In the poll, undertaken over the weekend, the Tories have risen two points since a month ago to 39 per cent and Labour has slipped one point to 33 per cent. The Liberal Democrats are down two points at 17 per cent. These are within one point of the average ratings this year. The poll also finds that 31 per cent of voters now regard Mr Brown as worse than Tony Blairadding that
More than two thirds of voters (70 per cent) say that Britain is heading in the wrong direction
Coming on the back of the weekend's 10p tax rebellions,this is not good news for the government
However as political betting points out
This has not quite lived up to it billing and while a six point margin should put the Tories ahead on seats it is nowhere near what is required for a majority government.
Polling report says
Looking beneath the headline voting intention figures, there is little else to comfort the government. Labour are now seen as less competent than the Conservative party (last September during the Brown boost 56% thought Labour were competent, now 37% do), 67% think Brown is all talk and no action. Only 5% think Brown has done better than they expected as PM, with 36% thinking he has done worse, a pathetic 3% think Brown has made a real difference to Britain - 62% think he has made no difference at all. 70% think the country is headed in the wrong direction and it goes on… Labour will be happy that this poll shows a comparatively small lead, one that would leave the Tories long short of a majority, but the rest of the figures remain dire.
And Iain Dale says
A six point lead is lower than the last five or six polls from other companies. But overall the poll looks pretty bleak for Gordon Brown.
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