Comments on: Martin Land on Nick’s first 100 days http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil Stockley http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44136 Neil Stockley Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:23:26 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44136 Martin Nick needs to project a genuine media image AND himself. I am confident he will do both. The experience of Paddy and Charles is that the leader should and can pull our poll ratings up. To do that, he needs to be well known. If his "don't know" rating stays up around 30% for too long, the media will comment and that will become the story. Martin

Nick needs to project a genuine media image AND himself. I am confident he will do both.

The experience of Paddy and Charles is that the leader should and can pull our poll ratings up. To do that, he needs to be well known.

If his “don’t know” rating stays up around 30% for too long, the media will comment and that will become the story.

]]> By: Martin Land http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44095 Martin Land Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:07:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44095 Neil, I would agree that Nick has not, as yet, made the progress in projecting his persona to the public that he will need to. However, I see that positively. Mainly because he is not trying to project a media image, but himself, it will take time, but it will pay dividends in the end. Think Paddy, rather than anyone else in this context. Like Cameron and unlike Kennedy or Campbell he has the advantage of coming to the leadership without an existing public perception, meaning that he has no baggage (chat-show charlie, elderly...)and that will also help him in the long term. He will become better known and I think, largely appreciated. The Tories dread him and for a reason. He is everything Cameron is, with one small additional element. Honesty. The Tories dread that. Neil, I would agree that Nick has not, as yet, made the progress in projecting his persona to the public that he will need to. However, I see that positively. Mainly because he is not trying to project a media image, but himself, it will take time, but it will pay dividends in the end. Think Paddy, rather than anyone else in this context. Like Cameron and unlike Kennedy or Campbell he has the advantage of coming to the leadership without an existing public perception, meaning that he has no baggage (chat-show charlie, elderly…)and that will also help him in the long term. He will become better known and I think, largely appreciated. The Tories dread him and for a reason. He is everything Cameron is, with one small additional element. Honesty. The Tories dread that.

]]> By: Neil Stockley http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44059 Neil Stockley Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44059 “The polls look better” Yes, so far this year the Lib Dems have scored between 16 and 21 per cent in the public opinion polls, compared to between 12 and 17 per cent in the last three months of 2007 and a 16 per cent average for the whole of last year. It’s still very early days, but Nick’s own ratings still have some way to go. Populus on 7 – 9 March gave him a score of 4.16 on the “how good a leader scale”. This is the lowest rating ever for a Lib Dem leader. The following week, YouGov found that he had a satisfaction rating of minus 8 per cent. It must be said that the fieldwork for both polls was done in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty vote. What’s more interesting is how many people still have no view about Nick Clegg – 28 per cent in the March Populus poll. This compares to 21 per cent for Ming Campbell at a similar point in his time as leader. YouGov in March found that 38 per cent had no opinion about Nick Clegg. The priority is clear: to get Nick better known. “The polls look better”

Yes, so far this year the Lib Dems have scored between 16 and 21 per cent in the public opinion polls, compared to between 12 and 17 per cent in the last three months of 2007 and a 16 per cent average for the whole of last year.

It’s still very early days, but Nick’s own ratings still have some way to go. Populus on 7 – 9 March gave him a score of 4.16 on the “how good a leader scale”. This is the lowest rating ever for a Lib Dem leader. The following week, YouGov found that he had a satisfaction rating of minus 8 per cent. It must be said that the fieldwork for both polls was done in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty vote.

What’s more interesting is how many people still have no view about Nick Clegg – 28 per cent in the March Populus poll. This compares to 21 per cent for Ming Campbell at a similar point in his time as leader. YouGov in March found that 38 per cent had no opinion about Nick Clegg.

The priority is clear: to get Nick better known.

]]> By: Martin Land http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44046 Martin Land Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:41:50 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44046 Yes, and I enjoy it; something 'gung-ho' before the weekend! Yes, and I enjoy it; something ‘gung-ho’ before the weekend!

]]> By: John http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44035 John Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:51:05 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-nicks-first-100-days-2412.html#comment-44035 Does Lib Dem News still exist? Great as it is, that thing needs a revamp. Does Lib Dem News still exist? Great as it is, that thing needs a revamp.

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