March 21, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Skop":
National: 6 Mar 10
Support for the Green Party has increased by three percentage points to 10.6 percent according a new poll, which shows a majority of voters support Sweden's Left-Green alliance.
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Business & Money: 1 Mar 10
A leading figure behind both Ikea and Tetra Pak's decisions to move their headquarter beyond Sweden's borders has said Sweden is making major strides on the road to becoming a more business-friendly nation.
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National: 14 Feb 10
The nationalist Sweden Democrats have moved ahead of the threshold required for entering parliament, according to a national poll.
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Politics: 5 Feb 10
The two political blocs have drawn to within three percentage points of each other, a new voter poll shows. The Green Party is the biggest loser in the new survey.
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Politics: 15 Jan 10
Voter support for the government alliance Centre Party has taken a significant downturn according to a new survey which puts the opposition in a commanding lead at the start of the election year.
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National: 4 Dec 09
A new poll from Expressen/Demoskop shows support for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate party has dropped by four percent to 25.3 percent.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 09
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has raked in more than 200 billion kronor ($29 billion) in profits since the turn of the century, according to a new report.
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Politics: 4 Nov 09
Support for Sweden’s two main political blocs is about equal, according to a new poll, which also shows the far-right Sweden Democrats with enough support to gain a seat in the Riksdag.
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Politics: 18 Oct 09
The opposition red-green coalition have the support of 49.2 percent of the Swedish electorate, an established lead over the governing Alliance on 44.4 percent, a new voter poll shows.
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Politics: 16 Oct 09
Four out of ten Swedish voters would support the major parties cooperating with the far-right Sweden Democrats if the party were to claim seats in the parliament at the 2010 general election.
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Politics: 7 Sep 09
A large majority of Swedes maintain confidence in the four-party centre-right Alliance government, according to a new Skop poll.
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National: 2 Sep 09
A 40-year-old man has received multiple stab wounds after being attacked in an apartment in the Gothenburg suburb of Biskopsgården, on Hisingen island, on Monday night.
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National: 27 Aug 09
More than seventy percent of Swedes are considering taking the vaccination against the swine flu if the vaccine is approved, a new survey for the Swedish Health and Welfare Board shows.
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Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda.
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Politics: 23 May 09
One out of three Swedish voters is unsure how he or she will vote in the EU parliamentary elections in two weeks. The outcome is uncertain, according to a new opinion poll by Sifo and Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.
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Politics: 22 May 09
Sweden’s Pirate Party has climbed into third place among parties running for the European Parliament elections, according to a new opinion poll released Thursday.
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Politics: 8 May 09
The Pirate Party will likely be the third largest vote-getter among Swedish political parties in upcoming European Parliamentary elections, according to a new forecast.
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Politics: 19 Apr 09
Sweden's Alliance government and opposition bloc share voter support, a new poll published on Sunday shows. A second poll suggested that the Alliance had extended its lead.
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Business & Money: 6 Apr 09
The number of Swedish households expecting property prices to fall in the coming year has increased, a new survey shows.
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Politics: 4 Apr 09
The Alliance government in Sweden has overtaken the red-green opposition, a new poll shows. The poll indicates that in an election the far-right Sweden Democrats would be left holding the balance of power.
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Business & Money: 3 Apr 09
Despite intense media focus on the issue of executive bonuses, Swedes are resoundingly in favour of performance-related pay, a new survey shows.
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Politics: 1 Mar 09
Swedish support for the introduction of the euro is at its highest level since 2002 as the June EU parliamentary elections approach. Both the Moderates and the Social Democrats are tipped for election success.
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Politics: 19 Feb 09
Swedes generally support the government’s refusal to rescue beleaguered carmaker Saab using taxpayer money, according to several polls.
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Politics: 8 Feb 09
Sweden's Christian Democrats have begun to recover voter support, a new poll shows.
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Politics: 18 Jan 09
The Swedish government continues to gain popularity among voters. The right of centre Alliance coalition government is now the most popular government since 2003 according to a new poll.
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Politics: 11 Jan 09
The Social Democrats, Green Party and Left party have extended their collective lead over the governing Alliance government, a new poll from Skop shows.
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Business & Money: 7 Jan 09
Swedes’ view of the economy continues to deteriorate according to a new report by the Skop opinion research company.
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Politics: 7 Dec 08
The Left party is now Sweden's third largest party, after the Social Democrats and the Moderates. A new poll from Demoskop gives the Left party 7.7 percent of the vote.
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Politics: 1 Dec 08
The Moderates are advancing, while the Left Party has dropped in popularity as a new poll shows that the gap between Sweden’s centre-right Alliance parties and the opposition has dwindled to only 3.1 percent.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 08
Nearly 80 percent of Swedish households say they are feeling the effects of the current financial crisis, according to a study by Swedish life insurance company SEB Trygg Liv.
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Politics: 7 Oct 08
According to a new poll, support for the Moderate Party is rising, something the party attributes to its success in dealing with the global financial crisis.
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Society: 24 Sep 08
Nearly two of three Swedes believe that unemployment is on the rise, according to a new survey.
