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Little Change On Euro Vote
Public opinion on the Euro has changed little since last year, with a majority still saying they would vote 'no' in a referendum on Britain joining the single European currency. Research by MORI Financial Service for Schroder Salomon Smith Barney shows 57% of people in Britain say they would vote 'no' when asked 'If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should be part of a single European currency, how would you vote?'. Three in 10 (31%) say they would vote yes and one in 10 (11%) said they did not know how they would vote.
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Public pragmatic on waste charges
People would generally be opposed to being charged for producing non-recyclable rubbish, according to a new report from the MORI Social Research Institute. Many are worried about 'stealth' taxes, but they are more likely to accept the idea if certain conditions are met.
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Is Industry Socially Responsible?
Corporate responsibility continues to be an important influence on the opinions and behaviour of stakeholders including consumers towards companies, according to new research by MORI. The results are from MORI's annual Corporate Social Responsibility survey, which is sponsored by a number of organisations.
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Who Still Has An Open Mind On The Euro?
The Irish referendum vote ratifying the Nice treaty opens the way for enlargement of the EU to proceed, possibly leading to radical changes in its nature; yet, according to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in September and just released, half the British public have never even heard about EU enlargement.
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We'll Support War In Iraq, If ...
A MORI poll, conducted for ITV News on 24-25 September, found one of the most remarkable switches of public opinion that MORI has ever measured. When asked whether Britain should stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with America without UN sanctions, seven people in ten said 'no', but with UN behind the war in Iraq, seven in ten said 'yes', nearly a 50% 'swing' of the British adult population. (With that kind of swing, the Tories would have the biggest majority in the past century at the next election!) Even with the potential for 'many British casualties', a plurality of the British public support Britain joining any American-led military action against Iraq by a margin of 49% to 40%.
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Low Satisfaction With Blair May Still Be Good Enough
More of the public are worrying about the possibility of nuclear war than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, according to the latest MORI Political Monitor. Almost one in ten, 9%, of the public interviewed - in the survey conducted the weekend before last, just at the start of the Conference season - names nuclear war, nuclear weapons or disarmament as one of the most important issues facing the country; the last time the figure reached even 5% was in April 1990. Taken with the rise in concern about "defence/foreign affairs", named by 23% of the public as "single most important issue" (top of the list) and by 34% as one of the most important issues (second place, behind the NHS), it is plain that the continuing Iraq crisis is high on the public agenda.
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Trusting The Politicians
The publication of the Prime Minister's dossier on Iraq seems to have had little effect in swinging public opinion according to our poll for ITV News.
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Single European Currency Tracker, September 2002
Research by MORI Financial Services (MFS) on attitudes in the UK towards joining the European Monetary Union (EMU) has shown little change over the past five years.
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Latest On Blair, Bush And September 11
For the first time since September 11 last year, most people in the UK say they disapprove of the way Tony Blair is handling the British response to the terrorist attacks in America.