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The Tories and Boris Johnson are behind in the polls.. By some way.
Did you read my post and think: "This guy believes the Tories are ahead in the polls, I'd best correct him?" Because you should probably read it again if you did.
But on the polls, Labour is on average 6.3% ahead - against categorically the worst PM in history who's just survived a no-confidence vote, with inflation running at 10%, a cost-of-living crisis, energy price cap removed, Partygate, Carriegate, woeful mishandling of the pandemic needlessly killing tens of thousands of people, billions of pounds of taxpayer money wasted on useless PPE and failed track and trace, etc.
Does 6.3% in the face of all that seem enough to you? Seems a bit precarious to me given the absolute state of the Tories under Johnson. Shouldn't Labour be, and I quote, 20 points ahead?
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Did you read my post and think: "This guy believes the Tories are ahead in the polls, I'd best correct him?" Because you should probably read it again if you did.
No, I read your post that said that the Tories "are winning at this" and disagreed. If they were winning at their tactics, they wouldn't be going backwards.
Does 6.3% in the face of all that seem enough to you? Seems a bit precarious to me given the absolute state of the Tories under Johnson. Shouldn't Labour be, and I quote, 20 points ahead?
No, its not enough. But I think anybody who thinks its possible for Labour, under different leadership, to be 20 points ahead, is perhaps underestimating how much the political landscape has changed and how much the role of the tabloid media has grown. I actually think it is remarkable that Labour are doing as well as they are considering how much the situation is rigged against them.
Stonehedge
The Tories and Boris Johnson are behind in the polls.. By some way.
Labour have even just pulled in front of the Tories on "who would manage the economy better". More people think Starmer would make a good prime minister than Johnson.
Exactly how badly is Starmer actually doing right now? And how much is it parts of the media just briefing that Starmer isn't doing well?