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Effect Of Candidate Ethnicity In The British General Elections Of 1997 And 2001
Statistical analysis of constituency results in the last two general elections strongly suggests that ethnic minority (Black or Asian) candidates secure a smaller share of the vote for their parties than do white candidates. While it is not possible to prove from the evidence why this is the case, the obvious presumption must be that it is caused by racist voters being deterred from voting for an ethnic minority candidate. The effect was strongest in the case of Labour candidates, depressing their vote share by more than three-and-a-half percentage points, but was also present for Liberal Democrats; however, there was no statistically significant loss of votes found in the case of Conservative ethnic minority candidates.
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Government Delivery Index
Most of the British public are pessimistic about the government's ability to improve public services, according to the baseline survey for the new MORI Delivery Index. More than half, 54%, say they disagree that "in the long term, this government's policies will improve the state of Britain's public services", whereas only 36% agree.
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The Queen Mother
The Queen Mother, who died at the weekend, remained popular with the British public to the end of her life. However she was not - despite the wishful thinking of certain newspapers over the last few days - the only popular member of the Royal Family.
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Public Expects The Impossible From Science
A new public opinion poll from MORI shows that over 60% of British adults expect the impossible from science: 71% of the public look to scientists to give an 'agreed view' about science issues and 61% expect science to provide 100% guarantees about the safety of medicines. Yet most scientists insist that science cannot and should not deliver either.
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Scottish Household Survey Bulletin No. 8 - Technical Group
The eighth Scottish Household Survey Bulletin, focusing on housing.
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Going to Iraq and Ruin
MORI's latest poll on the War on Terrorism, published this week in Time Magazine, shows a very sharp fall in public approval for the government's handling of the crisis since MORI's last poll on the subject on 22-27 November last year. Just over half the public, 52%, say they approve of the way Mr Blair has handled the British response to the terrorist attacks, whereas in November he had the support of more than seven in ten, 71%.
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Time Poll Reveals Declining British Support For The War Against Terror
A MORI poll published in next week's TIME magazine reveals that British approval of the way both President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair are handling the response to the 11 September terrorist attacks has fallen sharply since late last year.
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Children's Attitude To Politics
A quarter (23%) of children aged 11 to 16 say they understand how Parliament works. One in eight (12%) know about the European Union (EU) but almost a quarter (23%) claim never to have heard of it.
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Lambeth Cannabis Policing Experiment
Two surveys exploring Lambeth Police's experimental approach to dealing with cannabis possession without using arrest.