Tuesday 29 September 2009

Labour third ... and out

The latest Ipsos Mori opinion poll shows a 7% cut in Tory support, a 2% cut in Labour support and a huge 8% increase in Liberal Democrat support. Detail is:

Conservatives - 36% (-7)

Lib Dems - 25% (+8)

Labour - 24% (-2)

This compares with last month's results which had the Tories 43%, Labour 26% and the Liberal Democrats 17%.

It is the first time Labour have been in third place since February 1982, when they were on 33% compared to 34% for the Liberal-SDP Alliance.

A great bounce for the LibDems, but perhaps more significantly, a measure of the disaster that is Labour in 2009.