Events, not threats – current public concern about foreign affairs, defence and terrorism
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
13 February 2013
An exploration of current public concern about defence and foreign affairs within both a historical context and the likely increased focus on this issue in 2013.
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From our archives: The French elections
Dr Roger Mortimore, Director of Political Analysis
4 May 2012
As France prepares to elect its next President, we have been digging in our archives to find out what the British public have thought in the past about French politicians, and indeed about the French people and French culture.
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Predicting the Mayoral Election – an alternative approach
Dr Roger Mortimore, Director of Political Analysis
3 May 2012
Dr. Roger Mortimore uses his Sweet FA Prediction Model to predict who will be elected as London Mayor.
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Predicting 2015 - "just a bit of fun"
Dr Roger Mortimore, Director of Political Analysis
6 January 2012
Dr. Roger Mortimore looks back over all our polls since the 1970s, using voting intention and leader satisfaction to "predict" the 2015 general election result
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Igniting the squib - public opinion on strikes and trade unions
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
16 December 2011
Trade Unions/strikes are low on the public’s radar even after the recent strikes, and have not been key issues for a while; only 1% of the public mentioned them in the first week of December, a figure that has been no higher since the firefighters’ strike in the winter of 2002/3
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A look ahead to the first votes in the US GOP primary
Sir Robert Worcester, Founder of MORI
15 December 2011
With the first votes to be cast in the GOP primary race less than a month away, Sir Robert Worcester takes a look at the standing of all the candidates.
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The Rise and Fall of Public Concern about Crime
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
24 May 2011
The Economist/Ipsos MORI May Issues index shows a decreasing amount who consider crime/law and order to be among the most important issues facing the country.
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Intervention in Libya, and public opinion around our involvement
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
13 April 2011
In the latest Politics Wire blog, we examine the public's response to the continuing conflict in Libya and the factors that may affect this in the future.
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A march for which alternative?
Chris Phillips, Research Manager
25 March 2011
Can the organisers of Saturday's anti-cuts March for the Alternative avoid the charge that it's nothing more than public sector workers trying to protect their own interests? And what might the day mean for Labour and Ed Miliband?
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