YouGov / Sunday Times Survey Results
Sample Size: 2098
Fieldwork: 11th - 12th December 2008
		Voting Intention			Gender		Age			Social Grade		Region					Income				Employment
Sunday Times	Total	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Male	Female	18 to 34	35 to 54	55 +	ABC1	C2DE	London	Rest of South	Midlands / Wales	North	Scotland	<£15K	£15-25K	£25-40K	>£40K	Self -employed	Private sector	Public Sector	Charity	Other
All GB Adults	2098	680	582	247	1006	1092	636	717	745	1132	964	265	676	451	518	188	436	506	471	386	154	670	408	69	111
Unweighted Sample	2098	729	583	220	1024	1074	523	738	837	1252	844	303	709	402	481	203	419	509	474	413	168	639	416	78	98
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Headline Voting Intention
[Excluding Don't Knows and Wouldn't Vote]
Con	41	100	0	0	41	41	36	38	47	46	34	42	50	40	37	21	35	36	39	51	43	44	32	35	33
Lab	35	0	100	0	36	34	34	39	31	32	38	37	30	34	39	39	35	38	38	30	30	34	41	44	36
Lib Dem	15	0	0	100	14	16	21	13	12	14	15	17	15	16	16	7	14	16	16	13	16	15	18	15	13
Other	10	0	0	0	10	10	9	10	10	8	13	3	6	11	9	34	15	10	7	7	11	8	9	7	18
Other Parties Voting Intention
SNP / PCY	4	0	0	0	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	0	0	3	1	32	5	5	4	3	6	4	4	4	4
BNP	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	7
UKIP	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	3	2	2	0	4	2	1	1	3	1	1	0	2
Green	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	5
Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
Non Voters
Would Not Vote	8	0	0	0	6	9	10	8	5	7	9	6	7	8	9	6	9	8	8	4	4	9	6	5	11
Don't know	13	0	0	0	8	17	13	12	14	12	14	13	13	15	12	7	13	12	11	9	8	9	15	10	20
Do you think Gordon Brown is doing well or badly as prime minister?
Very well	5	0	16	2	5	4	4	5	6	4	5	6	4	2	5	12	6	5	6	4	6	5	4	10	2
Fairly well	33	10	67	32	33	32	34	36	28	33	33	28	31	33	34	42	29	34	39	34	31	34	41	34	28
Fairly badly	29	36	11	40	27	30	31	28	28	29	28	29	28	32	27	25	30	30	28	29	32	30	29	28	20
Very badly	26	52	3	19	29	23	19	26	33	27	25	27	30	24	26	17	28	26	20	29	29	24	20	25	30
Don’t know	8	2	3	7	5	10	12	6	6	7	9	10	7	8	8	4	7	5	7	5	3	7	7	3	21
Do you think David Cameron is doing well or badly as Conservative leader?
Very well	6	15	1	2	5	6	6	5	7	5	6	8	7	4	5	5	7	7	5	5	4	6	4	6	8
Fairly well	40	69	24	37	43	38	39	40	42	45	35	35	44	37	41	41	37	40	39	51	53	43	39	40	30
Fairly badly	27	10	42	39	27	27	23	27	30	29	25	27	23	30	29	30	26	28	32	25	19	28	29	26	18
Very badly	12	1	21	12	16	8	9	15	11	8	16	11	10	12	12	14	15	12	11	9	14	10	13	21	11
Don’t know	15	6	12	11	9	21	22	14	11	13	19	19	16	17	14	10	16	14	13	10	9	14	16	8	34
Do you think Nick Clegg is doing well or badly as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Very well	2	2	1	8	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	1
Fairly well	26	32	21	48	28	23	21	23	32	27	24	23	27	24	28	23	22	29	24	32	29	26	25	30	18
Fairly badly	23	25	27	19	26	20	21	23	25	26	20	21	24	25	20	26	24	22	28	20	22	24	20	22	15
Very badly	11	9	14	3	15	7	8	13	12	10	13	11	11	11	10	13	9	11	10	12	13	10	11	11	14
Don’t know	39	33	37	22	28	48	48	40	30	36	42	44	37	38	40	35	42	36	36	34	33	37	43	35	53
Who would you trust more to raise you and your family's standard of living?
