Why has trust in civil servants gone up?
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director, Social Research Institute
4 March 2013
Bobby Duffy blogs for the Institute for Goverment on a very simple question on trust in truth-telling that generates huge interest.

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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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Blog: The Chancellor's Autumn Statement: Reasons He'll Be Cheerful?
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director, Social Research Institute
5 December 2012
As Chancellor George Osborne's delivers his Autumn statement, Bobby Duffy, MD of our Social Research Institue, looks at the challenges facing the Government.

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Scots on independence: 'No' support builds
Christopher McLean, Senior Research Executive
22 October 2012
The latest Ipsos MORI poll shows Scottish support for independence is down. So what challenges does the 'Yes' campaign face asks Ipsos MORI researcher, Chris Mclean.

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Green shoots of a red revival in Scotland
Christopher McLean, Senior Research Executive
17 July 2012
In our latest opinion piece for Total Politics we discuss Scottish Labour's polling performance under new leader Johann Lamont and whether we should brace ourselves for a red recovery north of the border?

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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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Politics Blog: Salmond has Labour in a zugzwang
Christopher McLean, Senior Research Executive
28 October 2011
Christopher Mclean asks, should the Scottish Labour Party campaign for devolution max in an attempt to with the Scottish electorate, or oppose the SNP and independence outright?

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In need of a paddle: the challenges facing Willie Rennie and the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Christopher McLean, Senior Research Executive
7 October 2011
Ahead of the Scottish Liberal Democrat annual conference, Christopher McLean says it is clear that there are a number of key challenges facing its new leader Willie Rennie.

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The SNP's social media success
Christopher McLean, Senior Research Executive
19 September 2011
The SNP dominated discussion on social media during the Scottish election campaign

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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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