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Politics On The Canvas(s)
The first question that everybody was asking themselves after the general election result came through was why the turnout was so low. There has been plenty of discussion of the question since, culminating last week in the publication of the Electoral Commission's first report on the election, which among other sources draws on two MORI surveys for the Commission. [Attitudes to Voting and the Political Process]
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Why Can't We Enjoy the View?
More and more it seems that Britain's green and pleasant land is being sacrificed to 'progress'. Here, Sir Robert Worcester tells of his hatred of the electricity pylons that scar our landscape.
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The Gender Gap
The "gender gap" - the consistent tendency in British general elections for women to be more supportive of the Conservatives than men, and less supportive of Labour - almost disappeared in this year's general election.
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Tory Leadership
Michael Portillo's exclusion from the Tory leadership race may have taken both his colleagues and the media by surprise, but it was following the trend of public opinion over the last few weeks which has seen him lose much ground.
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Britons Live In Sin Because It's Cheaper Than The Alternative!
Money (or the lack of it) is partly to blame for the number of cohabiting couples according to recent research from the Association of Investment Trust Companies ("AITC"). When questioned over half of young couples living together said it was the cost of getting married that deterred them from tying the knot.
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Number Of Homes 'On-Line' Continue To Rise
Almost four million homes have connected to the Internet in the past twelve months according to Oftel's latest quarterly research published today.
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What Shy Tories?
A brief word on the importance of the low turnout and its effect on the polls. MORI's final poll projection for The Times was Conservative 30%, Labour 45%, Liberal Democrat 18%; the "poll of polls" (average of all the companies' polls conducted during the final week) was Conservative 31%, Labour 45% and Liberal Democrats 18%. Both close to the final result (32.7%:42.0%:18.8%), and within the standard 3% margin of error for all parties - though, naturally, we would like it to be even closer.
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MORI Polls in the 2001 General Election - Archive
An index to the various polls conducted by MORI before, during and immediately after the 2001 election campaign
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Attitudes to Voting and the Political Process
The following summarises the key findings from the Phase 2 survey conducted between 9/18 June 2001. Reference is also made to results from the Phase 1 survey conducted 9/15 May. For technical details of these surveys see below. Full topline results from the surveys can be found in the right hand column and www.electoralcommission.org.uk
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UK New Media Industry Faces Off Economic Downturn
97 percent of new media agencies are optimistic for growth, and 80 percent of agencies plan expansion