Ethnic minorities now a fifth of pupils

Christina · 30-09-2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

The point I was trying to make is that inflammatory headlines give unnecessary ammunition to party critics, and will scare off moderate people who may be considering voting for the party. On the other hand they will be more likely to attract BNP types. That may be the intention of the story, and you don't seem to see a problem with it... so perhaps that is the way you want UKIP to go. Personally, I think that it is political suicide in the long run.

I think the fact that UKIP is basically Thatcherite is the main reason few people vote for us. If Labour were to take a tough stance on immigration, they would still win elections.

g hall · 30-09-2007, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Christina

I think the fact that UKIP is basically Thatcherite is the main reason few people vote for us. If Labour were to take a tough stance on immigration, they would still win elections.

Well the polls suggest that they won't lose at the moment

Britannist · 30-09-2007, 07:55 PM

Do you think, G. Hall, that the Labour lead - in reality - might not be as high as the opinion polls suggest? Last Thursday's big swing to the Conservatives at Sunderland (where the Conservatives took a local council seat from Labour) did not indicate that Labour's poll lead is necessarily all being translated into actual votes.

g hall · 04-10-2007, 10:26 AM

Very difficult with polls it's like marketing depends how you ask the question and what response your looking for .
I've done a few yougovs and I feel some of their questions are loaded toward the established big 2 being your answer - I would of course vote only for UKIP and often that is not an option.

Of course the only poll that counts is the GE

30-09-2007, 07:55 PM	#73 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Labour, Conservatives, Sunderland, opinion polls Do you think, G. Hall, that the Labour lead - in reality - might not be as high as the opinion polls suggest? Last Thursday's big swing to the Conservatives at Sunderland (where the Conservatives took a local council seat from Labour) did not indicate that Labour's poll lead is necessarily all being translated into actual votes.

04-10-2007, 10:26 AM	#74 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,927	Very difficult with polls it's like marketing depends how you ask the question and what response your looking for . I've done a few yougovs and I feel some of their questions are loaded toward the established big 2 being your answer - I would of course vote only for UKIP and often that is not an option. Of course the only poll that counts is the GE __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

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