It seems that Gordon Brown “is becoming a growing electoral liability to the Labor Party.” He is, in the polls, falling further and further behind David Cameron.
The poll points to Labour’s worst local election performance in two decades, with the party poised to lose hundreds of seats in England and Wales. Labour is also facing a catastrophic loss of power to the nationalists in Scotland, opening up the prospect of a referendum on the end of the Union within four years.
The Tory leader has surged into a 10-point lead after voters were asked if they would prefer a Cameron-led Conservative government to a Brown administration.
The rapidly growing gap has triggered the first signs of panic within the Labour Party leadership that the local elections will give a powerful boost to Mr Cameron’s aim to be regarded as a potential prime minister.
The results: When asked “whether voters would prefer a Cameron or Brown government,” 45% said they favored Cameron, 35% said they favored a Brown government. Keep in mind that “18 months ago a majority of voters indicated the opposite.”
Besides that, a narrow majority now also said that they believe that the Tories are better best suited to run the economy, Labor, on the other hand, is believed to be best able to ruin it.
The Brits would be wise to vote the Tories into office. Britain has some real challenges, that have to be dealt with. Labor is, quite simply, not able, or not willing, to do so. The idea that Labor is better suited do run the economy is, of course, close to hilarious. If there is one weakness Labor / social democrats have, it is the economy.
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