poll ratings.

Labour's opinion poll ratings have recently hit a record low and the party is braced for disaster in tomorrow's elections.

Gordon Brown will be hoping to win a few seats back - particularly from the anti-war Liberal Democrats who rode high then - but Labour's opinion poll rating is now below that of 2004 so the Labour leader might lose a few seats in his nightmare scenario.

No sober Labour person looks at the party's opinion poll ratings and sees in them reasons to be entirely confident that they will win on their own at the next election.

We have to turn round our dire opinion poll ratings and take on this right wing, failing Tory Government.

On the Tories» opinion poll rating... «Inevitably as you come into an election campaign it's going to be tough and you have a fight on your hands.

And Mr Cameron remains a respected leader with the general public, as his opinion poll ratings show.

Years of spin»n' squander are finally being reflected in Labour's opinion poll rating.