Comments on: Tories 3 points ahead in latest ICM poll

By: bob

bob — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:15:28 +0000

The timing of this pole was interesting.

It was before the nationalisation of Northern Rock was announced.

It was also before Cameron said that trips to Auschwitz were a gimmick.

Considering that these have been the only two interesting political events since Christmas, I can’t wait to see what the next poll (from whoever) says.

By: JohnH

JohnH — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:21:08 +0000

Sounds very credible to me, too – trending gradually downwards over the last few months from a short-lived peak of 13% to something more like the expected lead by the opposition at a difficult time for the government in mid-term.

Yes, Portillo etc. made the prediction that this is not good enough for an outright win by the conservatives at the next election.

Even if there are very difficult times ahead for Labour in the next year, this remains a marathon – and, despite the hopes of many who comment here, the outcome two years hence is wide open.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:11:08 +0000

a 6 point Tory lead sounds very credible at the moment

By: Mark Senior

Mark Senior — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:45 +0000

New Yougov poll for Economist post NR has Conservative lead down to 6% Con 40 Lab 34 LibDem 16 .

By: john t t

john t t — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:16:24 +0000

Lukw – the Tories haven’t benefitted hugely and they should have done. Portillo made a good point last night – they had the combined experience of Clarke, Lawson, Lamont and Howe at their disposal – did they ask them for a clear idea of what the opposition policy should be? Why not?