Comments on: No post-budget bounce for Labour

By: Tony Blair - News - 2nd Feb to 29th March 2007 « Keep Tony Blair For PM

Tony Blair - News - 2nd Feb to 29th March 2007 « Keep Tony Blair For PM — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:18:37 +0000

By: Test « XYZ Consulting

Test « XYZ Consulting — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:48:32 +0000

[...] Opinion polls after Wednesday’s budget have produced some intriguing figures. According to the UK Polling Report website Tony Blair is preferred to Gordon Brown as PM!! WHAT? You mean there’s more than just one of me out there? [Quote from the site]: Looking at direct comparisons with Tony Blair, 30% think Brown is doing a better job as Chancellor than Blair is as PM, 24% think the opposite. Compare this to two years ago, when 52% thought Brown was doing the better job. 35% of people would now prefer to have Tony Blair as Prime Minister, with 30% preferring Brown. This isn’t just Labour’s opponents playing silly buggers – Blair is now preferred across the board, amongst Labour supporters 52% would prefer to see Blair as Prime Minister. [...]

By: Brian Swift

Brian Swift — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:44:10 +0000

Since when has a budget changed the fortunes of any governing party? I don’t recall a time when the Tories in government were lagging Labour in the polls only to suddenly find themselves ahead the week after a budget? Checking the poll archives I failed to find a single example of a real and sustained poll shift post budget for the government.

As for the ‘Brown for PM’ poll figures this is another indication of the position of the current government.I doubt the figures would improve much for any Labour leadership contender. If the government recovers in the polls so will the ratings for the Labour leader.

By: Simon George

Simon George — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:07:26 +0000

Peter

I rest my case

By: Nick Keene

Nick Keene — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:12:24 +0000

Peter,
I agree that the quality of discussion here has declined somewhat recently . Possibly it is because some but only some of the Tory contributors are just releasing their long pent up frustration. For the last ten years the Tory party has been lanquishing in the political wilderness-not something one of Europe’s oldest and most successful poliitical parties can have found easy to live with. Once the novelty of being in a strong position in the polls wears off then I think that these Tories will settle down again and contribute to the debate in an constructive manner. I certainly hope so.