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PoliticsHome Polls
Public opinion today
Tuesday 13th July 2010 | 09:30
Did Michael Gove do his homework?
Public responses to the controversy over mistakes made in the cancellation of school building projects are divided along partisan lines, new PoliticsHome research reveals.
The public are divided in their response to the continuing political debate over Michael Gove's cancellation of the building schools for the future project, according to new PoliticsHome research.
41% believe that the mistakes made in lists of school building projects to be cancelled are symptomatic of a wider lack of care about where cuts fall. But a comparable proportion (46%) believe they are a regrettable diversion from an otherwise careful attempt to reduce the deficit.
Labour supporters tended to take the former view, and Conservative supporters the latter. Lib Dem supporters and the politically non aligned were evenly divided.
Is Gove responsible?
Only 21% of people think that Michael Gove is fundamentally responsible for the errors, while 52% think it was the fault of procedures which he did not check carefully enough.
What now?
The opposition are continuing to heap political pressure on Gove, but a narrow majority 52% of voters think that this should be the end of the matter. A substantial minority, however (40%) think that Gove has further questions to face over his role in government.
Responses to these questions also tended to be split along partisan lines.
PoliticsHome interviewed 1,000 adults from 9-12 July 2010. Results are weighted by age, gender and political party identification to represent the population of Great Britain.
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Politics Home failed to ask the only real question raised by this furore--was this controversy started by quangocrats who are fighting desperately to preserve their priveleged access to pubic funds?