By Matthew Barrett
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Labour enjoy a lead in the polls at the moment. The latest poll, for example, gives them a 7 point lead, with the full percentages at: Labour: 42 / Conservatives: 35 / Lib Dems: 10.
But as Scotland showed, poll leads can be overturned quickly during a campaign. One liability for Labour going into a campaign is their leader. His poll ratings indicate people simply don’t think of him as Prime Minister-material. The most recent polls on the subject from the big five pollsters are as follows:
That Ipsos-MORI poll, above, is the most recent – which indicates he is looking less, and not more, like a Prime Minister as his time in office goes on.