Prime Minister Gordon Brown keeps stumbling along as his popularity plummets. An internet survey of almost 35,000 voters over 238 marginal seats, taken over the past three months, projects a landslide victory for the Tories in the next election. Elsewhere a YouGov survey of 1,200 Labour members for the Sunday Times suggests 53% think Brown “indecisive and dithering”, while only 34% think he has “an exciting vision for the future.” 60% of those polled believe Labour cannot win the next election with the current P.M. in charge.
If you want to know what Labours’ realistic chances of winning the next election are, you could do worse than look at how the bookies see it. Ladbrokes presently have the odds as 1/4 Conservatives, 11/4 Labour and 100/1 Lib Dems. Yes that’s right; a Tory victory is virtually a caste iron certainty!!!!
How long can Brown survive against this seemingly hopeless backdrop? Well a big test is looming large in the forthcoming Glenrothes by-election, which is expected to take place in early November once the P.M. calls it. If Labour’s 10,664 majority evaporates and the SNP come out victorious, then Browns’ position would be virtually untenable. Things aren’t looking good, Labour’s own canvassing is predicting an SNP majority as high as 5,000. Brown and Labour need a small miracle to snatch this one out of the fire. Get the fork ready………….
