It must be quite satisfying for the David Miliband campaign that they can commission a
YouGov poll and get all the results they would have wanted. According to the Guardian, MiliD has a
signigicant lead when it comes to which candidate is the “most effective alternative to Cameron”. But it’s this finding that is the most significant:
The abiding lesson from the Blair memoirs is that Labour should remain a centrist party. And, for all his talk of moving on from the TB-GB era, it is David Miliband who is echoing this message more than anyone else.“The poll of 2,907 people, conducted between 25-27 August, also found that David Miliband enjoys a strong lead among voters who abandoned Labour – a key battle in the leadership campaign. He has a 25% lead over his brother among these voters on who would be the best alternative to Cameron, and a 27% lead as the candidate most likely to persuade people to vote Labour.”
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