A bad week for Ukip in the polls — and a good one for Labour

Ukip’s spate of bad publicity appears to be hitting it in the polls. The racism row over the Meet the Ukippers documentary comes as the party has dropped several points in two new polls. According to Lord Ashcroft’s latest national survey, the party is now on 11 per cent, while Labour is up five points to 36 per cent. This puts them four points ahead of the Conservatives, who are on 32 per cent. Another poll from ComRes/Daily Mail has Ukip down four points to 13 per cent, the Conservatives up three points to 34 per cent and Labour up two points to 32 per cent. YouGov has also reported that most voters believe Ukip isn’t a substantial political force and will fade away within a decade. All told, it hasn’t been a good week for the party and they will be looking to regain momentum at the spring conference this weekend. As the graph below shows, Ukip’s vote share has fluctuated over the last month: [datawrapper chart=”http://static.