James may have linked to it earlier, but this ICM poll in today’s Guardian deserves its own post. It puts the Tories on 45 points (up 4 from last month); Labour on 25 points (down 2); and the Lib Dems on 20 points (down 2). That’s another record lead for the Tories. Another record low for Labour. And, as the Guardian points out, that 5 point divide between Labour and the Lib Dems is “the narrowest gap on record”.
The numbers also give Brown a personal battering. On average, his performance as Prime Minister received a mark of 3.94 out of 10. But some 23 percent of respondents gave him only 1 out of 10.
What this and other recent polls are reinforcing is the idea that Brown can do absolutely no good in the eyes of voters. As I’ve written before, his victory in the 42-day detention vote and the resignation of David Davis could have given him a platform from which to rebuild his party’s fortunes.
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