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling	28	2	80	17	31	25	29	31	25	29	28	25	25	28	29	41	26	29	34	28	25	30	30	32	21
David Cameron and George Osborne	29	78	1	10	32	26	27	27	33	34	24	30	35	27	26	22	24	28	27	41	35	34	23	23	21
Neither	31	15	14	63	30	32	29	31	32	29	33	31	29	32	32	33	38	32	29	24	31	27	36	40	30
Don’t know	12	5	5	11	7	17	16	11	10	9	16	13	12	13	13	3	13	12	9	7	10	10	11	6	28
In your opinion how good or bad is the state of Britain's economy at the moment?
Very good	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quite good	2	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	3
Neither good nor bad	8	2	17	9	10	6	9	8	8	7	10	10	7	7	8	11	8	7	8	7	7	7	10	5	7
Quite bad	46	35	59	54	45	48	46	46	47	47	47	44	47	45	47	49	45	47	54	45	42	46	54	48	37
Very bad	42	62	21	33	42	42	39	43	45	45	39	41	44	44	41	36	44	44	35	46	50	44	33	45	40
Don’t know	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	13
Over the next 12 months do you think Britain's economy will...
Grow at a faster rate than over the past 12 months	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0
Grow at about the same rate	3	1	5	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	5	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	1	1
Grow more slowly	16	9	28	14	13	19	15	16	18	14	19	15	15	16	16	24	19	20	15	12	16	15	19	17	18
Not grow at all	23	18	27	28	22	24	20	24	25	23	23	22	24	22	23	26	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	19	20
Go into recession	55	71	37	52	59	51	56	55	53	58	50	54	56	57	53	46	53	52	55	62	58	56	51	61	48
Don't know	3	1	1	3	1	4	5	3	1	2	4	3	3	3	4	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	0	13
Do you think house prices in your area will rise or fall over the next 12 months?
Rise by more than 10%	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Rise by less than 10%	3	2	5	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	5	3	2	2	1	3	3	4	2	1	4	2	1	2
Stay about the same	19	16	28	16	17	21	19	17	21	17	21	15	18	19	20	25	21	18	20	18	21	16	20	26	19
Fall by less than 10%	42	42	45	48	44	40	44	41	41	44	39	42	42	42	43	40	38	45	43	46	38	46	43	38	34
Fall by more than 10%	31	39	20	31	32	30	25	35	32	32	29	30	31	33	30	27	31	32	29	34	38	30	29	33	25
Don’t know	5	3	3	2	3	7	7	5	4	4	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	3	4	0	2	3	5	3	20
Do you fear that you or a close member of your family will lose their job as a result of the current financial crisis?
Yes, I do fear this	42	47	36	38	38	46	41	44	42	44	39	37	42	47	44	34	44	43	41	42	40	47	42	37	32
No, I don’t	29	26	38	36	35	24	39	27	23	30	28	33	28	26	29	37	21	29	32	41	35	31	35	25	29
Not sure	23	21	21	22	22	24	17	26	25	21	26	25	25	21	22	21	21	24	24	16	24	22	21	34	32
Not applicable – neither I nor any close member of my family	6	6	5	4	6	6	3	4	10	5	7	5	6	6	6	7	14	4	3	0	1	1	1	4	8
Who would you trust most to handle this crisis?
