A cut lead for Boris
Peter Hoskin 1:13pm
As Centre Right reveal, today’s Evening Standard records a cut poll lead for Boris. Their latest YouGov poll has Our Man on 45 percent (down 4 on the last poll); Livingstone on 39 percent (up 3); and Paddick on 12 percent (up 2). Things look rosier when second preferences are allocated – Boris lands 54 percent of the vote, compared to Livingstone’s 46 percent.
The slimmer advantage is testament not only to Livingstone’s resilience, but also to a week in which Boris has seemed oddly deflated. His performance in last week’s Newsnight debate was less-than-stellar, and A.A. Gill’s article in the Sunday Times described the Tory candidate as unusually “glum and uninspiring”. The moral is clear: Team Boris needs to get the old electricity back, lest the slide becomes a plummet.
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THX1138
April 14th, 2008 4:54pm Report this commentI have been holiday so only have just watched the Newsnight debate.
Wow Boris was embarrassingly bad looks like the wheels are coming off. A bit of pressure and he goes to pieces.
I bet Dave is breathing a sigh of relief.
Paul B
April 14th, 2008 6:26pm Report this commentC`mon Boris- metaphorically you and are on the long run in to the finishing post at Aintree. You have to dig deep and find some ast reserves. For all our sakes, you have to beat the festering sore who is currently major or our greatest city, which is so important to the country at large. But don`do it for us, do it for yourself, drag yourself up-I know it must be tiring- look in the mirror, stiffen your lip and your sinews and become Livingstone's nemesis-that will be your crowning moment. C`mon me old mukka, we are all routing for you-you can do it.
Lee Jakeman
April 14th, 2008 10:14pm Report this commentWhy do keep ignoring Matt O'Connor of the English Democrats? In most polls, he's consistently been in third place, beating Paddick into fourth.
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