Compass’ poll
Compass don’t seem to be making very much of the poll they got YouGov to do of Labour Party members.
This is not surprising when you read the detailed results: http://www.yougov.co.uk/archives/pdf/Compass-FEB09_results.pdf
Party members don’t want post office part-privatisation, and are keen on a windfall tax, but aside from that their views will have contradicted Compass’ soft left world view:
They overwhelmingly think Gordon Brown is doing a good job.
More of them think Lord Mandelson is going a good job than they do Harriet Harman!
Only 11% say they are “very left wing” (Hard Left?) and a further 36% “fairly left wing” (Soft Left?), whilst 50% are either “slightly left-of-centre” or to the right of that.
Younger members, women, middle class members and southerners are very slightly to the left of their older, male, more working class and more northern comrades.
A majority want to see the DWP’s welfare-to-work reforms implemented.
Popularity: 21% [?]
