A new poll published by the Times tomorrow will show the Lib Dems up three points to 19% at the expense of the Tories, following Nick Clegg’s succession to the leadership. The Conservatives are down three points to 37%, with Labour remaining almost unchanged on 33% (up one point), however to read the headline "Fresh poll blow for Gordon Brown as David Cameron cements lead", Times readers would be forgiven for missing these crucial figures.
The paper has instead chosen to focus on another indicator of public opinion – who is seen as being the better Prime Minister (Cameron leads 44 to 40), relegating the headline poll to the sixth paragraph!
In other news, Tory blogger Caroline Hunt has posted her last. I’ll be sorry to see her go, as I’ve enjoyed her contributions to the political debate (even where I’ve disagreed with her), as well as her love of video games.
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1 Jo Anglezarke // Jan 8, 2008 at 7:44 am
The Ming effect has already disappeared…politics is so fast!
2 Richard Holloway // Jan 8, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Clegg’s numbers are after he’s done very little but be elected. Unless he can carve out a niche of his own 19% is pretty much tops for the Lib Dems.
I think Cameron’s plans for people on benefits will be hitting a cord with voters. The next poll will be very interesting.
3 Gavin Whenman // Jan 8, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Surely the Clegg numbers (coming after he hasn’t really done anything for them after all) show that there is an opportunity for the Lib Dems to keep climbing upwards once we REALLY push our message out? Especially in light of the fact that we scored higher at the general election (22%) than the current opinion polls are showing.
“I think Cameron’s plans for people on benefits will be hitting a cord with voters”
Or they could be seen as heartless (but we’ll see how they play out).
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