Tories Ahead of Labour by 13%

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 45% (+4)
LAB: 32% (-4)
GRN: 7% (-)
LDEM: 6% (+1)
REFUK: 3% (-)

via @YouGov, 03 - 04 Mar
Chgs. w/ 26 Feb

— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 4, 2021

 

This lead will undoubtedly be diminished after that cackhanded handling of the communication of the proposed 1% rise for NHS staff.

Poll

YouGov National Poll CON 49% LAB 29% LDEM 10%...

— Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) January 28, 2020

The Only Poll That Counts is The General Election

Polling

Bloody Hell!

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 42% (+17)
LAB: 28% (-6)
LDEM: 15% (-)
BREX: 5% (-5)
GRN: 3% (-)
TIG/CHUK: 1% (-)
UKIP: 0% (-4)

via @KantarTNS, 15 - 19 Aug
Chgs. w/ 13 May

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) August 21, 2019

The Boris Effect Boosts Tories

BREAKING: Labour down to 18%, record low in poll

CON 24%(+2)
BREX 23%(+1)
LDEM 20%(+1)
LAB 18%(-2)
GRN 9%(-1)

📉Lowest ever rating with @YouGov back to 2002

📉Only time as low as 18% was IpsosMORI in May’09

📉57% of Lab ‘17 voters back other partieshttps://t.co/DdJkLH2g8b pic.twitter.com/WJrZaHwXXv

— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) July 3, 2019

The Worst Government In Living Memory Outpolls The Worst Opposition In Living Memory

OpiniumResearch National Poll. CON 41% LAB 34% LDEM 8% UKIP 7% GRNS 4%...

— Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) February 3, 2019

We truly up shit's creek without a paddle!

There Are More Things In Heaven and Earth...

YouGov: has CON lead up to 4

CON 40 (+2)
LAB 36 (-1)
LD 10 (=)
Changes vs 6th-7th Dec

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 16, 2018

In reality if the poll had given "none of the above" as an additional option, that would have won hands down!

Tories Increase Lead Over Labour

TMay's Tories move to 6% lead with YouGov
CON 42%
LAB 36%
LD 11%

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 27, 2018

It shows how bad the state of things are in the UK, when the worst government in living memory (and I do remember a few!) manages to increase its lead over the opposition.

That being said, Labour should not be too downhearted, if the Tories go into the next election with May as leader she will undoubtedly erase the lead PDQ!

Who Would Have Thought It?

Happy Mayversary - believe it or not the Tory lead over Labour is better now than when she became leader a year ago. pic.twitter.com/SwozsSJi2O

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) July 13, 2017

Defeat From The Jaws of Victory?

POLL: UK election

Conservatives: 40%
Labour: 39%
Lib Dem: 8%
UKIP: 5%
SNP: 4%

(Survation/Mail on Sunday)

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 5, 2017

Those Whom The Gods Wish To Destroy, They First Poll

My advice to both Labour and Tory candidates alike is to ignore the polls, they have proven to be worse than worthless over the past few years.

To place your faith in them, especially given their volatility, will drive you insane.

Corbyn Supporters Hell-bent On Destroying Labour

Most interesting result of Yougov poll? 71% of Corbyn backers don’t mind if our policies prevent Labour winning pic.twitter.com/kIQfwPk20w

— Hopi Sen (@hopisen) November 24, 2015

Ed Miliband Cut Off His Balls

 

Gut them, gut them all!

Poor Mr Ed

Poor old Ed, 63% of people simply do not like him.

If only there was another Miliband who was more popular and charismatic...oh, hang on a minute....

Cameron Frets Over Legacy

It seems that David Cameron's days in office are numbered. That at least is the conclusion one must draw if the report in the Telegraph about Cameron fretting over his legacy is anything to go by:

"Cameron has started to wonder where his Government is going, and has been asking aides what his legacy will be."

As I noted the other day, the government is in office but it is most certainly not in power. The Telegraph agrees:

"Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne do not regard themselves as being in power, but instead believe they are trapped – by the opinion polls, by the Liberal Democrats, by the Civil Service, by the bond markets, or by all four."

Where to now for Cameron and Osborne?

Wherever the opinion polls lead and the LIEBOR scandal leads!