By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter …The answer is Maastricht-era rebel, IDS. The Work and Pensions Secretary also tops the latest overall Cabinet league table. We asked the question "Who in the Conservative Party do you respect on the question of the European Union?" The Respect/ Don't respect numbers were… Iain Duncan Smith 87% respect […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Why has David Cameron taken the position on an EU referendum that he has? Tory members credit one factor above all others – the 81 Conservative MPs who rebelled last year. We asked the following question: "On a scale of -5 to +5 where -5 is very counterproductive and […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Thanks to all those readers who completed yesterday's survey on Europe. There is a brief report on the results in today's Times (£) but I'll be publishing the full findings on ToryDiary today. The overall message of the survey was that party members thought that Cameron had just about […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter No big movements in the latest Cabinet league table although George Osborne has fallen into negative territory. Last time there were slightly more Tory members who approved of his performance than disapproved. Now it's the other way round. IDS and Gove remain the top performers in the eyes of […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In last week's edition of the New Statesman I took a brief look at the state of Tory modernisation. I suggested that certain of the big change themes that Cameron has pursued since 2005 or more recently had not really stood the test of time – notably climate change […]
ConservativeHome is conducting a special survey on Europe. We are asking if you want a referendum now, at the next election or afterwards? Which Conservatives do you most trust on the question of Europe? Would holding a referendum on General Election day kill off UKIP? Why is Cameron beginning to move on the Europe issue […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter We voted for a referendum on AV and the Liberal Democrats supported the boundaries review. Do you remember that deal? The Lib Dems are now arguing – ever more loudly – that, actually, it's not quite so simple. They are denying that there ever was a simple AV-for-new-boundaries deal. […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter 24 hours ago George Osborne announced that the planned 3p increase in fuel duty would not go ahead in August. During the day many readers have been voting in our end-June survey. That survey is still open (vote here) but over 1,000 Tory members have already participated and here are […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Was the fuel duty decision a good thing? What would you rather have? The boundaries review, Lords reform, both or neither? Which of Cameron's modernising themes have worked… and which haven't? Who will win the next election? These and other questions are waiting for your answers. Please click here.
We are currently preparing the end-June ConservativeHome survey. We will be asking the usual questions about Cabinet performance and expectations for the next election. Please use the thread below to suggest additional questions that we should ask.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier this week we published Tory members' views on party policy towards the European Union. In the same survey we also asked the respondents to predict the likeliest outcome of the next election and pessimism seems to have taken hold. A TOTAL OF 51% EXPECT LABOUR TO BE BACK IN […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter That's the finding of a special poll of Tory members conducted by ConservativeHome conducted for Channel 4 News. The questions and results were as follows: 1. Thinking of the next Conservative General Election manifesto, should the party…? Have a commitment to an in/out referendum to be held in the next […]
The UK should remain full members of the EU and participate in further EU integration The UK should remain but members of the EU but reject future integration The UK should secure substantial renegotiation of its existing relationship with the EU but remain full members The UK should leave the EU altogether and negotiate a […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter It was as long ago as end-December that we last asked Tory members to say whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with members of the Cabinet*. Since then there have been some big political developments. The three most notable changes are big drops in the approval ratings for the Prime […]
By Tim Montgomerie Follow Tim on Twitter Earlier in the week ConservativeHome published an Alternative Queen's Speech that was written by a number of Conservative MPs. ConHome tested key ideas from the AQS with party members while The Sun did the same (via YouGov) with all voters. We both also tested a few draft government ideas (and […]