Can the King’s Speech dig the Conservatives out of the poll doldrums?

The King’s Speech had 21 pieces of legislation including proposals for toughening sentencing laws, a gradual ban on selling cigarettes and annual licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea. But will any of it matter? John Curtice and Rachel Wolf discuss whether it will help the Conservatives to narrow the gap with Labour who have enjoyed a 20 point poll lead for more than a year.

The must-listen show about key trends and forces shaping public opinion with Sir John Curtice and Rachel Wolf. In this episode, for forty years the British Social Attitudes survey has provided the most comprehensive insight into who we are and what we think. Sir John Curtice and Rachel Wolf make sense of what it tells us about ourselves.

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Release date

Lydbog: 9. november 2023