Brown bounces to 6 points difference

It seems that one day we have a Brown bounce and the next we don't.

This morning's Populus poll in the Times suggests that we do.Labour is shown as a mere 6 points behind the Tories and shows Gordon Brown as

comfortably beating David Cameron as the leader seen as best able to handle the recession

More than half the public thinks that Mr Brown is the right leader to deal with the economy in recession, against a third for Mr Cameron. Mr Brown’s personal rating is also at its highest since July 2007, when he became Prime Minister. However, Mr Cameron is seen as better able to lead Britain forward after the next election

This is the smallest Tory lead since the March budget but the party will take comfort in the fact that the majority still want Cameron as the next PM.

Over at Political Betting Mike Smithson puts

part of the change is down to a hardening in the certainty to vote level of Labour supporters. This both gives them a boost and adds to the overall number of “voters” in the calculation thus diluting the Tory figure.