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Cruachan
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LABOUR NECK AND NECK WITH.....UKIPYes, it's just one poll and yes, it's been an extraordinary week, but something pretty seismic could be about to happen.
My sense is that SNP have largely escaped the expenses row, but they are, in Scotland, a "mainstream party". I really fear parties like BNP getting an electoral foothold in England next month, but the recent polls for Euro elections in Scotland suggest a good night for SNP on 4th June, but it will be a long night for Brown (and perhaps Cameron).
PRESS ASSOCIATION 16/5/09
Poll puts Labour equal with Ukip
Labour slumped to be neck and neck with the UK Independence Party in a poll as voters looked set to punish mainstream parties over the expenses scandal at the ballot box next month.
The BPIX poll put Labour's expected vote share in the June 4 European elections at 17% - six points down in just a week - further raising fears of a disastrous night for Gordon Brown.
David Cameron's Tories took the same hit, dropping to 30%, while Ukip surged seven, suggesting smaller parties could benefit from a massive anti-sleaze boost.
There was no better news for the Prime Minister when it came to wider party support as his party crashed to another historic low of 20% - 22 points behind the Tories and on course for a general election landslide defeat.
That may be partly explained by voters dissatisfaction with the way the PM has handled the crisis - 17% backing his response compared with 53% supporting Mr Cameron's rapid reaction.
More than a third of voters (38%) now believe he should call a snap election
And 60% want allowance and expense limits slashed from £190,000 a year to less than £50,000.
BPIX interviewed 2,318 people between May 14 - 16
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Stevie
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| Quote: | | I await with tepid curiosity the opinion polls to come... will dummy actually gain less than the Libs, I think not, surely the Labour Party has bottomed out at 23%. Then again, I didn't think their vote would be able to physically drop to 23% even as a temporary blip. |
Seems I was wrong...
There's no underestimating dumble.
It's remarkable that the Tories are probably the biggest snouts in the trough mob and yet Dumble's silence allowed D Cam to drop the blame squarely on Labour's lap.
grunt grunt wink wink say no more.
Nobody's thinking about Dumble's hundreds of £billions at the moment. I suspect Dumble's days are numbered, he's on a high bridge looking down at the water as one writes.
He got Tony's job and see what he did with it... I suppose the good news for Labour is they can only go up?
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