The results from a couple of tomorrow’s opinion polls have hit the good ol’ information superhighway, and they’ll make pretty disappointing reading for Brown & Co. The first – a ComRes poll for the Independent – puts the Tories on 40 percent (down 1); Labour on 31 percent (up 2); and the Lib Dems on 16 percent (down 2). Whilst an ICM poll for the News of the World suggests that any Brown bounce is of the “dead cat” variety.
Sure, Labour have made some gains – particularly on the economic competence front – but the fact is that after the Our Saviour Brown narrative of the past couple of weeks, they might have hoped for so, so much more. We’ll get a more complete picture as other polls come out throughout the week, but the early signs are that any Labour gains will be modest – and susceptible to being wiped out should the economy continue to slide.
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