host: can you tell us about yougov and what you do? guest: yougov is an organization that does surveys online. it was one of the pioneers of doing surveys online. we recruit americans and people in the u.k. and all over the world who are willing to do surveys online here and there is a sophisticated effort to support -- select respondents so they are representative of the u.s. public, in this case. host: thanks for joining us. back to your calls now. contessa is in florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. the coverage -- i wanted to say that i am independent and a floridian, fourth-generation. i feel the climate is getting -- has been tense. i think that the republicans and the crazy eight need to come together and decide to work for what is in the best interest of us all and i believe supporting our allies is the way to do that. we should give them what they need to succeed. host: gary is in new hampshire, democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. i do not know how we can judge how biden is doing because we have a congress

. >> james schneider figures come from yougov poll from james actually yougov poll ten days ago.t figure i'm sure see the latest figure i'm sure it's fact is that it's higher the fact is that keir is the final point. keir starmer is the final point. >> that final point, >> justin, in that final point, quickly, is absorbing quickly, starmer is absorbing a lot pressure do what he's doing. >> can you imagine what would happen your former boss had happen if your former boss had beenin happen if your former boss had been in power? >> now what would much better? >> no, it wouldn't. no, it wouldn't. british, as wouldn't. as a british, as a british, hamas and hezbollah aren't though, are aren't friends, though, are they, james? >> no, wouldn't say no, >> no, i wouldn't say no, indeed. right, justin james, indeed. all right, justin james, thank for thank you very much indeed for joining morning. up joining me this morning. up next, howard, the next, is john howard, the longest longest longest second, longest serving prime australia? prime minister of australia? i'll getting his views on i

we will be live with lyse doucet reporting from southern israel, we will be also be speaking two yougovoday, and the calls for aid to be able to get into gaza. all of that is coming up into gaza. all of that is coming up in a moment, after the weather, with chris fawkes. hello. storm babet is bringing some extreme rainfall to the uk. the next couple of days, a rare, top—level red met office rain warning has been issued for aberdeenshire, angus, dundee, perth and kinross. it is here where we will see the largest rainfall totals, but over the next few days we will also see the rain heavy enough and persistent enough to cause problems elsewhere across northern and eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. it is the accumulation of rain that is going to be the important factor. and it's notjust rain, we've also got some very strong winds for eastern scotland with dusts of up to 70mph, strong enough to blow down trees, which in itself could cause some disruption. the rain turning heavier during today. in scotland, we have these amber weather warnings for heavy rain, it's in these areas

the latest yougov poll on the eve of this referendum predicts 56% of the country will vote no, 38% yesony albaneasy has lead the yes campaign. here was his closing message to the voters. kindness costs nothing. thinking of others costs nothing. this is a time where australians have that opportunity to show the generosity of spirit that i see in the australian character where, at the worst of times, we always see the best in the australian character. will bring you the results of that tomorrow, so stay tuned for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. all residents have learning disabilities or autism. it is not easy to recruit because retail and nhs jobs generally pay more. it worries me for the people that we support, it worries me what is going to happen to them and how we are going to make sure that we can keep recruiting and we can keep supporting them to live the best life ever? the government has put an extra £2.4 billion into social care, but it's only enough to match the increase in inflation. care worker pa

host: can you tell us about yougov and what you do?uest: yougov is an organization that does surveys online. it was one of the pioneers of doing surveys online. we recruit americans and people in the u.k. and all over the world who are willing to do surveys online here and there is a sophisticated effort to support -- select respondents so they are representative of the u.s. public, in this case. host: thanks for joining us. back to your calls now. contessa is in florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. the coverage -- i wanted to say that i am independent and a floridian, fourth-generation. i feel the climate is getting -- has been tense. i think that the republicans and the crazy eight need to come together and decide to work for what is in the best interest of us all and i believe supporting our allies is the way to do that. we should give them what they need to succeed. host: gary is in new hampshire, democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. i do not know how we can judge how biden is doing because we have a congress t

