Poll gap closes between Labour and the Conservatives
Labour and the Conservatives are running virtually neck and neck in the lead up to this year’s General Election, according to a new poll.
The poll for the Daily Telegraph put Labour at 35 per cent, down three points since February, and the Tories on 34 per cent, up two points from last month. With just one per cent separating the two parties, the election battle is likely to hot up considerably in the countdown to the expected May vote.
The Liberal Democrats saw their rating climb by one per cent over the month to 22 per cent.
The YouGov poll discovered that 63 per cent of people thought the Government was “not honest”, with just 26 per cent saying it was honest.
However, of nearly 2,000 people quizzed, just 21 per cent said a Tory government would be honest and trustworthy, while 56 per cent said a Conservative administration would not be.
A separate poll earlier in the week found that the Conservatives were leading Labour by 2.2 per cent among people certain to vote in the probable May 5th election.
The survey also found that 32 per cent of people think Tony Blair makes the best prime minister, while 23 per cent said Michael Howard would make the best premier. Of those polled, 55 per cent disapprove of the Government’s record to date, compared to just 32 per cent who approve.
