Polling Matters

Polling Matters - Ep. 69 Life after Brexit, Scotland, Labour leadership and what happens now

On this week's episode Keiran is joined by Leo Barasi and Julia Rampen of the New Statesman. Each guest chooses an interesting poll finding and we discuss the implications. This week's subjects include attitudes to Scottish Independence post Brexit, what would happen if Labour split and what polling tells us about why Brexit happened and what comes next.

Polling Matters - Ep. 68 Theresa May's honeymoon, Ruth Davidson, snap elections and Trump

On this week's episode of the PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran is joined by Katy Owen and Adam Drummond to discuss Theresa May’s honeymoon period and whether she should call an early General Election. Each guest picks some polling that has particularly interested them this week. Keiran analyses YouGov polling data showing Ruth Davidson as almost as popular as Nicola Sturgeon and asks whether the Tories are now the real long term opposition to the SNP in Scotland and the panel also discuss the Labour leadership and whether Trump can beat Clinton.

Katy Owen is Programme Manager at Common Vision and formerly a Senior Project Manager at Survation. You can follow her on twitter at @KatyCHOwen

Adam Drummond is Head of Political Polling at Opinium. You can follow Adam on twitter at @AGKD123

Polling Matters - Ep. 67 Corbyn vs Smith and back across the pond

On this week's show Keiran is joined by Labour Peer Stewart Wood and Conor Pope from Labour List. We talk about the Labour leadership race between Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn, what recent YouGov polling tells us about the race and the future of the party and just how confident should Theresa May really be? 

Meanwhile, for the first time in a few weeks we talk about events stateside and whether Donald Trump can win the presidency as he prepares for his convention speech on Thursday.

Polling Matters - Ep. 66 New Prime Minister and what now for Labour?

On a momentous day in British politics Britain has a new Prime Minister. Keiran is joined by Leo Barasi and Asa Bennett of the Telegraph to discuss the Theresa May's inbox and what is next for the Labour Party. 

Polling Matters - Ep. 65 The legacy of Iraq and is Theresa May unstoppable?

On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran and Rob discuss the legacy of Iraq on British politics and the latest on the Tory leadership contest. This episode includes a detailed discussion on recent YouGov polling that shows Theresa May in a commanding position and Keiran argues that the Tories should consider crowning the Home Secretary as Prime Minister early. Meanwhile, the team discuss whether a Labour MP that supported the Iraq War can really hope to lead the Labour Party and what that says about the attempted Labour coup against Jeremy Corbyn.

You can follow Keiran on twitter at @keiranpedley and Rob at @robvance

Polling Matters - Ep. 64 Brexit chaos. What happens now?

 

On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi try and make sense of what has happened in the past week – as news of Theresa May’s poll lead over Boris Johnson and Michael Gove’s decision to stand for Tory leader breaks all around them. They discuss why Britain decided to leave the EU, the polling, who will be the next Prime Minister and what now for the Labour Party.

You can follow Keiran on twitter at @keiranpedley and Leo at @leobarasi

Polling Matters - Ep. 63 EU referendum day preview

In this shorter than usual version of the show, Keiran spends 15 minutes breaking down the eve of referendum polls and giving his thoughts on the campaign, what to expect on the day and what happens next.

Polling Matters - Ep. 62 Are we leaving the EU?

Are we leaving the EU? That is the question of everyone's lips and the topic of conversation on today's podcast. Keiran is joined by Professor Matthew Goodwin, Adam Ludlow of ComRes and Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes to discuss why Leave is gaining ground, what happens next and the implications of a Remain or Leave vote next week.

Polling Matters - Ep. 61 Clinton makes history. November & who will be the running mates.

On this week's show the Polling Matters team take a break from Brexit to discuss events across the pond. Keiran and Rob are joined by White House Correspondent and US political analyst Jon-Christopher Bua to discuss Clinton vs Trump, the states Trump must win to get to 270 electoral colleage votes and who each candidate might pick as their running mate.

You can follow Jon-Christopher at @jcbua

Polling Matters - Ep. 60 Remain slipping, Immigration and Bob the Builder the C2 swing

On this week's show the Polling Matters team talk the latest EU referendum polling and ask whether Leave really is catching up. Keiran argues that the Leave campaign should focus on immigration in the final few weeks of the campaign but Leo and Rob disagree. The team discuss the importance of Michael Gove in the future of British politics and look at what YouGov polling on the celebs that might support Remain and Leave tells us about the campaign.