Peter McLeod

Ask people questions for a living.

[Iain Mansfield @IGMansfield]

If you want Homer and Shakespeare to endure, you're going to have to get comfortable with black and brown people acting these roles.

These are epics and myths - not realistic historical drama.

Western Civilisation is the birthright of all who accept it, not of one ethnic group.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@SteveAkehurst @BNHWalker I have 8% of 2024 Greens currently voting Reform in my latest, more than went to any other party (Lab 2, Con 2, LD 4). Consideration situation is reversed, i.e. current Greens much more likely to consider Lab or LD than Reform (or Con).

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@Noahpinion You forgot some. https://t.co/GvwuaJC4NG

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

Super writeup of my new poll here by Sam Freedman, Britain's leading politics Substacker.

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

New post just out:

"Where's the centre?"

I have an exclusive new poll which challenges conventional wisdom on one of the biggest questions in British politics.

It turns out median voters aren't swing voters....

(£/free trial)

https://t.co/4XvzvWGIX6…

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@JackPittBrooke @samuelluckhurst Didn't he make the greatest Real Madrid debut of all time?

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@hbrooks_coach Strong agree with this. I really like Ange and his achievement in the EL is legitimately a major one. But IMO he did tacitly accept going out and losing league games for around three straight months, and I think the consequences have lasted.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@ben_bowman_ Honestly if I were him I'd stand down. Try and rebuild a career somewhere else, it's not happening here.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@s8mb The magical thing about this *not* being the Soviet Union is that you don't have to buy it, and you are free to criticise it.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@JackPittBrooke I have the sense watching us that whenever the opposition really needs to, they can score. We can dominate a half, but as soon as you see 3 or 4 oppo players show some urgency, fight and a little quality, you know they're gonna cut through us. Any number of games this season.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@JackPittBrooke Frank genuinely seems like a nice guy. It's a shame isn't it.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@ben_bowman_ Give it Big Ange till the end of the season I reckon.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

Beware of the inherent positivity bias in polls. Find a comparative framework. Try to work out how much people actually care. And test against the trade-offs.
https://t.co/apUc1E1gmO

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

Here's a new blog post from me on how to read issue and policy polls. Short version: don't believe the headline.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

That makes the right collectively bigger than the progressives in 313 out of 575 seats in England and Wales. More here: https://t.co/vl4BpaViI1

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

Put these points and more into the first post on my new blog...

[Benedict Pringle @benedictpringle]

In the latest episode of The Political Marketing Podcast the Labour Party’s polling pro, @mcleodp, explains his view that Labour can’t rely on progressive votes alone.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

A progressive-only strategy doesn't work because three quarters of the seats Labour is defending have a right-wing party in second place; and because there has been a 7-point swing against progressives as a whole since the election.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

@LukeTryl No question that views are negative, but if you're trying to find out whether the public actually believes he's on the way out, this Q isn't the way to do it. Gotta start with a binary KS will/will not be leader at next GE, not a 4-point scale with 3 "will not" options.

[Peter McLeod @mcleodp]

Natalie knows what she's talking about. This is also the rare case where there *is* a direct read-across from US to UK.

[Natalie Jackson @nataliemj10]

Republicans are where Democrats were a year ago - in charge and taking the blame for the economy.

My latest for @nationaljournal

https://t.co/evqStot6Hp