Thursday, May 29, 2008

Jonah Brown hits New Low

I don't often post on Polls but this one makes for some interesting reading if you are not a Labour supporter (and there are now fewer of them than ever).

In just one short year our "Jonah" has taken a Labour party to it's lowest level of support since polling began. A superb achievement that merits some sort of reward, can I perhaps suggest early retirement and disappearing back to Fife to reflect on his legacy to us.

Perhaps the most interesting bits of the Poll are as follows:

  • 75% of people survey were dissatisfied with Gordon Brown as prime Minister
  • 60% of those polled thought that even replacing "Jonah" wouldn't help Labour. 32% thought it might. Jonah has contaminated Labour to the voters.
  • With a forced choice over Conservatives and Cameron and Labour under Brown the Tories lead by 54% to 29%.
  • The Lib Dems are stuck in nowhere land with 18%. They really should be challenging Labour by now.
  • Brown’s personal popularity on a par with Major’s low.
  • Labour’s lowest score under Foot was only 23.5
In a further article in the Telegraph, Anthony King, professor of government at the University of Essex, makes the point that there is now no way back for Gordon Brown. He says
Most of the electorate has now fallen so far out of love with Gordon Brown and New Labour that a divorce between the two seems all but certain to be finalised at the next general election.The findings of YouGov's latest survey for The Daily Telegraph suggest the break-up could be an angry no-holds-barred affair. The chances of a reconciliation look slim.
All in all a very satisfying poll for the Tories. As Nick Palmer Labour MP so elequently put it on Political Betting:
Brrrr!
Need I say more.

Labour: Gordon Brown support slumps to its lowest since polling began - Telegraph

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