Closer than we thought?
Peter Hoskin 8:58am
Another poll lead for Boris this morning, but it's significantly shorter than those 10 and 12 point advantages he's enjoyed recently. This Guardian / ICM poll – which they're hawking as “the only one to be carried out by a national newspaper using established techniques” – has Boris as the first choice of 42 percent of voters, compared to 41 percent for Ken. When second preferences are allocated, Boris's lead increases slightly – 51 percent to 49 percent. He's winning the battle for the hearts (and votes) of Paddickites.
Whilst any lead for the Spectator's man is encouraging, this latest shows there's still a lot of work to be done before Ken and his “personal fiefdom” can be ousted.
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Mike
April 3rd, 2008 10:33am Report this commentThere's clearly a methodology difference between the polls. One is wrong. One of the pollsters is going to be very embarrassed.
Joanne Williams
April 3rd, 2008 4:09pm Report this commentYou are absolutley right Boris has a lot of hard work to do. Ken is not going to go down without a fight and a nasty one at that whether Boris can be just as ruthless and effective and play Livingstone at his own game remains to be seen and will probably decide this contest.
muriel noble
April 3rd, 2008 4:40pm Report this commentBritain is finished. Proof just look at the mess.
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