British Public Opinion, November 1978

MORI interviewed a representative interlocking quota sample of 1,082 adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 54 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 8 November 1978.

Q1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the government is running the country? Q2 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Callaghan is doing his job as Prime Minister? Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mrs Thatcher is doing her job as Leader of the Opposition?

Q4 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? (If undecided or refused at Q4) Q5 Which party are you most inclined to support? Q6 If Mr Heath were leader of the Conservative Party instead of Mrs Thatcher, how would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? Base: All expressing a voting intention (951); all expressing a voting intention if Mr Heath were leader (892)

Q7 If the Conservative Party were to win the next election, who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mr Heath or Mrs Thatcher?

Q8 Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months?

Q9 Do you think the Government would be right or wrong to withhold government contracts from Ford's if they pay their workers more than the 5% pay limit? Q10 If Ford pays its workers more than 5% would the government be right or wrong to prevent Ford raising its prices more than 5% during the next year?

  Q11 Do you own or regularly drive a motor vehicle? Q12 Do you approve or disapprove of the proposal to abolish the £50 road tax on cars and replace it with an increase of 20p a gallon on petrol prices? Q13 Do you approve or disapprove of the proposal to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory? Q14 Do you approve or disapprove of the proposal to increase the maximum size of lorries allowed on British roads from 32 tons up to 40 tons?

Q15 Now for each of the groups on this list, I would like you to tell me whether you think they should or should not be represented on the boards of large British companies in the private sector.

Q16 Now for each of the groups on this list, I would like you to tell me whether you think they should or should not be represented on the boards of nationalised industries.