Confidence in Brown falls
Peter Hoskin 8:16pm
This is not the story that we're expecting to break tonight, but it's worth noting anyway. The Times have just released a Populus poll which shows that confidence in Gordon Brown's ability combat the recession has dropped in the aftermath of the PBR. In answer to the question of who is the best leader to "deal with Britain's economy in recession", 42 percent of respondents said Brown (down 10 percentage points from a poll in early November), while 36 percent said Cameron (up 4). While the Tories shouldn't exactly be ecstatic with a poll showing a Brown lead on the economy, this latest does suggest that the PBR may have shifted the impetus away from the PM.
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mitch
November 27th, 2008 8:48pm Report this commentthat dead cat was only bounce so far.
I think everyone can see the PBR for what it was....a pathetic fudge like all of browns budgets all gong and no dinner.
Oscar
November 27th, 2008 9:07pm Report this commentActually it is THE story. The Damian Green one is hardly thrilling. Altho' it does have a certain Stalinist menace to it that will probably get the public even more on the side of the Conservatives. There's already growing alarm about the descent into an authoritarian police state.
richard bond
November 27th, 2008 10:29pm Report this commentWe are all converts praying for a miracle as our preacher BROWN stands high above us with his chanting and lamenting. We kneel in awe at his power to rebuild our nation state after the American hurricane blew away our banks in quick succession. We need to know if he can walk on air because pretty soon that will be all thats left under the national debt of one trillion Pounds of Sterling.
TrevorsDen
November 27th, 2008 11:14pm Report this commentHas any govt policy been as comprehensively eviscerated on Question Time to the degree that the 2.5% VAT cut has just been?
Nicholas
November 28th, 2008 12:48am Report this comment"Has any govt policy been as comprehensively eviscerated on Question Time to the degree that the 2.5% VAT cut has just been?"
Well, Alexander's pathetic attempt to defend Harperson & Smith's extreme feminist tokenism received almost equal derision. His yawn-inducing repetition of those much-trumpeted New Labour clichés "sending a message", "unacceptable" and "men need to think twice, criminal record, two years in prison" blah blah was met with howls of scorn from the audience.
Harperson came out with this nonsense a year ago and has somehow managed to push it through as a personal agenda, aided and abetted by Smith. The QT audience made it very clear what they thought of it.
Paul B
November 28th, 2008 9:31am Report this commentAlexander, to give him his due, knew when he was beaten, and gave up trying to defend the (PBR) policy. He just went quiet. I would go further, his unspoken demeanor suggested to me, that he actually agreed with the criticism of the cut in Vat.
The PBR has truly brought home to the public just what a mess Brown has made of the economy. I`m just an ordinary Ford Mondeo man, with a mortgage, 3 children one of whom has a lifelong disability. I'm employed and my wife is self employed with a small company, which I help out with. I live on the North Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border in central England. I am middle England personified. Let me tell you that no one, and I mean no one, in my circle of friends, has a kind word to say about Brown, whereas with Blair they were prepared to give him a chance/benefit of the doubt. Its all down hill for Brown now, he is despised and not just on this blog. This resentment will grow in equal proportion to the number people being made redundant(x their dependents) The man is toast.
PS. Incidentally, DC amongst parents with children with disabilities, is listened to with respect and given a fair hearing. We know he is one of us and that he understands our problems. He is not viewed as a Tory toff. This view, in time will seep into the wider community-its already doing so imo.He may not always be as policy pure as many on here (myself included) would wish. However, it has to be remembered he has an election to win, and unless he appeals to the public at large,then he would just go the same way as Michael Foot. Respected by the policy hardliners, but derided by the rest of the community. DC is to astute for that
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