Gordon Brown & Alistair Darling	31	3	81	23	36	27	33	32	28	31	31	30	28	29	32	45	29	31	38	32	30	31	37	36	19
David Cameron & George Osborne	27	73	1	8	30	24	22	25	32	31	22	27	32	26	23	19	22	27	24	36	35	30	21	23	22
Neither	30	17	12	59	27	34	29	32	30	28	33	29	27	34	32	32	37	31	27	25	28	29	30	30	38
Don't know	12	8	6	10	8	16	16	11	10	10	14	15	13	11	13	4	12	11	11	7	8	11	12	11	22
If you add up the income from all sources, do you know what is your household's total NET income per year? (Net income means amounts as you receive it, which normally is after tax and contributions to national insurance and pension. If income varies between months, please give an average)
Less than £5000 a year (less than £100 a week)	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	2	2	3	2	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
£5000 to £9999 a year (£100 to £199 a week)	7	6	7	6	6	9	4	8	11	6	10	6	8	6	9	6	36	0	0	0	7	2	2	9	8
£10000 to £14999 a year (£200 to £299 a week)	11	10	11	9	9	12	8	8	16	8	14	6	10	11	14	9	52	0	0	0	10	7	6	9	8
£15000 to £19999 a year (£300 to £399 a week)	13	12	13	15	13	12	10	11	16	11	15	8	12	16	12	13	0	52	0	0	12	11	13	12	10
£20000 to £24999 a year (£400 to £499 a week)	12	10	13	11	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	7	10	14	14	13	0	48	0	0	14	12	12	14	15
£25000 to £29999 a year (£500 to £599 a week)	10	10	12	9	11	10	11	12	8	10	10	8	10	13	8	12	0	0	46	0	7	13	13	11	6
£30000 to £39999 a year (£600 to £799 a week)	12	12	13	15	14	11	14	14	9	14	11	16	13	8	10	19	0	0	54	0	14	16	17	8	7
£40000 to £49999 a year (£800 to £999 a week)	9	11	10	7	10	8	11	11	5	13	5	10	9	9	9	10	0	0	0	50	7	12	16	11	2
£50 000 a year or more (£1000 a week or more)	9	14	7	10	11	8	11	11	6	13	5	18	10	6	7	9	0	0	0	50	13	14	9	13	9
Don’t know	14	14	12	13	12	17	17	12	14	13	16	18	14	15	15	8	0	0	0	0	16	12	12	12	32
Please tell us which type of organisation you work for.
Not applicable – I don’t work	33	34	29	26	28	38	20	18	58	29	37	30	32	34	34	30	63	33	20	12	0	0	0	0	0
Self-employed	7	9	7	9	9	6	5	8	8	7	8	8	9	7	5	8	6	8	7	8	100	0	0	0	0
Private sector firm or company (e.g. limited companies and Plc)	32	35	32	34	40	25	44	37	17	35	29	33	35	29	30	32	15	30	42	46	0	100	0	0	0
Nationalised industry or public corporation (e.g. Post Office)	3	2	3	1	4	2	3	4	1	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	1	4	4	2	0	0	13	0	0
Other public sector employer (e.g. Central Government, Civil Service, LEA, NHS, Police, armed forces)	17	13	19	23	14	20	19	23	9	21	12	16	13	19	19	19	8	17	22	24	0	0	87	0	0
Charity/voluntary sector	3	3	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	4	2	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	100	0
Other	5	4	5	4	3	7	7	6	3	3	8	6	5	4	7	4	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	100
The Government has recently announced a number of measures to help tackle the current recession, including a temporary reduction in VAT for the next 12 months, support for mortgage-payers who lose their jobs, and rises in taxation in 2011, especially for people with high incomes.
In general do you support or oppose these measures?
Support	54	35	85	56	52	55	51	55	55	54	54	48	54	52	56	59	58	56	56	52	46	52	59	56	47
Oppose	30	51	8	28	36	25	28	30	32	33	27	33	30	31	28	31	25	29	30	38	38	33	28	29	26
Don't know	16	14	7	16	12	20	20	16	13	14	19	19	16	17	16	10	17	16	15	10	16	15	13	15	27
Do you think these measures will help to make things better, by keeping the recession shorter, and less severe  than it would have been had these measures not been taken?
