For goodness' sake don't mention Europe: it doesn't fit our new image
By Wiliam Rees-Mogg (THE TIMES, 10/04/06):
I USUALLY JUDGE the movement of opinion polls by the zones in which the various parties are placed, not by movements of single points, which can be almost random or depend on minor differences of methodology.
For 13 years before David Cameron’s election as leader, the Conservatives were usually stuck in the zone from 30 to 34; at the last general election, they won 32.3 per cent of the United Kingdom vote. Since Mr Cameron became leader, most polls have shown the Conservatives in the zone from 35 to 39 per cent. A BPIX poll in The Mail on Sunday now puts the Conservatives on 37 per cent, Labour on 36 and the Liberal Democrats on 17.… Seguir leyendo »