MORI Scotland's annual survey of Members of the Scottish Parliament has come up with some timely findings. On the day that Henry McLeish (First Minister for Scotland) submitted his resignation, MORI Scotland were able to reveal who MSPs think is a 'hot contender' as a replacement.
In light of the Prime Minister's speech on the future of the public services, a survey by the MORI Social Research Institute - conducted on behalf of the New Local Government Network (NLGN) think-tank - reveals an overwhelming pragmatism among the British public towards private sector involvement in the provision of public services.
The long-threatened launch of attacks on Afghanistan has done nothing to weaken British support for participation in military action, or to dent support for the way Tony Blair and George W Bush are handling the situation.
British people are suspicious of globalisation - and sympathetic towards the anti-globalisation protesters of Seattle and Genoa - according to surprise new research findings.
The British General Election of 2001 surprised few in its outcome, but almost everybody was surprised by the scale of the fall in turnout. While this is primarily of concern to those in the political world, it may also have wider lessons for companies in general as case study in apparent failure in marketing. In a paper delivered at the Research Show on 2 October 2001, Jessica Elgood and Roger Mortimore of MORI's Political Research team drew on a wide range of polling data surrounding the election to draw lessons from the election. Most of the data is set out, and discussed in detail, in Sir Robert Worcester and Roger Mortimore's newly published book on the election, Explaining Labour's Second Landslide (Politico's Publishing, 2001).
In a new poll of Members of Parliament commissioned by MORI, it was found that 40% of MPs use Guardian Unlimited, far ahead of its nearest competitor, making it the most popular newspaper website among politicians. It was also found that almost half (49%) of Labour MPs turned to Guardian Unlimited as their online newspaper of choice.
