Today's poll in the Times only confirms that which the rest of us can see - that NuLabour is dying.
Support for Labour has dropped since early April by six points to 30 per cent, equal to the lowest in any poll since 1992. By contrast, the Tories are up four points at 38 per cent, opening up the widest gap between the parties in 14 years. The Liberal Democrats are down one point at 20 per cent. Morever, support for Mr Blair to remain Prime Minister beyond the end of this year has fallen from 42 per cent to 31 per cent in a month, with half the public wanting him to step down by December. More than half think that the “Government’s biggest problem is now Tony Blair himself”.
And yet Blair still thinks he is the greatest asset his Party has. I think he may be right, in an odd way. Whether one liked him or not (And I don't) he is presentable, he can talk cogently, AND he is a great waffler. He is media savvy and he has the ability to present Labour as "moderate" instead of the destructive nightmare they actually are.
Whenever I then see dour Gordon Brown, he who would be King, I can imagine Labour's support in the English heartlands slumping further as this laughing boy son of the Scottish Raj goes down like a lead balloon. When I see the incompetents who play at being Ministers (Did you HEAR Ruth Kelly on the radio this morning - just plain hopeless!) I see a great opportunity to rid the UK of this leftist cabal that are destroying the country. Let's hope the polls are correct! Now - if only we had a right of centre opposition.
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