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Politics: 21 Sep 08
Sweden's electorate expects the Alliance government to lose the next general election, a new poll indicates. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt remains the most capable government leader, however.
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Politics: 12 Sep 08
The opposition’s lead over the governing centre-right parties in public opinion polls is increasing, according to the latest study by polling firm Demoskop.
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Politics: 17 Jul 08
The broad base of Swedish voters support a dialogue between the established parties and the far-right Sweden Democrats, a new poll shows.
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Politics: 16 Jul 08
The Alliance government has fallen further behind the three-party opposition, a new poll shows. The right-wing Sweden Democrats increased strongly.
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Society: 14 Jul 08
Climate concerns are never far away it seems. Even the most intimate of female monthly rituals carries an eco-friendly alternative.
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Politics: 5 Jul 08
The three opposition parties have extended their lead to 56.2 percent over the Alliance government which polled 39.2 percent in a new voter survey.
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Politics: 25 May 08
Fredrik Reinfeldt is more capable than Mona Sahlin of leading a government, a new voter poll shows. Sahlin is the favoured dinner companion however.
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Politics: 17 May 08
The opposition parties have increased their lead over the governing Alliance, a new opinion poll from Skop shows.
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Politics: 9 May 08
The Swedish population's support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has gained the crucial mass necessary to enter parliament.
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Politics: 20 Apr 08
Fredrik Reinfeldt is more capable than Mona Sahlin of leading a government, a new voter poll shows. Sahlin is nicer, though.
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Business & Money: 7 Apr 08
Increasing numbers of Swedes expect housing prices to rise over the coming year.
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Politics: 6 Apr 08
The governing four party Alliance is closing in on the opposition, a new voter poll shows.
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Politics: 8 Mar 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is more popular among women than opposition leader Mona Sahlin.
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Politics: 18 Feb 08
A new opinion poll has provided food for thought for both Fredrik Reinfeldt and Mona Sahlin as voters lose confidence in the government and the opposition.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 08
Criticism of the government from business owners is falling on deaf ears, says Nima Sanandaji from the Captus think tank.
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Business & Money: 11 Feb 08
A bank survey shows more than two-thirds of Swedes think housing prices are on the way down.
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Politics: 10 Feb 08
The Moderates have started to make a comeback in the polls. According to a February poll the Moderates have clawed back 4.4 percentage points.
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Politics: 13 Jan 08
A new study shows a continued decline in support for the Moderates.
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Business & Money: 9 Jan 08
An increasing number of Swedes believe that the country's economy will weaken in 2008, according to a new poll.
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Politics: 7 Jan 08
Support for the Mona Sahlin's party has risen for the third Skop poll in succession.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 07
New poll shows companies are less optimistic than they were about the prospects for future growth.
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Business & Money: 15 Nov 07
Swedes are getting more pessimistic about the future of the country's economy, but remain optimistic about their own financial situations, a new poll shows.
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Politics: 2 Nov 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt faced a deluge of criticism Friday over his leadership abilities after the latest in a string of scandals capped a stormy first year in power for the centre-right government.
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Society: 9 Oct 07
Macedonian police have prevented five Kosovo Albanians, travelling with several Swedish soldiers serving with NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR), from flying from Macedonia to Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Oct 07
The new government has made job creation a major priority. But, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus, they are still doing too little to make life easier for businesses.
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Politics: 7 Sep 07
The Social Democrats and Left Party drop but the opposition remains well ahead in the polls.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Aug 07
Ninety percent of Swedish students aged 15-20 do not know what a gulag was, and some still insist that schools should not teach about the crimes of communism. How long will the elites continue defending a failed ideology, asks Captus's Nima Sanandaji.
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Society: 18 Aug 07
A school where children decide what they do and when they do it has been criticised by the Swedish authorities. But the headmaster has hit back at inspectors who "lack the ability to understand advanced educational explanations".
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Politics: 12 Aug 07
The Social Democrats have greater voter support than all the governing parties put together, according to a new poll.
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Society: 10 Jul 07
A new survey has shown that a majority of Swedes thinks it's time for the King Carl XVI Gustaf to claim his bus pass and let his daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, assume the throne.
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Society: 16 Jun 07
A Swedish citizen and a permanent Swedish resident have been arrested on the Kosovo-Macedonia border on suspicion of people smuggling.
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Politics: 14 Jun 07
The opposition parties have a lead over the government of nearly 15 percentage points, according to a new opinion poll published on Thursday.
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Politics: 11 Jun 07
Support for the Left Party has dropped to its lowest level for 13 years, according to a new poll. The Liberal Party on the other hand is on its way back up after a poor election in 2006.
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Politics: 7 Jun 07
Swedes would rather socialize with the opposition leader than the prime minister. But Reinfeldt is the right person to lead the government, according to a new poll.
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Society: 9 May 07
Swedes aged 15-20 are ignorant about the fate of neighbouring countries before the fall of communism. A fifth thought communism had claimed less than a million lives.
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Business & Money: 7 May 07
A new survey has shown that the vast majority of Swedes expect housing prices to continue climbing.
