Last week, an opinion poll supposedly showing relatively low levels of public belief in Darwin’s theory of evolution did the media rounds. Typical was this write-up from the Daily Telegraph: Poll reveals public doubts over Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution Belief in creationism is widespread in Britain, according to a new survey. Having heard some more coverage of

David Cameron is increasingly regarded as "likeable? and "caring? but has not yet convinced the British public that he is a heavyweight politician, today's Daily Telegraph/YouGov opinion poll reveals.

When David Davis announced his resignation from the Commons over 42 days detention many saw him as making a courageous move because opinion polls suggested that public opinion was behind the government on this issue.Now an opinion poll has suggested a significant shift in public opinion, suggesting that because the issue has had much greater debate in public people have learnt more about it and de...

This month’s IPSOS-Mori poll in The Times has some interesting breakdowns by region, gender, housing tenure, working status (including public or private sector).  From now on The Wilted Rose will be monitoring the opinion polls and in the section on the banner Opinion Poll Monitor will be tracking changes in the specifics. It’s not just the overall Con 44%,

The British public is split on its views of Russian military actions during its conflict with Georgia, a new poll reveals today.

Today, the ‘Tax Payers’ Alliance’ are touting a new opinion poll which, so they claim, ‘reveals that the public support billions in spending cuts to foreign aid, high speed rail, trade union funding and a Green Investment bank’. The poll, itself, is pretty much standard TPA fare – a stream of questions asking whether the

Ipsos-MORI have an interesting opinion poll out today that is partly focused on public spending. The headline on the Today Programme was that the poll shows public support for higher taxes rather than cuts in public spending, which would be...

Public opinion is up the pole on this one. MPs know best on who will be the best new Speaker. An opinion poll shows that 44% of the 5,000 questioned had no opinion. Sensible of them to keep stum. A...

The Conservative lead over Labour has been increased in the wake David Cameron's New Year offensive, a new opinion poll has shown.

This report about public opinion on the Gaza conflict reveals a framing assumption, just by the way, that is of some interest. Here's the meat of the piece:Sixty percent of Americans in the nationwide survey said they were sympathetic toward...