A Populus poll for The Times gives Labour a 10% lead – nearly matching the YouGov survey for today’s Telegraph.
I’m sure that Labour does have a real lead but opinion polls taken during party
conference season can mislead. Last year in the weekend between the Tory and Labour conferences the main parties were both on 36%. Three weeks later an opinion poll by the same pollster (YouGov) put the Conservatives 7% ahead.