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Politics: 2 May 07
The Moderate Party and Social Democrats have both slipped back in the latest Skop poll. The Christian Democrats and Greens made the biggest gains.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 07
Four out of ten Swedes are willing to lower their standard of living to help stop climate change, a new study shows. But only a few are willing to make changes to the way they travel.
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Politics: 25 Mar 07
Sweden's opposition parties have increased their poll lead over the ruling alliance parties to 3.4 percent. Support for the opposition is unchanged, but the conservative government has lost support in recent weeks.
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Politics: 17 Mar 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has far higher approval ratings than new Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin.
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Politics: 12 Mar 07
The Liberal Party has gone on the attack against its ally the Centre Party, with party secretary Erik Ullenhag saying that Maud Olofsson's party has become 'neo-liberal'.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 07
A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by the government has stirred up a fiery debate, with critics decrying the creation of a 'big brother' state.
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National: 5 Mar 07
A large majority of Stockholmers want the congestion charge reintroduced, according to a new poll. 67 percent are in favour, compared to 51.3 percent in last year's referendum.
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Politics: 11 Feb 07
Sweden's opposition parties have preserved the advantage gained since last autumn's general election. The Liberal Party is the government's biggest worry.
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Politics: 10 Feb 07
The Social Democrats and their left-wing partners are still ahead of the government in a new poll, despite the fact that most Swedes have started feeling the effect of tax cuts.
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Politics: 22 Jan 07
The government's approval rating took a hammering after a tough first month in charge. But new figures show that more people now think the Alliance is doing a good job.
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Politics: 3 Dec 06
Confidence in the Swedish government is increasing, while the public's faith in the Social Democratic opposition is sliding, according to research by polling institute Skop.
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Politics: 16 Sep 06
Four new polls suggest that Sweden will vote to change government tomorrow. But the difference between the two blocs is still wafer thin, and plenty of voters are undecided.
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Politics: 14 Sep 06
The Social Democrats are shown falling in a new poll from Demoskop, while the Alliance is heading for victory. Other polls, however, indicate a much closer race.
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Politics: 7 Sep 06
Support for the Liberal Party has fallen radically over the past few days. The party's support is down 3.9 percentage points since Saturday.
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Politics: 27 Aug 06
Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt is a more popular choice than prime minister Göran Persson – as a dinner companion.
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Politics: 16 Aug 06
The number of people who think the Swedish government is doing a good job is down, a new poll shows. The Social Democrats have much lower approval ratings than they did in 2002.
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Politics: 11 Aug 06
The third poll in two days shows the Alliance leading over Göran Persson's government in the race for election victory next month. But the Right's lead is within the margin of error.
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Politics: 10 Aug 06
Two polls released on Thursday show that with 38 days to the election, the Social Democrats and partners are trailing the Alliance by around five percentage points.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Aug 06
By the end of September, the four parties of the Alliance could well be ruling Sweden. But how can they ensure success, and how will they govern together if they win? David Stavrou finds out.
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Politics: 26 Jul 06
Confidence in both Sweden's government and the opposition Alliance has increased, according to a new survey. But the government has much lower approval ratings than before the 2002 election.
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Politics: 13 Jul 06
The centre-right Alliance is leading the race to form the next government, according to a new poll. The Alliance is boosted by a strong performance from the Centre Party.
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Society: 30 Jun 06
A new wave of young Indian migrants arriving in Stockholm on flights from Moscow and then seeking asylum in Sweden is puzzling police officers at Arlanda airport.
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Politics: 26 Jun 06
Göran Persson is more popular than his rival Fredrik Reinfeldt for the first time in months, says a new poll. Persson is better on healthcare issues, while Reinfeldt is stronger on jobs.
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Politics: 11 Jun 06
Public confidence in the government is increasing, while faith in the opposition alliance parties is declining, according to the latest poll. 42 percent think the government is doing a good job.
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Politics: 4 May 06
The latest poll of Swedish voters' intentions shows the ruling left wing coalition sneaking in front of the conservative alliance. But left wing supporters are less certain of their voting plans.
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Politics: 1 May 06
Sweden's two big parties, the Social Democrats and the Moderates, are the losers in the latest opinion poll carried out by Skop. The Liberal Party and the Left Party have climbed most in the ratings.
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Politics: 22 Apr 06
Swedes would prefer to see opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt head the country's government after a general election in September than current Prime Minister Göran Persson.
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Politics: 9 Apr 06
If you were at a party, would you have a better time if you sat with Göran Persson or Fredrik Reinfeldt? As the election nears, Swedes give the prime minister cause for optimism.
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Politics: 3 Apr 06
Support for the ruling Social Democrats is at its highest since October 2004, pushing the government and its coalition partners back into the lead over the opposition alliance, according to the latest opinion poll.
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Politics: 5 Mar 06
Sweden's Left Party has fallen by 1.5% in the latest opinion poll carried out by Skop. The party is now on 5.4%, and the slip breaks the upward trend of the last three surveys.
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Smörgåsbord: 12 Jan 06
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Politics: 17 Dec 05
On Saturday a voter poll put the government ahead. On Sunday a new poll, conducted after the damning tsunami report, showed an even bigger lead for the opposition parties.
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