The results in full and comparisons from the last poll
Conservative 45% (+1)
Labour 24% (-2)
Lib Dem 16% (-1)
Green 5% (+3)
Other 9% (-2)
I have to agree to a certain extent though with Bob Piper who questions the leading nature of the pollsters ComRes statements that were given to the panel.
These were the 4 questions
"Britain should never have become involved in Iraq" 66% agree, 26% disagree
"Britiah troops should be withdrawn from Iraq as soon as possible" 74% agree, 18% disagree
"The Labour Party will lose the next election regardless of who leads it" 68% agree, including 38% of Labour voters, 22% disagree
"A Conservative government would be more effective in tackling knife crime than the present administration" 44% agree, 41% disagree
I give no credence at all to an opinion poll which tells people their answer as part of the question. I was, and remain, an opponent of the war in Iraq, but to see this portrayed as if it were a valid question of people's opinion.... "Britain should never have become involved in Iraq"... and, what do we find, shock horror, two-thirds of respondents agreed with the answer they were given by the person who asked the question doesn't impress me. Then we get the entirely neutral statements... "The Labour Party will lose the next election regardless of who leads it" and "a Conservative government would be more effective against knife crime than the present administration". And blow me down with a feather, the majority of people agreed with all of those leading statements.
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