we found the of the yougov poll. found the 1% of the yougov poll. >> they didn't ask me funny enough,it would been wouldn't it, would have been 2, wouldn't it, if have asked you? if they'd have asked you? >> also looking at >> but also just looking at those charts i mean, it those charts again, i mean, it was 5050. was actually 5050. >> took into account the >> if you took into account the people that he did a good people that said he did a good job, a great job. and if you take into account the notes, well, if you're well, here we go. if you're someone would test my maths someone who would test my maths now if but if you take into account the don't knows also then it roughly about 5050. then it roughly is about 5050. and think that's broadly where and i think that's broadly where the because the the public are because the conservative party whole. the public are because the consofyative party whole. the public are because the cons of course arty whole. the public are because the consof course huge whole. the public are because the consof course huge problems. the public are because t

i wanted ten year more yougov want to take away the ability to get rich on book deals. this whole bunch of things i want to take away. in return i want to pay them more money to actually focus on their real job. and that sounds counterintuitive to some folks, because again, the average is making 134,000 a year. that's a lot. a lot more than most folks. they have to travel back and forth, in some cases they have a washington d.c.'s are expensive. they have a house in washington, d.c. and the house back home. i don't begrudge the making, making a good living but i would rather then focus on that than on the book and the stock market. but i forgot your actual question. what was that? >> no. what about, what about the fact that most americans believe that they are covered for life, pension for life, everything is lined up? you talk about that, that is misunderstood. and while we're talking about them being filthy rich and having access to other ways to enrich themselves, it's a good thing that you note that it's not actually when it comes to healthcare and pensions, what pe

shocking new yougov statistics from the top polling site has revealed that just 41% of 18 to 24 yearg prescribed as such by the british government and widely reported as such by plenty of news outlets, though not the bbc. i'm delighted to say that tom bower joins me now. tom lovely to have you in the studio. i wish i met you under happier circumstances. are hamas winning the pr battle in this war? >> i'm afraid they are. and tonight, above all, i mean, what is remarkable is that given what the horror that happened on that saturday in israel , hamas is saturday in israel, hamas is winning because immediately israel retaliated . it's then israel retaliated. it's then that hamas wins because that was the whole idea of the massacre on that saturday in the kibbutz and the rest in southern israel was to create the circumstances where israel would have to retaliate and then would be accused of killing, killing innocent women and children. >> israel is the bad guy and the imperial colonial power. >> absolutely . and what is >> absolutely. and what is really the most horrible part of all this

after the 2016 race, yougov does a poll and it founds of that two thirds of democratic voters believehe russians not only interfered with that election, but they, quote, tampered with vote total tamson to get donald trump elected, unquote. in 2020, we know what happenedte with mark zuckerberg through zuckerberg's spent more than, what, four hundred million dollars to help finance local elections. carefully orchestrated attempt to influence the 2020 vote in crucial states like wisconsin. and of course, remembeurse r in 2020office as well. 51 former intelligence officers to bdeclared hunter biden'rss laptop to be russian disinformation. all without examining the evidencen disinfor. ing it's like a coroner determining a cause of death on a body that thethy never saw. so read sun tzu.d su write the art of war. every battlen is won before it is ever fought. and until all this private money, dar andk money is out ofr elections. voters of all stripes. i don't care if you're republican or democravot are going to declare the process rigged. when their candidate loseso decl ,e jesse, i have a g

according to yougov , he's currently got to yougov, he's currently got a popularity rating of 11.tland. the snp likes to say that every election victory that they had was tacit independence support. well, what about this now then it's over . it's now then it's over. it's finished. the dream has died. but like any oscars victory speech, humza yousaf also has to thank those who helped to make this possible. nicola sturgeon and her amazing husband, peter murrell. we can't forget them at a time like this. of course, though , this is a double edged though, this is a double edged sword for a lot of people because a huge labour surge in scotland would probably mean a labour the general labour landslide at the general election. itself is election. but that in itself is not bad because a hung not all bad because a hung parliament would almost definitely mean a lib—lab coalition and that brings about the potential for a second eu referendum. doesn't it? look, today is not the day to dwell on the possibility of a stonking labour majority. no today is the day to bask in the glory of a humza y

why the ovennhelming majority of people in a cease in britain want to see a cease fire. 76% in a yougov lot of pressure on mps, particularly labour mps , but also on some labour mps, but also on some conservative mps whose constituents are getting in touch with them by whatever means they can to please, means they can to say, please, will you pursue the course of peace? and causing peace? and this is causing trouble. deep trouble for the labour frontbench , for keir labour frontbench, for keir starmer, who's taking a position in which is against what the ovennhelming majority of people in britain want. >> but doesn't everyone want peace, israel must have peace, but that israel must have the try and remove the the right to try and remove the terrorists that a ceasefire terrorists and that a ceasefire merely hamas regroup merely allows hamas to regroup and hide itself amongst the and to hide itself amongst the civilian population in gaza. even more, israel does not have the right to flatten gaza . the right to flatten gaza. >> already 50% of homes in gaza are either destroyed or severely

