Peter Hoskin

Post-conference poll boost for the Tories

The latest Guardian / ICM poll records the slightest of post-conference poll boosts for the Tories.  They’re on 42 percent (up 1 on a poll conducted last week); Labour are on 30 percent (down 2); and the Lib Dems are on 17 percent (down 1).  Given that the financial turmoil threatened to make the Birmingham gathering a non-event, I imagine Team Cameron will be happy with this modest upwards shift – although they’ll rightly be waiting for a fuller picture to emerge, as more opinion polls are released throughout October.

P.S. Brown’s called a press conference for 1615 today.  We’ll be live-blogging it on Coffee House – stay tuned.

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