The latest ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph has the Tories on 42, Labour 26 and the Lib Dems 21. Labour’s ranking is the lowest it has ever been in an ICM survey.
What is really interesting about the poll is its findings on terrorism. 65 percent of the public back the government on 42 days, even two-thirds of Conservative supporters are in favour of the measure. Yet, still the public by 32 to 28 think that the Tories have the tougher policies to deal with terrorism. This suggests that the public, rightly, do not view 42 days as the be all and end all of counter-terrorism.
The fieldwork for the poll was done on Wednesday and Thursday. This means we will have to wait for another poll to see if the sleaze revelations about several Tory MEPs and the issue of Caroline Spelman and the nanny have inflicted real political damage on the Tories.
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