Election 2024: Poll positions

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

There are less than two weeks to go until the general election and the polls are showing no signs of shifting. But what do they really tell us about what voters are thinking about Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? Which Labour or Conservative policies and promises are cutting through? What are the polls to look out for? Deltapoll’s Joe Twyman joins the podcast team to explain all. Plus: What exactly is a supermajority? We break down the Conservative party’s warnings about what a big Labour election win would mean in Parliament. Presented by Hannah White with Alice Lilly. Produced by Candice McKenzie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.1	I'm Hannah White. So we've got two weeks to go until General Election Day. And it's all feeling, well, a bit quiet out there.
0:22.8	Rishi Sunak went to a farm.
0:26.0	He also attacked Labour's defence plans.
0:28.8	Kistama and Rachel Reeves talked about Labour's plans for business.
0:32.2	Ed Davy hasn't fallen off anything recently, I did think, unless I've missed it.
0:37.1	And a number of Conservatives
0:38.2	have warned about the perils of Labour winning too many seats. So on this episode of
0:43.3	Inside Briefing, we are going to take a look at what issues are cutting through with the voters,
0:48.2	whether the polls might shift, and then ask about whether a supermajority in the House of Commons
0:53.1	is really the big danger that the Conservatives are telling us it could be.
0:57.1	Actually, we'll ask if a supermajority is even a thing at all.
1:00.1	So I'm joined throughout by RFG Senior Researcher and Parliamentary Watcher Alice Lidli.
1:05.1	Hi, Alice.
1:05.9	Hi, Hannah.
1:06.8	And I'm delighted that we're joined today by Joe Twyman, founder and director of Public Opinion Consultancy Delta Poll.
1:13.1	Hello, Joe.
1:13.8	Hello.
1:14.4	Are you enjoying the campaign?
1:15.9	Well, really, I mean, my excitement, really, there's no end to my excitement.
1:19.9	Ironically, there's also no beginning.
1:23.3	Okay.
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