{"id":730,"date":"2006-07-31T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T11:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/31\/mori-poll-boost\/"},"modified":"2006-07-31T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2006-07-31T11:59:16","slug":"mori-poll-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/31\/mori-poll-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"MORI poll boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colin-ross.org.uk\/news\/811.html\">Colin<\/a> comes the welcome news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsos-mori.com\/polls\/2006\/mpm060724.shtml\">this month&#8217;s MORI Political Monitor<\/a> opinion poll puts the Liberal Democrats on 24%, up three points on June. Here&#8217;s a low rent Excel graph showing MORI&#8217;s scores on the doors since January:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image729\" alt=\"Poll graph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/mori.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"254\" class=\"imgleft\" border=\"1\" \/><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same poll found Tony Blair with his lowest approval rating since becoming PM, but despite that and David Cameron&#8217;s supposed successess, the Tories are only four points ahead of Labour.<\/p>\n<p>MORI are by no means the most reliable of pollsters (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/2006\/07\/31\/mori-boost\/\">James<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalbetting.com\/index.php\/archives\/2006\/07\/31\/mori-puts-the-lib-dems-on-24\/\">Mike<\/a>), but any increase is at least good for morale. An interesting aside is that Labour lead when likelihood to vote isn&#8217;t taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/46dff968-1fee-11db-9913-0000779e2340.html\">ft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Colin comes the welcome news that this month&#8217;s MORI Political Monitor opinion poll puts the Liberal Democrats on 24%, up three points on June. 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