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MORI Political Monitor November
Labour's lead over the Conservatives remains in November's MORI Political Monitor. It currently registers 35% support among those certain to vote (down four points on October's measure). The Conservatives are at 31%, up two points, with the Liberal Democrats on 23% (up one). Ratings of both Tony Blair and Michael Howard remain negative, by a 2:1 margin. Defence and foreign affairs remains, in the eyes of British voters, the most important issue facing Britain today, although those who say the NHS and Health is most important has gone down, slightly, from 36% last month to 32% this month. After hitting 20% in October (the highest level for four years), mentions of pensions/social security have fallen to 12%.
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Government Delivery Index
MORI's latest Delivery Index survey, conducted for the Financial Times, shows that the public remain divided over whether the Government's policies will improve the state of the economy. The public also remain sceptical about the Government's ability to improve public service in the long term, although trends on both these areas have improved since 2003.
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Saving The World Will Have To Wait - Most Americans Need Convincing
Britons are now much more willing to take action to reduce climate change than Americans, who remain unconvinced of the need to change their behaviour, despite being the world's biggest polluter. Recent research by MORI for the Climate Group shows that Great Britain's population is more willing to consider 'acting now' to tackle climate change than is the US (63% vs 46%). By contrast, Americans are more hesitant, saying that 'wait & see' is the preferable course of action (41% vs 27% in Britain).
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Attitudes To Renewable Energy In Devon
Research by MORI shows that the vast majority of Devon residents support the use of renewable energy (86%) and only a small proportion oppose it (two per cent). Support for renewable energy is reflected in high levels of support for wind power (76%) and biomass power (67%).
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MORI Political Monitor October - Topline Results
According to MORI's October 2004 Political Monitor, 39% of those who say they are certain to vote in an immediate General Election would vote Labour. This is the highest share of vote recorded for the Labour Party since December 2003. In contrast, 29% of those certain to vote say they would vote Conservative (their lowest score since April 2003), and 22% Liberal Democrat.
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MORI Political Monitor October
According to MORI's October 2004 Political Monitor, 39% of those who say they are certain to vote in an immediate General Election would vote Labour. This is the highest share of vote recorded for the Labour Party since December 2003. In contrast, 29% of those certain to vote say they would vote Conservative (their lowest score since April 2003), and 22% Liberal Democrat.
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Corporate Security
IT and network security are the greatest security concerns for members of the CBI, according to new research from MORI. The research, jointly commissioned by CBI and QinetiQ, shows a large majority (97%) of members have either great or some concern about the overall security of their business. Almost three in five (58%) say IT and network security is a great concern, while two in five name 'Provision of standby facilities for business continuity purposes' (41%), 'Risk to brand value of security incidents' (40%) and 'Risk to employees of security incidents' (38%).
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An Interview With Bob Worcester - Chairman of MORI
Question: The Lib Dems have been polling around 25 per cent consistently for the past year and closely challenging for or winning in by-elections. How well do you think they can do in the general election?
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Tiptoeing Close To The Edge
The Labour Party at the 1997 general election was rewarded with the biggest landslide since the War. 419 Labour MPs took their seats in the House of Commons across from just 165 Tories and 46 Liberal Democrats and 29 others including 19 from Northern Ireland, an overall majority of 179. Labour won, going away, with a 44 percent share of the vote to the Conservatives' 32 percent and the Liberal Democrats' 17 percent.