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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 23 Apr 26 17:01
52% of Britons think they could easily purchase cannabis if they wanted to, as a BBC investigation reveals high street shops readily selling cannabis and other illegal drugs

Easy: 52%
Difficult: 14%

You gov
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 27 Apr 26 13:45
Most favoured party leader by region:
North: Farage, +2
Midlands: Farage, +5
South: Badenoch, +3
London: Starmer, +2
Wales: Farage, +4
Scotland: Polanski, +3

Figures are margins over the second-placed party leader by net favourability.

Via @Ipsos_in_the_UK, 17-21 April.




Most favoured politician, including party leaders, Burnham, Reeves, Miliband, Streeting, Rayner, Cooper and Donald Trump.

North: Burnham, +13
Midlands: Farage, +4
South: Badenoch, +3
London: Burnham, +1
Wales: Burnham, +5
Scotland: Burnham, +3
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 27 Apr 26 13:47
So even in Wales, and Scotland they asked about the same people (John Swinney and Scottish Green leaders were not included in this poll)
By:
Escapee When: 27 Apr 26 14:27

From another exchange

The #LocalElections2026 take place two weeks today - and now we've released our seat lines for polling day:

#Labour - 700
#Reform - 1,800
#Greens - 700
#LibDems - 800


Why have they omitted conservatives? (currently holding 1,100 of the seats up for grabs)

For reform to win 1,800 seats, they will need to win about 1,000 currently held by labour.
Sure it could happen, but I'm sceptical. I think 1,300 is a stretch and would be a very good result for them.

Low turn out, anything can happen.

By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 27 Apr 26 15:22
Low turnout and variable regional swings.

Fascinating, but big changes seem inevitable
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Apr 26 10:40
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention,
26-27 April 2026

Reform UK: 26% (-1 from 19-20 Apr)
Conservatives: 19% (+2)
Labour: 18% (+2)
Greens: 15% (-2)
Lib Dems: 13% (-1)
Restore Britain: 3% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (=)
Your Party: 1% (+1)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 29 Apr 26 12:13
Senedd Voting Intention Poll for @AberUni and @NewyddionS4C

RFM: 30% (+6)
PC: 28% (+4)
LAB: 15% (-12)
CON: 10% (-5)
GRN: 10% (+5)
LD: 4% (-1)
OTH: 4% (+3)

Changes vs April 2025
By:
Escapee When: 29 Apr 26 12:18
Welsh Elections -- Which Party will win the most seats?        
6 Runners            £45,777 Matched   



              106.3%   93.8%             
Plaid Cymru    1.43 1.44 1.45   1.57   1.58   1.7   £28,629
        £43 £560 £46     £7 £10 £10  
Reform UK    2.8 2.82 2.84   3.35   3.4   3.65   £16,582
        £26 £103 £51     £25 £323 £15  
Liberal    48 120 150   -   -   -   £35
        £1 £2 £6              
Green    60 120 140   -   -   -   £72
        £2 £5 £4              
Labour    110 150 160   430   970   -   £453
        £2 £2 £3     £2 £2      
Conservative    540 560 1000   -   -   -   £5
        £1 £2 £4              
By:
yak hunt When: 29 Apr 26 12:26
Too close to call.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 15:53
Westminster Voting Intention:   

RFM: 24% (-1)
GRN: 20% (-1)
CON: 18% (+2)
LAB: 16% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-) 

Via @FindoutnowUK, 29th April,
Changes w/ 22-23rd April
By:
yak hunt When: 30 Apr 26 16:04
Blanket photo finish?
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 16:25
Local trends become ever more important, as does getting your vote out.

Refuk are keen voters, lib dems are fanatical door knockers

Labour and tories stay home when it's not going well

Green unknown.
By:
yak hunt When: 30 Apr 26 16:44
I am just wondering if the five million Farage money could be a growing story and possibly there is more to come?
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 16:46
I doubt it plays into locals, but there could be
parliamentary repercussions after kings speech.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 16:47
With one week to go to the elections, this will be my last
Scotland poll tracker until Wednesday evening.

SNP 1 short of a majority.

Seats (+/- 2021)

SNP: 64 (nc)
Lab: 17 (-5)
Ref: 17 (+17)
Grn: 11 (+3)
LD: 10 (+6)
Con: 10 (-21)

Mark mcGeoghen on blue sky
By:
Escapee When: 30 Apr 26 16:50
He's teflon, the stories don't stick. The shenanigans over the house prove that.



Don't get your hopes up.
By:
yak hunt When: 30 Apr 26 16:53
Sure, but there can be no denying that the Reform voting intention lead is being gradually eroded. Tactical voting would more than eliminate that lead completely.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 16:58
Under House of Commons rules, new MPs must register all financial benefits over £50 received in the 12 months preceding their election. Critics, including Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake, argue Farage was "obliged" to report this payment upon his election to Parliament in July 2024.

