Plenty to ponder in the latest YouGov poll for the Evening Standard. Its headline finding puts the Tories 12 points ahead in London; with Cameron & Co. on 45 percent, Labour on 33 percent and the Lib Dems on 16 percent. Sure, that’s less of an advantage than the Tories enjoy nationally, but it would still see them winning the capital – with 40 of the 74 contested seats – for the “first time in a generation”. The Standard reckons that ministers such as Tony McNulty, Ann Keen and Sadiq Khan would be among the Labour casualties.
And then there are some eyecatching numbers surrounding the Mayoralty. The rise and rise of Boris continues, with him increasing his lead over Ken Livingstone since the pair ran against each other in last year’s election. Then, the first preference votes were stacked 43-37 in Boris’s favour.
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