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Should mashed potatoes be in a Christmas lunch? Northerners and Southerners are split Northerners are nearly twice as likely as southerners to say mashed potatoes are an important part of a Christmas meal in the UK

For a full write-up of our findings, check out this piece in the @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

↕️ There is a significant north/south divide over mashed potatoes at Christmas dinner.

Three in five (60%) of northerners consider mashed potatoes a key part of Christmas dinner, nearly double the one third (34%) of southerners who do so.

🥔Roast potatoes (87% net important), gravy (83%) and stuffing (73%) are the three most essential items to have on a Christmas dinner, according to the UK public.

Roasties beat turkey (67%) and pigs in blankets (66%).

6-8 December 2024
2,338 UK

With a ‘blackhole’ in the Met Police budget, money isn't the only challenge to effective Met Policing £450 million is the latest ‘blackhole’ figure in the Met Police’s budget, as announced today by Mark Rowley at the London Policing Board.

‘The greatest issue facing the Met is their reputation. 42% of Londoners state they don’t feel safe walking in their local area – rising to 50% among women.

2 in 5 Londoners (44%) believe the Met has done a bad job in ‘treating everyone fairly regardless of who they are’

Me for @lbc.co.uk

Three Quarters Of People Say The World Is More Dangerous Now Than Five Years Ago Nearly three-quarters of people believe the world feels more dangerous now than it did five years ago, new polling shows.

Nearly three-quarters of people say the world feels more dangerous now than it did five years ago, a new @savanta.bsky.social poll for PolHome shows

Russia is — by far — seen as the biggest threat to global security by the public

@adampayne26.bsky.social reports the findings

Chris Hopkins: Young people’s alienation from mainstream politics is as much of a risk to Conservatives as it is to Labour | Conservative Home Incumbent parties seem to be getting kicked out all over the world. Labour has had a rocky start in government to say the least. And young people appear to be unwilling to consider the Conservatives a...

"Young people are beginning to splinter, and on gender lines. Young women are twice as likely to vote Greens than young men.

While young men are twice as likely to vote Reform than young women."

@chrishopkins92.bsky.social writes for Conservative Home.

conservativehome.com/2024/11/26/c...

Interesting stuff from Savanta's @chrishopkins92.bsky.social on where there may be an emerging parallel between the US and the UK:

'Young women are twice as likely (24%) to vote Greens than young men (12%). While young men are twice as likely (12%) to vote Reform UK than young women (6%)'

Chris Hopkins: Young people’s alienation from mainstream politics is as much of a risk to Conservatives as it is to Labour | Conservative Home Incumbent parties seem to be getting kicked out all over the world. Labour has had a rocky start in government to say the least. And young people appear to be unwilling to consider the Conservatives a...

"Young people are beginning to splinter, and on gender lines. Young women are twice as likely to vote Greens than young men.

While young men are twice as likely to vote Reform than young women."

@chrishopkins92.bsky.social writes for Conservative Home.

conservativehome.com/2024/11/26/c...

Just one in four (23%) of the UK public back replacing personal independence payments (PIP) with vouchers.

Two thirds (62%) say that payments should remain as cash, paid directly into a bank account.

2,288 UK adults
15-17 November

Replacing PIP cash benefits with vouchers would be wrong, say public Poll carried out for i reveals majority of people want personal independence payments (PIP) to continue being paid in cash, and think the benefit is too small

"Benefit voucher schemes are simply not popular with the public, even for voters who traditionally support lower spending on the welfare state", according to
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social.

For more details of our research, find
@chloechaplain.bsky.social's piece here:

inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Just one in four (23%) of the UK public back replacing personal independence payments (PIP) with vouchers.

Two thirds (62%) say that payments should remain as cash, paid directly into a bank account.

2,288 UK adults
15-17 November

Exclusive: Voters' Trust In Labour To Run The Economy Plummets Amid Budget Backlash The findings are another blow for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer.

