He’s the main beneficiary of the failure of the boundary reforms, and he’s also leading the most popular party, according to the latest poll from YouGov. Things are looking rosy for Labour leader Ed Miliband, with his party holding a 10-point lead over the Conservatives.
Labour is also the party of choice on the NHS, education, taxation and unemployment. Of course, it’s not exactly unprecedented for an opposition party to be ahead in the polls at this stage in a parliament, and it’s worth looking at Miliband’s own position too when assessing whether he can lead his party to glory in 2015. When it comes to net satisfaction with his performance as leader, he continues to poll above Cameron:
But it’s worth remembering that the Labour leader is still five points behind Cameron on who would make the best Prime Minister.
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