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• Politics Survey

  Reporting the Polls - a Lot of Hot Ayr

  "POLL SHOCK: VOTERS TO GIVE DEWAR A BLOODY NOSE. LABOUR FACE AYR CRASH - EXCLUSIVE BY RON MACKENNA" screams the front page of yesterday's Daily Record, Scotland's highest circulation daily newspaper. It certainly shocked me - but it was the accuracy of the reporting, not the data in the poll (a constituency poll by Scottish Opinion Limited ahead of next week's Ayr by-election) that was disturbing.

  10.03.00
• Economy Survey

  Investors Switch To Global Titans

  Mercury Global Titans fund reaches £30m in first month

  08.03.00
• Sports Survey

  Back Seat Passengers Should Belt Up

  Approximately 8 million motorists in Great Britain are still breaking the law and putting lives at risk by not wearing seat belts in the back seat of the car. According to the new Direct Line Motoring Report, only 73% of British motorists claim they always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, despite this having been a legal requirement since 1991. 17-24 year olds are the worst offenders - only 60% of them say they would always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, compared to 82% of those aged 65 and over.

  08.03.00
• Science Survey

  7.1 Million People Now Managing Their Money On The Web

  Survey exploring online banking behaviour among the general public.

  05.03.00
• Europe Survey

  Public Opposition to EMU Entry Has Risen Sharply

  3 March 2000

  03.03.00

• Pulse Check

  Pulse Check delivers key insights from Ipsos' Political Monitor, Political Pulse, and Public Services data, along with reactive polling, to help you navigate the evolving political landscape.

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• Politics Survey

  Labour and the 'Gender Gap'

  The Labour Party (or, to be precise, the Labour Representation Committee as it then was) was founded a hundred years ago this week. The driving force behind the LRC's foundation was the trade union movement, with the intention of getting working men into Parliament, and thereby better to represent working class voters.

  03.03.00
• Trust in Professions Survey

  Public Still Regards Doctors As The Most Trustworthy Group

  The public's trust in doctors remains extraordinarily high despite the Shipman trial.

  02.03.00
• Survey

  A340 Surpasses The Competition In Traveller Preference Survey

  Airbus Industrie's A340 is preferred for its seating and engine configuration by a five to one factor over its closest competitor, according to a survey conducted by UK-based market research company MORI, in January this year. The survey confirmed an overwhelming passenger preference for the A340's user-friendly seating features and exceptional level of comfort overall.

  02.03.00
• Crime, Justice, Police Survey

  Attitudes To Illegal Drugs

  Two-thirds of Britons believe that drug laws are not tough enough, according to a MORI survey on attitudes to illegal drugs for the Police Foundation. Almost the same proportion (69%) disagree with the statement "taking drugs is a matter of personal choice and should not be against the law", with 21% taking the libertarian position.

  01.03.00
• Survey

  Out of Town Shopping Takes on the High Street - For Now

  Given the current popularity of out-of-town shopping, the High Street will need to look for new ways to compete, according to recent research from the MORI Socioconsult Monitor - a study of changing social values. Two in five British adults now claim to prefer shopping out-of-town with the same proportion saying they find it more convenient than going to the High Street.

  01.03.00
• Family Survey

  Politics & Citizenship? Young People Don't Want To Play

  Young people are turned off by government, citizenship and community. This is revealed today by authors Madsen Pirie and Sir Robert Worcester who unveil the third in their series of reports covering the attitudes and aspirations of young people. Their previous work, The Millennial Generation and The Next Leaders, revealed an ambitious and self-confident generation. Their new work, entitled The Big Turn-Off, is published today by the free market Adam Smith Institute. Based on MORI polls conducted among young people over a 20 month period, it examines their attitudes to government, citizenship and community.

  29.02.00