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Two fifths agree the General Election could be the most “dishonest” for a generation, new poll reveals

May. 24

‘24

By: Mike Underwood

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Forty percent of Brits agree with comments made by Lord Heseltine that the 2024 General Election could be the most “dishonest” in a lifetime.

Lord Heseltine made his comments at an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the European Movement, which promotes closer ties between the UK and Europe.

He is quoted as saying: “It is going to be the most dishonest general election of my life. Why? Because it’s going to talk about all the problems, but avoid any of the real solutions which depend upon a closer relationship with Europe.

“There are defence issues. There are environmental issues. There is immigration.

“Wherever you look, the solutions for a British government lie in conjunction with our neighbours.”

Only 15% disagreed with the former Deputy Prime Minister with 44% saying they neither agreed nor disagreed.

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JULY ELECTION - WHY NOW?

WeThink asked voters why they thought Rishi Sunak called a General Election for July 4^th

Because he thinks things will get worse

Because inflation fell

Because he has a job in the US

Something else

Don't know

FAIR AND TRANSPARENT?

WeThink also asked British voters if they were confident the election process would be fair and transparent.

More than a third (37%) were confident, but 26% of voters said they were not confident of a fair and transparent election. 37% of people were neutral on this subject.

SCRATCHING YOUR POLITICAL ITCH?

Finally, WeThink asked to what extent do they believe the major political parties will address their key concerns in their election campaigns...

Very much

Quite a lot

Somewhat

Not much

Not at all

This week's questions were asked in collaboration with Mike Galsworthy, Chair of European Movement UK.

ON VOTER INTENTION

As the dust settled on the General Election news, Labour’s lead in the polls is now 25 points over the Tories, while Sir Keir Starmer leads our “best Prime Minister” tracker by 18 points.

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ON BREXIT

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BREXIT (All Respondents)

Re-join (-1)

Stay Out (NC)

Don't know / won't vote (+1)

This week’s poll was conducted on 23rd-24th May 2024, questioned 1,242 people and is weighted to a national representative population.