Labour may be level with the Conservatives in the polls but it is still not trusted by the public. Lord Ashcroft’s latest national poll has the two main parties on 31 per cent of the vote — both down one point from last week. 59 per cent say they have already made up their minds about they’ll vote on 7 May.
There aren’t many positive views in this poll about the Labour Party. Although roughly half think the policies of the last few years have failed, a majority don’t think Labour has the answers. According to Ashcroft’s poll, 58 per cent think Labour has ‘not yet learned the right lessons from what went wrong during their time in government, and cannot yet be trusted to run the country again.’ Just over a quarter think Labour has learned the right lessons and 17 per cent think there are no lessons for the party to learn.
As for those who’ve already decided against voting Labour, there are plenty of explanations in this poll. The top reason is that voters fear Labour might spend and borrow more than the country can afford, closely followed by the perception they haven’t made clear what it would do to improve things. 60 per cent also said they won’t be voting Labour because Miliband would make a bad Prime Minister:
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According to the poll, a larger portion of Conservative voters think Britain is on the right track (84 per cent) compared to Labour voters who think a new approach is needed (70 per cent). Out of the swing voters Ashcroft has polled, equal numbers feel the country is on the right path vs. those who want a change. With 94 days to go, it’s clear Labour still has to show it has the answers about the future of the country.
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