Results from Politics Home’s tracker poll of 5,000 voters suggest that David Davis still has a long way to go in his campaign to shift public opinion on 42 days. Politics Home reports that:
What I was more surprised by was that Davis’s personal ratings have not improved. I would have thought that his new-found outsider status would have made him significantly more popular with the public at large.“the number of people who oppose 42-day detention has remained largely unchanged. If anything, it has dropped since his resignation. PoliticsHome has twice asked the PHI 5000: “do you support or oppose extending the period that terrorist suspects can be held without charge from 28 days to 42?” On the 20th June, 65% supported the extension and 31% opposed. On the 7th July, 66% supported 42 days and 30% opposed it.”
Davis must be anxiously hoping for a decent turn-out tomorrow. If it is embarrassingly low, he could find himself turned into a figure of fun.
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