Definitely make things better	3	1	6	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	6	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	2
Probably make things better	25	10	52	27	25	26	27	27	23	26	25	24	25	24	26	33	23	26	30	27	24	27	31	25	18
TOTAL BETTER	28	11	58	30	28	28	30	29	25	28	28	28	27	26	28	40	26	29	33	31	25	30	34	26	20
Make little difference either way	45	52	32	49	45	46	43	45	48	47	43	39	48	45	46	42	43	48	43	48	51	46	42	53	40
Probably make things worse	12	22	2	10	14	9	9	11	15	11	12	14	12	11	11	10	12	11	12	12	13	12	9	12	12
Definitely make things worse	5	9	2	2	7	4	4	6	6	6	4	7	5	7	5	3	7	5	4	6	6	5	4	5	4
TOTAL WORSE	17	31	3	12	21	13	13	16	21	17	16	20	17	18	15	13	19	16	16	17	19	16	14	16	16
Not sure	10	6	6	10	7	13	14	10	7	8	13	13	9	12	11	6	12	7	8	4	5	7	11	5	24
Do you think these measures will overall be good or bad for you and your family?
Good	12	5	24	10	12	11	17	10	8	11	12	14	9	10	12	18	12	11	13	15	11	15	14	10	10
Not make much difference either way	63	63	65	64	61	64	57	63	67	64	61	50	66	62	64	67	62	67	64	61	66	60	66	67	48
Bad	18	28	5	21	22	14	13	19	20	18	17	23	18	18	16	13	18	17	16	20	21	19	14	19	17
Not sure	9	5	6	6	6	11	12	8	6	7	10	13	8	10	8	3	9	5	7	4	3	7	7	3	25
Which of these statements comes closer to your own view?
‘It is right for the government to increase borrowing sharply at a time like this, in order to support the economy and stop the recession becoming too deep'	27	8	60	28	33	22	25	31	26	27	28	25	27	24	27	40	26	27	33	32	28	30	29	26	21
‘It is wrong for the government to increase borrowing so sharply: any short-term benefits will be less than the longer term costs to the economy and to taxpayers'	48	78	18	46	49	48	46	46	53	50	46	51	51	47	48	40	50	51	46	50	51	49	45	51	40
Don't know	24	14	22	27	18	30	30	24	21	23	26	25	22	29	25	20	24	23	20	19	21	21	27	23	40
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
‘Gordon Brown is a major global figure these days, taking a lead in deciding policies to tackle the world's economic problems'
Agree	40	20	77	35	43	37	38	44	37	39	41	34	38	39	41	52	37	41	47	42	37	42	43	43	30
Disagree	44	70	14	51	46	42	41	40	51	46	42	49	47	46	41	34	47	43	42	47	49	43	40	41	45
Don’t know	16	10	9	14	11	21	21	16	12	15	17	17	15	15	18	14	16	16	11	12	13	15	17	17	26
‘David Cameron is right to say that Labour's spending plans can't be afforded, and to promise to cut spending if the Conservatives win the next general election’
Agree	43	84	9	37	47	39	36	41	50	46	39	42	49	41	40	34	40	45	41	50	46	46	36	41	38
Disagree	32	3	73	39	37	29	32	35	30	31	34	34	28	30	34	48	32	34	37	32	32	33	38	39	26
Don’t know	25	13	18	24	17	33	32	24	20	23	27	25	23	29	26	18	28	21	22	18	22	21	26	19	37
‘The Government isn't really interested in what is best for the long-term future of Britain's economy - only in doing those things that it thinks will help win the next election’
Agree	53	85	16	52	55	50	45	52	59	56	49	52	57	53	49	48	54	52	49	56	60	53	49	49	47
Disagree	32	7	73	29	33	30	33	34	27	30	33	30	28	30	34	43	29	34	38	32	24	35	36	34	23
Don’t know	16	8	12	20	12	20	22	13	14	14	18	18	15	17	17	9	17	14	13	12	16	13	15	17	31
‘The Conservatives are a 'do nothing' party - they don't understand that these are exceptional times that need exceptional measures’
Agree	38	5	76	49	40	35	35	40	38	35	41	34	33	35	42	51	40	39	40	35	34	38	41	45	31
Disagree	39	80	12	28	42	36	35	37	44	44	33	43	43	35	37	33	37	36	39	49	45	42	34	36	31
Don’t know	24	15	12	22	18	29	31	23	19	22	26	23	24	29	21	17	24	24	22	16	21	20	25	19	37
Thinking of the European Single Currency which of the following statements would come closest to your own view?