. >> yougov is suggesting that there should be tax cuts, but i suppose the economists will be askingey come from? the government boris from? the government under boris johnson and now under rishi sunak all the sunak with furlough and all the rest it has spent too much money. >> we know the size of the state has grown far too much, but i also think we have to look at quite a few things actually. one is overall rate of taxation is the overall rate of taxation and there was the ifs report that published on friday and that was published on friday and actually good actually it was a very good report. was a detailed report report. it was a detailed report that share of public that showed the share of public spending. state has grown spending. the state has grown more than the tax receipts that are coming into government. >> so what do we cut? which departments we do? departments do we do? >> every department >> we? well, every department can take a cut, the home office. >> we? well, every department carlaste a cut, the home office. >> we? well, every department carlaste a ci'llthe home off

they're down to a 24% deficit to labour in a yougov poll today. yesterday a gb news poll today.s poll had them 28 points behind thatis poll had them 28 points behind that is nowhere. that is not an improvement in one year. the anniversary of mrs. sunak becoming prime minister is this week . he's gone nowhere in the week. he's gone nowhere in the polls in a year. there was a slight hope, i think, for tories when they move back on some of the net zero targets in september. ever since then, the october conference happened this this month. nothing happened. they decided to ban smoking and they're going to reform a—levels over ten years. and they've asked the hs2 route to manchester. nothing there manchester. it's nothing there to set the polls alight. i do know mps have been called know that mps have been called in with figures in all week to meet with figures around the pm sunak and around the pm rishi sunak and they're to find out they're trying to find out what's wrong. why can't what's gone wrong. why can't they lift out the polls? they're hemmed by, of course, the hemmed in by,

. >> schneider, the figures >> james schneider, the figures come from james actually, yougov poll that'sthe latest figure i'm sure higher. i'm sure it's higher. >> the fact is that keir starmer is a final point. justin, in that point keir that final point quickly, keir starmer lot of starmer is absorbing a lot of pressure what he's doing. pressure to do what he's doing. >> can you imagine what would happenif >> can you imagine what would happen if your former boss had been power now? been in power now? >> would much better? >> what would be much better? >> what would be much better? >> wouldn't. no, it >> no, it wouldn't. no, it wouldn't. a british, wouldn't. as a british, as a british, jewish, and british, jewish, hamas and hezbollah friends, hezbollah aren't friends, though, are they, james? >> wouldn't say no, >> no, i wouldn't say no, indeed. right, justin james, indeed. all right, justin james, thank indeed for thank you very much indeed for joining morning. joining me this morning. up next, howard longest next, is john howard the longest second longest serving prime minister i'll b

yougov put it at 21.pped with the conservatives has slipped a bit. it's now down to 16 points because the conservative vote is up a couple of points as compared with the position before the announcement on net zero. although we should remember that at the beginning of september conservative support did actually slip a point and even at 16 points, the labour leader with the conservatives is still a point higher than it was before the conservative party failed to get him behind the privileges committee report that said that mr johnson had misled the house mrjohnson had misled the house of commons, the failure of which the party to do that saw labour's lead and widened quite noticeably. so yes, it's been a relative good week for the conservatives in the polls relative to where it's been , but relative to where it's been, but the progress is fairly small and i think at the moment it would too be early to come to the conclusion that it's been a fundamental change of the game as opposed to the i think, undoubte

a new yougov poll certainly suggests so with 90. that's right. 90. possible compared to a measly 52% of 18 to 24 year olds , 52% of 18 to 24 year olds, despite the survey showing they profess to be the most worried about climate change, pensioners were also more likely to save water, turn off the lights, buy energy efficient appliances and turn down the heating compared to their young whipper snappers youngsters. meanwhile were more likely to have given up meat so gen 2 have been banging on about the climate for yonks now and blaming older generations for a lack of action on saving the planet. but their boomer counterparts are now demanding apologies after the stark survey laid bare their apparent hypocnsy laid bare their apparent hypocrisy when it comes to green matters . how dare you going matters. how dare you going loggerheads on this? i'm delighted to welcome the brilliant tv personality, a very good friend of mine, kim woodburn, and also fascinating young man, gen 2, challenger, just stop oil protester eddie whittingham, great to have both of y