I'm not sure why he didn't declare it, but seems that
he didn't.

Probably just an inadvertent thing, but doesn't play well
on top of tax dodging on new house in Clacton.
By:
Escapee When: 30 Apr 26 17:04
Did he report the £5m personal gift to the tax man?
(I assume it would attract a tax liability)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 17:24
I assume a gift is tax free for recipient, hence why
it's a gift and he expects nothing back.
By:
Escapee When: 30 Apr 26 17:50
A bit more research indicates that the £3k annual tax free gift limit is part of the inheritance tax clawback if the giver dies within 7 years.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 30 Apr 26 18:20
I don't know what Thai rules are on inheritance tax, but
he's young enough to have good chance of lasting 7 years if that's the
rule here, and he's got plenty in his estate to cover any risk
to farrage if it is a rule anyway, unless crypto crashes.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 11:49
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 4-5 May 2026

Reform UK: 25% (-1 from 26-27 April)
Labour: 18% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (-2)
Greens: 15% (=)
Lib Dems: 14% (+1)
Restore Britain: 4% (+1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (=)
Your Party: 0% (-1)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 11:55
YouGov's final MRP of the 2026 Holyrood election shows the SNP falling short of a majority, but on course for a fifth term in office


Regional vote
SNP: 28% (-12 from 2021 election)
Ref: 19% (+19)
Lab: 16% (-2)
Grn: 15% (+7)
Con: 11% (-12)
LD: 9% (+4)


SNP: 62 seats (-5 from 23 Mar-8 Apr)
Ref: 19 (-1)
Lab: 17 (+2)
Grn: 16 (+5)
LD: 8 (-1)
Con: 7 (=)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 14:43
NEW: Senedd Voting Intention
PC - 30.3% (+2.4)
RFM - 28.2% (-1.4)
LAB 15.3% (-0.1)
CON - 9.5% (-0.5)
GRN - 7.2% (-2.7)
LD - 6.2% (+2.6)
Other - 3.4% (-0.2)

FW 1st - 6th May
Survation
Changes vs Apr 2026
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 14:44
seat model projects Plaid on 34 seats vs Reform on 32. Plaid holds a 78% chance of finishing first. Labour are on course for just 17 seats, a historic collapse for a party that has dominated Welsh politics for decades.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 18:49
Holyrood Voting Intention:

Constituency:
SNP: 41% (+6)
RFM: 17% (+1)
LAB: 15% (+1)
LDM: 12% (+2)
CON: 10% (+1)
GRN: 1% (-11)

Regional:
SNP: 26% (-1)
RFM: 18% (+1)
GRN: 17% (-3)
LAB: 12% (-)
CON: 11% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 1 May - 6 May.
Changes w/ 15 - 20 Apr.

Election maps Seat Model:

SNP: 63
RFM: 18
GRN: 17
LAB: 11
LDM: 10
CON: 10
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 18:57
Senedd Voting Intention:

PLC: 35% (+6)
RFM: 28% (+1)
CON: 11% (-2)
LAB: 9% (-1)
GRN: 9% (-2)
LDM: 6% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 1st - 6th May,
Changes w/ 18th - 22nd Apr.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 18:58
Election maps seat model:

PLC: 45
RFM: 31
CON: 8
LAB: 6
GRN: 4
LDM: 2
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 06 May 26 20:05
Westminster Voting Intention:   

RFM: 25% (+1)
CON: 20% (+2)
GRN: 20% (-)
LAB: 16% (-)
LDM: 11% (-)
SNP: 3% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 6th May,
Changes w/ 29th - 30th Apr
By:
Escapee When: 06 May 26 20:45
UK - Local Elections -- Winning Party        
5 Runners            £289,979 Matched   



              103.8%   98.3%             
Reform    1.01 1.02 1.03   1.04   1.05   1.06   £268,715
        £9,589 £14,577 £547     £7,626 £47 £50  
Labour    34 36 38   110   120   130   £7,400
        £57 £8 £11     £2 £4 £7  
Green    42 44 46   140   150   190   £9,734
        £4 £7 £2     £2 £3 £5  
Conservative    48 50 60   240   290   350   £2,723
        £2 £3 £22     £2 £5 £5  
Liberal Democrats    400 410 420   650   770   790   £1,406
        £1 £1 £6     £2 £2 £1  


UK - Local Elections -- 2nd Most Seats        
5 Runners            £10,890 Matched   