Britain should definitely join as soon as possible	11	6	15	16	15	7	8	11	12	11	10	13	11	10	8	14	9	10	12	13	12	12	9	16	7
Join if and when the economic conditions are right	27	21	37	37	31	23	28	28	25	29	24	26	24	25	29	35	20	28	31	31	33	28	29	30	20
Stay out for at least the next four or five years	22	27	21	16	18	25	22	19	24	21	23	20	21	24	22	18	25	22	23	20	21	21	21	21	20
Rule out on principle	31	40	18	25	32	30	28	31	33	29	33	33	32	29	31	28	36	32	25	29	27	30	32	26	30
Don’t know	10	6	9	5	4	16	14	11	6	10	11	8	12	13	10	6	10	8	9	7	6	9	8	8	22
If there were a referendum tomorrow on whether Britain should join Europe's single currency, the euro, how would you vote?
In favour of joining	24	14	35	41	30	19	22	26	25	26	22	24	22	22	25	34	20	26	29	29	28	25	24	33	18
Against joining	59	75	47	47	58	59	58	55	62	57	61	56	61	60	58	52	65	60	55	57	57	59	59	51	56
Would not vote	4	3	3	1	4	4	6	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	2	6
Don’t know	13	8	15	11	8	18	14	16	10	13	13	15	12	14	14	10	12	10	12	11	10	13	13	14	20
Turning to the issue of climate change: last week protestors from the Plane Stupid group disrupted flights at Stansted airport in a protest over airport expansion.
Which of the following best fits your view on airport expansion?
We have to expand our airport capacity or else suffer long-term economic damage	50	59	56	42	59	41	47	48	54	51	48	46	49	46	51	60	41	49	52	60	53	54	46	38	33
We shouldn't expand airport capacity any more even if it does hurt the economy	30	27	25	39	29	30	26	32	30	30	29	36	31	30	26	25	34	33	28	25	32	27	34	37	32
Don't know	21	15	19	19	12	29	27	20	16	19	23	19	20	24	23	15	24	19	20	15	16	19	20	25	35
What is your view of the Stansted protestors?
I support both their motives and their methods	8	6	8	9	9	7	9	9	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	5	7	9	7	8	9	7	9	11	10
I support their motives but I don't approve of their methods	40	38	41	49	37	42	39	40	40	43	36	44	41	38	37	40	46	41	40	40	38	38	46	43	32
I don't support either their motives or their methods	41	50	41	32	47	35	35	40	47	40	42	31	41	41	43	47	36	41	44	45	47	44	34	36	34
Don't know	12	7	10	11	7	16	17	11	7	10	13	17	9	13	12	8	13	9	9	8	6	11	12	10	25
Thinking about 'green' concerns, as opposed to economic factors, are you doing any of the following?
