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Northern Rock

Fieldwork: February 22nd 2008 - February 24th 2008

published by The Daily Politics

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Please say whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling handled the Northern Rock crisis as well as they could under the circumstances

	All voters	Men	Women	18-24	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64	65 +	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	39%	41%	37%	45%	39%	44%	37%	35%	37%	40%	37%	45%	36%
Disagree	50%	53%	46%	41%	49%	51%	52%	55%	48%	52%	49%	48%	50%
NET	-11%	-12%	-9%	4%	-10%	-7%	-15%	-20%	-11%	-12%	-12%	-3%	-14%

David Cameron and George Osborne would have handled the Northern Rock crisis better than the Government

	All voters	Men	Women	18-24	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64	65 +	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	28%	31%	26%	29%	23%	28%	28%	31%	31%	27%	28%	31%	28%
Disagree	52%	56%	47%	47%	58%	57%	51%	51%	45%	58%	48%	55%	46%
NET	-24%	-25%	-21%	-18%	-35%	-29%	-23%	-20%	-14%	-31%	-20%	-24%	-18%

Gordon Brown is indecisive and a 'ditherer'

	All voters	Men	Women	18-24	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64	65 +	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	51%	53%	49%	50%	50%	47%	51%	56%	52%	53%	48%	54%	51%
Disagree	38%	40%	36%	33%	39%	45%	37%	35%	35%	41%	38%	36%	35%
NET	13%	13%	13%	17%	11%	2%	14%	21%	17%	12%	10%	18%	16%

I trust David Cameron and George Osborne more than I trust Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling to take the best decisions on tax and the economy

	All voters	Men	Women	18-24	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64	65 +	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	39%	42%	37%	37%	30%	40%	41%	43%	44%	44%	33%	40%	41%
Disagree	46%	49%	44%	47%	52%	48%	47%	44%	43%	46%	48%	49%	43%
NET	-7%	-7%	-7%	-10%	-22%	-8%	-6%	-1%	1%	-2%	-15%	-9%	-2%

Populus interviewed a random sample of 1010 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 22nd February 2008 and 24th February 2008. Interviews were conducted across England and the results have been weighted to be representative of all English adults. Populus is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. For a full description of the methods we use, please click here.

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