The Telegraph have just posted the results of their latest YouGov poll. It has the Tories a hefty 22 points ahead of Labour. And Brown’s personal ratings are disastrous. Only 15 percent of voters think he’s up the job; 65 percent believe he’s an electoral liability; and 45 percent say that Labour’s chances would improve were Brown replaced. The list goes on.
All good news for David Miliband, surely? No, not really. The poll finds that Labour would do no better were Miliband in charge – in fact, the Tory lead would go up to 23 points. And other potential leaders would fare little better. Jack Straw would reduce the gap to 21 points, whilst Ed Balls would open it up to a massive 33 points (and put Labour in third, behind the Lib Dems, in the process). Only one Anthony Blair would do anything like damage to the Tories’ advantage, reducing it to 9 points. Even so, it means Cameron would beat all-comers.
It’s the kind of poll result that will give Labour MPs the cold sweats. On
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