Taking fewer flights
Yes	41	32	48	45	38	44	37	39	47	40	43	37	40	45	42	42	53	47	39	29	38	36	40	58	39
No	50	61	43	50	53	47	54	51	45	54	45	52	50	45	51	52	33	46	55	68	57	58	52	39	41
Don't know	9	7	9	5	9	9	9	10	8	6	12	11	10	10	7	6	14	7	6	3	4	6	8	4	20
Travelling less by car
Yes	44	38	50	50	40	48	38	43	50	44	43	46	46	42	42	44	56	46	40	39	46	37	39	52	47
No	51	60	46	49	57	47	56	52	47	53	50	46	51	51	54	52	37	51	59	60	52	60	57	47	36
Don't know	5	2	4	1	4	6	6	5	3	3	7	8	3	7	4	5	7	4	2	1	2	3	4	2	17
Driving in a more fuel-efficient way
Yes	60	60	66	60	59	60	48	61	69	63	57	48	63	64	60	55	61	64	62	58	52	56	63	69	53
No	30	34	26	33	34	27	39	31	23	30	31	38	29	26	31	35	26	28	31	37	41	38	26	31	27
Don't know	10	6	8	7	7	13	14	9	8	7	13	14	8	10	9	10	14	9	7	5	8	6	11	0	20
Using less energy at home
Yes	77	77	85	80	75	80	72	79	81	78	76	70	80	78	78	74	80	77	82	75	76	75	79	90	71
No	18	22	14	16	22	15	22	17	17	18	19	23	17	16	18	23	16	19	16	24	24	22	16	10	15
Don't know	4	2	1	4	3	6	6	5	3	3	6	7	4	5	4	3	4	4	2	1	1	3	5	0	14
Turning to another issue, Sky TV has broadcast film of a man with a terminal disease undergoing an assisted suicide in a clinic in Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal. The broadcaster said the film, shown with the consent of the man's widow, was to increase awareness.
Were they right or wrong to show the film?
Right to show the film	61	58	62	69	61	61	70	63	51	61	60	60	59	58	64	63	61	60	63	68	53	66	65	67	53
Wrong	27	32	27	21	29	25	15	26	38	27	27	26	28	27	26	29	25	30	28	22	31	24	25	23	24
Don't know	12	11	11	10	10	14	15	11	12	12	13	14	13	15	10	8	14	10	9	11	16	10	11	11	23
In Britain, assisted suicide is illegal. However, prosecutors said this week they would not charge the parents of a young British rugby player, paralysed by injury, who they assisted with suicide.
Were they right or wrong not to charge the parents?
Right not to charge the parents	85	88	85	88	84	86	81	85	88	86	83	80	85	83	89	83	85	85	87	88	90	85	86	77	72
Wrong – they should have charged the parents	8	6	9	7	10	6	10	7	6	7	8	11	8	7	5	10	7	8	9	6	6	9	8	13	8
Don't know	8	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	7	7	9	9	7	10	6	7	8	8	4	6	3	7	6	9	21
If you had a terminal disease for which there is no possible cure would you personally consider the option of assisted suicide travelling abroad if necessary?
Yes	61	60	61	68	62	59	62	63	57	60	61	54	60	63	63	59	62	62	64	62	61	64	62	58	55
No	15	16	15	14	16	13	12	14	17	14	15	16	16	12	12	19	17	15	15	13	15	15	12	19	11
Don't know / Prefer not to say	25	24	24	18	22	28	25	23	26	25	25	30	25	25	25	21	21	24	21	25	24	21	26	24	34
Do you think British law should be kept as it is, or should it be changed so that people with incurable diseases have the right to ask close friends or relatives to help them commit suicide, without those friends or relatives risking prosecution?
The law should be kept as it is	19	21	21	17	23	15	16	18	23	21	17	21	19	20	16	22	21	21	19	19	18	19	19	18	19
The law should be changed to allow assisted suicide in these circumstances	69	69	69	74	66	71	69	70	67	68	70	64	69	65	74	67	70	69	72	69	74	70	70	73	57
Don't know	12	10	10	9	11	14	15	12	10	12	13	15	12	15	10	11	9	11	9	11	8	11	12	8	24
Thinking about sport; the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year will be chosen on Sunday. Which from the final 10 would you vote for?