For a full write-up our findings, including commentary from Political Research Director @chrishopkins92.bsky.social, check out @kevinschofied.bsky.social's piece:

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britis...

Labour's lead (38%) over the Conservatives (33%) on the economy is just five points - a 17 point drop since July.

📉 The Labour Party (37%) has a two point lead over the Conservatives (35%) among the public for who is most trusted on taxation.

Since July, Labour's lead over the Conservatives on tax has dropped by 14 points.

2,288 UK adults
15-17 November

🎄 Just one in five (18%) of the public say it's acceptable to start putting up Christmas decorations at home in November.

4% say it's 'never' acceptable to start hanging up the tinsel and baubles.

25-27 October
2,206 UK adults

Russia is by far and away considered the UK's greatest threat, over China (13%) and Iran (7%).

One in twenty (5%) of UK public say the US is this country's greatest threat.

The UK public is still more likely to say that America (30%) is this country's greatest ally following the US election, over EU (25%) & Commonwealth nations (23%).

Labour voters (33%) are more likely to believe EU countries are the UK's best allies.

8-10 Nov
2,040 UK adults

Great to speak to LBC about Savanta’s latest research on assisted dying - a complex issue and one that is tricky to poll, but our findings consistently show a public that is broadly supportive but still needs to be convinced on safeguarding

🔊 "There are high levels of concern about people being put under undue pressure to medically end their life."

@emmalevin.bsky.social spoke to @lbcnews.bsky.social on our research suggesting strong public support for assisted dying in different contexts, but also worry about its consequences.

Brits want new assisted dying laws to go even further, poll reveals Nearly half of Brits want MPs to go even further with new assisted dying laws, a new poll for LBC shows.

Our research also suggests that "there continues to be widespread concern that people could be pressured into taking their own life prematurely", according to
@emmalevin.bsky.social

Full write up of our research for LBC can be found here.

www.lbc.co.uk/news/nearly-...

Nearly half (46%) of public support legalisation of assisted dying for non-terminal diseases, with one in five (20%) opposing.

Higher support (50%) for assisted dying for degenerative diseases with longer life expectancy than proposed six-months.

25-27 Oct
2,206 UK adults

Kamala Harris is more trusted by the UK public to complete each everyday task tested (such as babysitting & assembling furniture) over DonaldTrump.

Just one in seven (15%) of UK adults would trust Trump over Harris to babysit small children.

1-3 Nov
2,237 UK adults

Half of UK would feel 'personally less safe' if Trump wins US election Over half of the UK say they will feel personally less safe if Donald Trump wins the US election as Kamala Harris' popularity soars among Brits.

Our Associate Director, @emmalevin.bsky.social suggests that "Trump's unpopularity, coupled with his policy positions and a general sense of chaos he brings to the world stage" could explain why UK adults feel this way.

Full story can be seen and heard on LBC.

www.lbc.co.uk/politics/us-...

Over half (54%) of the UK public say that if Donald Trump wins the US election, they will feel personally less safe as a consequence.

Comparatively, just one in five (19%) say they will feel less safe if Kamala Harris wins.

25-27 October 2024
2,206 UK adults

How are Tory voters reacting to their new leader, Kemi Badenoch? YouTube video by Sky News

📽️ WATCH: @emmalevin.bsky.social spoke to Sky News over the weekend about the Conservative leadership race.

Kemi Badenoch as leader is a relative unknown to public, which gives her "an opportunity to move away from the Conservative governments of last 14 years"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7riS...

⬇️⬇️⬇️
@emmalevin.bsky.social gave her analysis of our snap poll in the hours following the Autumn Statement.

Go through thread below to see who the public:
- Trust more on the economy
- Who public thought were 'winners' and 'losers' from the budget
- What they liked/disliked the most

👎 Just three in ten (29%) of the public say that Labour's plan for the economy is working, compared to 43% who say their plan is not working.

After march's spring budget, one in four (24%) said the Conservatives' plan for the economy was working, with six in ten (60%) saying it was not.