So this morning Ipsos-Mori did a pre-election briefing on what PPCs from different parties think. This image – tweeted by Paul Blanchard – has got a lot of interest:
Guido has written this up as “Not a single Labour PPC thinks the deficit is important”. But lets note two things, as Ben Bradshaw has pointed out:
@benatipsosmori @paulwrblanchard from memory were asked for top 3 – so many would have selected "economy" to include deficit. Important.
— Ben Bradshaw (@BenPBradshaw) April 10, 2015
So it was a small sample size, candidates were only able to choose three issues, and the majority of Labour candidates chose “the economy” which includes the deficit.
But lets look at that same graph for what Tory PPCs think – because it’d be just as easy to say:
Tory PPCs don’t think impact of cuts, housing or inequality are important
Because not a single Tory PPC who was polled by Ipsos-Mori picked any of them.
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