Lewis Hamilton (Formula One champion)	24	26	25	21	26	21	26	24	21	23	24	23	27	22	26	8	20	26	24	26	29	26	22	20	20
Chris Hoy (Olympic cyclist)	18	17	20	17	20	15	17	19	17	17	18	11	15	14	15	50	12	18	24	19	19	17	22	17	17
Rebecca Adlington (Olympic swimmer)	17	21	16	14	15	18	16	16	19	18	16	15	17	17	21	8	18	16	17	18	13	16	18	18	14
Joe Calzaghe (Champion boxer)	9	9	11	5	12	6	10	9	7	8	9	9	6	16	8	4	9	9	8	10	11	10	10	6	4
Andy Murray (tennis player)	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	13	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	8	5
Ben Ainslie (Olympic yachtsman)	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	0	2	3	3	2
Nicole Cooke (Olympic cyclist)	2	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	1
Bradley Wiggins (Olympic cyclist)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Christine Ohuruogu (Olympic runner)	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	1
Rebecca Romero (Olympic cyclist)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
None of these	6	5	5	8	6	6	5	8	6	7	6	7	8	4	7	4	8	6	4	5	6	6	5	6	11
Don’t know	17	13	13	21	10	24	17	16	18	17	18	22	18	16	17	12	23	15	14	11	16	14	15	16	24
In the light of the recession, which of these options would you favour for the 2012 Olympic Games, to be staged in London?
Spending and planning should continue on existing budgets, irrespective of the downturn	37	37	49	40	46	29	42	40	31	39	35	39	41	32	38	33	30	34	44	50	31	45	39	33	36
We should have an "austerity" Olympics with spending scaled right back and existing facilities used	43	45	39	48	37	49	38	42	48	43	42	38	41	47	42	52	43	48	43	38	50	39	45	55	27
We should try to get another country to host them, even at this late stage	11	13	6	7	12	11	9	10	14	10	13	16	11	11	10	9	17	11	7	8	12	10	9	3	17
Don’t know	8	5	6	6	5	11	11	8	7	7	10	7	8	9	10	6	10	7	6	4	8	7	8	10	20
If you had to choose one from the following list to spend Christmas with who would it be?
Prince Charles	37	42	30	39	38	35	37	39	34	39	34	35	39	33	39	33	35	34	38	42	39	42	34	36	32
Gordon Brown	8	1	22	4	9	7	7	10	7	7	10	7	7	6	10	16	8	9	11	8	5	7	10	12	7
David Cameron	8	21	2	2	8	8	10	6	8	9	7	12	10	7	6	5	7	8	7	12	11	10	6	10	5
The Archbishop of Canterbury	8	7	7	13	9	7	9	7	7	9	6	8	8	8	7	8	7	9	9	7	6	5	11	12	11
Nick Clegg	4	2	2	15	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	9	4
Peter Mandelson	3	2	7	3	5	2	3	3	4	4	3	5	2	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	0
Don’t know	33	26	30	25	28	37	29	33	36	29	37	28	31	38	34	32	35	34	28	23	32	30	34	18	42
Which two or three of the following groups do you least admire?
Professional footballers	46	53	42	51	39	52	44	44	49	48	43	40	49	48	44	43	44	44	46	51	47	43	48	50	35
Politicians	42	50	26	43	44	40	38	39	48	41	43	42	41	44	41	45	40	39	44	43	38	42	40	47	31
Bankers	35	35	39	33	41	30	30	39	37	36	34	30	36	36	34	42	36	38	37	35	43	34	36	49	31
Estate agents	33	33	40	39	36	31	35	36	30	37	29	40	39	30	27	26	28	30	34	44	33	36	39	34	19
The chief executives of large companies	33	26	42	36	31	35	29	36	33	27	39	31	32	30	35	42	42	37	34	23	26	29	37	32	32
Journalists	22	19	27	22	25	19	23	23	20	22	22	17	23	23	23	21	17	22	24	24	21	22	27	24	19
Civil servants	13	19	11	10	16	10	9	12	17	12	14	12	13	15	12	14	14	14	12	12	20	15	5	8	11
Lawyers	9	10	12	8	12	7	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	12	10	10	5	11	8	11	13
Police chiefs	7	9	6	6	10	5	7	7	8	7	9	9	7	6	9	8	8	7	6	8	11	8	4	6	7
Doctors	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	8
Don’t know	5	3	4	1	3	7	7	5	3	5	5	7	4	6	6	2	5	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	17