Monday, 17th March 2008

Tories up 13 in new ICM poll

James Forsyth 8:48pm

The Guardian has just posted the headlines figures from its new poll which shows the Tories with a 42-29 lead over Labour. The poll also finds that David Cameron and George Osborne have an eight point lead on the question of who do you most trust with the economy.

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mike

March 17th, 2008 11:35pm Report this comment

The trouble with these polls that so excite you is that they are based on only a thousand people. What we need is a poll that is based on millions of people. Lets call it a General Election, now if you should win that one you will be entitled to get excited.

salieri

March 18th, 2008 8:37am Report this comment

Absolutely right, mike. Small-scale polls are not very significant. We do need a General Election. Please make this excellent suggestion at once to your employers.

David Lindsay

March 18th, 2008 4:46pm Report this comment

How long before the alleged Tory opinion poll lead is tested at a by-election? When it comes to votes for the House of Commons, Cameron's record is of turning super-safe seats into knife-edge marginals and respectable second places into distant thirds, on one notable occasion barely ahead of the BNP. And in any case, who cares who wins the next General Election? In 1997, although there was no economic difference between Labour and the Tories, there were (at least in theory) considerable social and (without any doubt) vast constitutional differences. In 2010, there will be absolutely no difference at all. So who cares who wins?

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