yougov did a poll back in june of this year that found that just 4% of non straight men would identify, lgbt plus . and those lgbtq lgbt, lgbt plus. and those are the ones for , just said lgb. are the ones for, just said lgb. whereas with with women men who have sex with women just 2. just 2% identified with the acronym lgb rather than the other ones that include transgender people . that include transgender people. well, is this organisation particular representative ? particular representative? >> absolutely. think it is . as >> absolutely. think it is. as i say, i think i mean, you know, most people why? why should any particular group be tasked with sort of unpicking what lobby groups , what very wealthy lobby groups, what very wealthy lobby groups, what very wealthy lobby groups have spent a long time embedding into policy, into structures or into institutions? i think the default setting is be kind and i think the split you've seen seen there between the 4% as and i would like to see how that poll was conducted. but the 4% who identify as men who are, as you say, men who have sex

but but judging by the latest yougov poll, which suggests that labour will win the next election , nototentially for a prime minister, which is what he will be in. he may well be in a years time. >> and do you think london mayor in particular, sadiq khan has an eye on the top job? >> we await developments on that front. >> i mean i mean, at this stage, i don't suppose so, although there are plenty of people around who say, well, sadiq khan is at least something of a better orator than keir starmer, but it has to be said that there aren't all that many artists who aren't all that many artists who are that much worse than keir starmer. sorry to have to say this, but and obviously peter, you know the marches for a palestine free palestine are going on in the uk and in london and birmingham in particular today , keir starmer has told today, keir starmer has told labour mps not to go on these marches, not to attend them. >> do you think they will take any notice of him ? any notice of him? >> i think the answer to that is some will and some won't. i mean there is a very clear groundswell of

the labour party now the party is 24 points according to yougov today.esterday. so you know he's not around anymore . he's he's not around anymore. he's not an mp. but i think what he says will have political resonance as we go into a very big general election year. >> yeah, i mean, there are a heck of a lot of people like him or loathe him. there are a heck of of people sitting in of a lot of people sitting in parliament right now for the conservatives who owe their seat to johnson. and think to boris johnson. and i think a lot of people were very quick to forget that however, the mood forget that. however, the mood of a lot of people i speak to when i go back up north, where i'm from, i go and speak to people up there, and a lot of them think, right, he didn't cover himself in glory all the time. fine. there were no scandals . there were situations. scandals. there were situations. and end , you know, and maybe in the end, you know, things and what things happened. and that's what happened. was he happened. you know, he was he was but there's heck was

there are some yougov polling which came out last week which showed that whereas amongst conservativeething like 6% in favour of the palestinian when it comes to labour voters, it's much the opposite. i think it was 27% voted the palestinians and about 9% supported the israelis. and those figures are going to have become even more extreme over the last week since the protests and everything else. so the labour leadership is in a very different position. you compared to the grassroots of the party, labour voted . now of the party, labour voted. now there is a further bit of polling being carried out which shows that people very dim shows that people are very dim view across the board . view of hamas across the board. but not what this but that's not really what this is is becoming is becoming. this is becoming about israel versus palestine, if like, those crude if you like, in those crude terms are forgetting if you like, in those crude termit's are forgetting if you like, in those crude termit's about are forgetting if you like, in those crude termit's about this forgetting if you lik

. >> well, i mean, the last poll i looked at, i think, was yougov, morio ipsos labour had morio ipsosnarrow lead the on narrow lead over the tories on immigration asylum, which was interesting because again, over the often the last ten years that's often been weakness. come been a labour weakness. come election time , leadership, election time, leadership, immigration and welfare and the deficit have come up again and again. >> so i think we are in a better position and really there was only probably two big policy messages . messages. >> was mark carney, the >> one was mark carney, the endorsement of the bank endorsement of the former bank of governor of rachel of england governor of rachel reeves, other was reeves, and the other one was the to kind of unblock the attempt to kind of unblock the attempt to kind of unblock the housing supply and put more pressure on developers through changing so on. >> on. >> so you've got the backing of mark carney. that's good for him in you think, suzanne? >> think labour very >> i think labour had a very good conference, just good conference, actu