Is the Labour Party campaigning hard enough for the European elections?

In a week that supposedly signalled an end of the Cost of Living Crisis as wages begin to rise faster than inflation, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls will feel vindicated to learn that as far as LabourList readers are concerned, at least, it’s not over yet. An overwhelming 94% of those who responded to our survey this week believe the Cost of Living Crisis continues. That will certainly give new strategist David Axelrod something to work with, if activists are convinced by the party’s core message.

With European and local elections now only a month away, we asked you how much campaigning your local Labour Party was doing. Around 16% said that your CLP was doing something every day, while 29% said that campaigning took place once a month. Most worryingly, almost a quarter (24%) of those we surveyed said their local party was doing nothing at all. No matter how safe or how hopeless these places are for Labour, there really shouldn’t be anywhere where no campaigning work is going on at all – especially with only weeks to go polling day – and with European elections working on a list system, every vote counts.

Meanwhile, in terms of your own campaigning work, it seems LabourList readers are either very committed or – not so much. 32% have been out campaigning in the last week, while 24% have not been out for Labour in the past six months. 26% have never campaigned for the Labour Party, which might go some way to explaining the 20% who do not know how much work their local party is doing:

Ed Miliband made a big speech about devolution before the Easter recess, in which he made a pledge for £20 billion to be spent in the English regions. We asked you whether you felt this was enough. A mere 6% felt that this was too much money, while a majority of respondents, 52%, felt that it was about right. But 42% of you thought that Miliband should be going further:

Thanks to the 513 of you who took part in LabourList’s weekly survey.