              116.7%   89.4%             
Green    2.28 2.38 2.4   3.25   4.1   4.2   £5,426
        £25 £13 £57     £2 £2 £1  
Liberal Democrats    3.15 3.2 3.25   3.8   4.1   5.4   £1,998
        £10 £21 £4     £43 £7 £20  
Labour    2.94 3.6 3.75   4.3   4.9   5.4   £1,769
        £2 £19 £2     £41 £31 £13  
Conservative    6 6.2 6.4   13.5   14   14.5   £1,359
        £5 £5 £3     £10 £8 £3  
Reform    17 34 50   60   70   95   £338
        £3 £2 £6     £1 £2 £2  
By:
Escapee When: 06 May 26 20:46
Welsh Elections -- Which Party will win the most seats?        
6 Runners            £55,754 Matched   



              102%   98.8%             
Plaid Cymru    1.13 1.14 1.15   1.16   1.19   1.2   £36,693
        £3 £2 £368     £2,390 £1 £1  
Reform UK    5.4 6.4 7   8   15   18.5   £18,430
        £3 £15 £41     £20 £3 £2  
Liberal    310 500 520   -   -   -   £57
        £2 £9 £2              
Green    410 420 500   -   -   -   £89
        £3 £1 £11              
Labour    220 400 410   970   -   -   £473
        £1 £8 £2     £1        
Conservative    540 570 1000   -   -   -   £11
        £2 £1 £5              
By:
Escapee When: 06 May 26 20:48
Scottish Parliament Election -- Scotland Parliamentary Election Winner        
6 Runners            £225,832 Matched   



              101%   99.1%             
SNP    - - 1.01   1.02   1.03   1.04   £224,357
              £2,422     £12,909 £5,784 £157  
Reform UK    50 60 65   95   100   110   £1,080
        £263 £40 £36     £1 £1 £19  
Labour    270 570 600   -   -   -   £223
        £2 £3 £3              
Green    630 650 1000   -   -   -   £132
        £1 £2 £9              
Conservative    270 730 1000   -   -   -   £26
        £1 £1 £8              
Liberal Democrats    300 460 1000   -   -   -   £14
        £2 £1 £8              


Scottish Parliament Election -- Scotland Parliamentary Election Winner 2nd place        
6 Runners            £5,398 Matched   



              110.8%   92.7%             
Reform UK    1.33 1.38 1.39   1.48   1.49   1.64   £3,085
        £154 £20 £15     £7 £29 £26  
Labour    3.65 3.9 3.95   5   7   7.2   £1,831
        £3 £47 £9     £86 £1 £2  
Green    7.8 8.2 8.4   21   29   32   £442
        £6 £6 £1     £7 £9 £2  
SNP    110 150 160   860   -   -   £23
        £1 £1 £2     £1        
Conservatives    110 120 140   920   -   -   £16
        £2 £1 £3     £1        
Liberal Democrats    270 300 360   1000   -   -   £1
        £2 £1 £2     £1        
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 08 May 26 19:01
Proper polling

What would Britons say the price of a "decent" bottle of wine is?

£5 or less: 3%
£6: 4%
£7: 7%
£8: 12%
£9: 6%
£10: 20%
£11: 1%
£12: 7%
£13: 1%
£14: 1%
£15: 8%
£16-£19: 2%
£20 or more: 6%

You gov 8th may
By:
Cider When: 12 May 26 12:17
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures

The latest YouGov voting intention poll for The Times and Sky News shows Reform UK leading on 28% of the vote, up three points from last week’s poll and eleven points ahead of any other party, their highest lead with YouGov to date.

Reform UK: 28% (+3 from 4-5 May)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Labour: 16% (-2)
Lib Dems: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Restore Britain: 3% (-1)
Plaid Cymru: 2% (+1)
Your Party: 0% (=)
Others: 2% (=)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 12 May 26 15:42
Andy Burnham is the top preference to become the next Labour leader and prime minister in the event of a leadership contest - among both Labour members and the general public

Our poll of Labour members, conducted before the May 7th elections, showed:

- Burnham was the top choice of two-fifths of the membership (42%), 31 points ahead of both Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner
- Almost two-thirds (63%) put him in their top three preferences


Survation.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 12 May 26 18:37
https://electionmaps.uk/support-for-starmer

..

Mps declared for or against starmer staying, and
those as yet undeclared.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 12 May 26 19:19
The Daily Star have bought another lettuce
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 14 May 26 12:12
Labour Leadership Voting Intentions:

Starmer Vs Burnham:
Burnham: 61%
Starmer: 28%

Starmer Vs Miliband:
Miliband: 46%
Starmer: 39%

Starmer Vs Rayner:
Rayner: 45%
Starmer: 41%

Starmer Vs Streeting:
Starmer: 53%
Streeting: 23%

Via @LabourList - 1,124 Members, 13-14 May.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 14 May 26 15:34
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, May 2026

Ed Davey: -9
Kemi Badenoch: -17
Zack Polanski: -27
Nigel Farage: -37
Keir Starmer: -46

Yougov.

(Andy Burnham +4)
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