YouGov (the now trusted pollster following the accurate Mayoral Election predictions) has the following figures post-mayoral election:
CON: 49
LAB: 23
LD : 17
This is the lowest Labour figure since records began, yet Gordon Brown is still at the helm?
Well apparently it would be even worse with anyone else in charge - including Milliband, Smith and of course Ed Balls.
I suppose that's the only consolation for Gordon Brown, certainly not for the Labour Party though.
Will it get any lower? With the credit crunch not getting any better and the Crewe and Nantwich by-election seemingly going to be lost, it seems that Gordon's not at rock bottom just yet.
Is it possible to recover from this in time for the next General Election? I point to 'no' and a very, very, very small part of me thinks that's better. Is it democratic to have a parliament where the leading party has more than double the seats of the shadow. Of course, being a Tory this sounds great and it is democratic as people have chosen and voted. But is it fair?
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As I think was pointed out in Iain Dale's blog, the lower figures for other potential leaders is because people don't really know who they are or what they stand for. A similar thing happened when David Cameron put his name forward.
I see Josef Fritzl is pictured next to Gordon Brown. What was his figure as potential leader ? :-)
He's a bit too pro-nanny state
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