Labour recovering?

[Undesired Walrus]

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/32099/labour_party_gains_tories_lead_in_britain

Support for Britain’s governing Labour Party is on the rise, while the country’s main opposition party has lost backing, according to a poll by YouGov published in the Daily Telegraph. 42 per cent of respondents would vote for the Conservative party in the next election to the House of Commons, down three points since early October.

The governing Labour party is second with 34 per cent, up three points in two weeks. The Liberal Democrats are third with 14 per cent, while 10 per cent of the respondents would vote for other parties.

There could be some factors that could have led to this. Either it is people waking up to the horror of a future Conservative government, or it is Labour finally shedding its scars from the Iraq War and Blair's allegiance with Bush, or both. The current economic crisis, and Brown's widely praised actions in dealing with it, may have reassured voters that the party is finally interested in voters concerns again. Or it could be the Lib Dems picking the awful Nick Clegg (rather than the best leader they ever had: Ming), and thus forever destroying their party.

As charming as Cameron is, I am bemused as to why people consider him a breath of fresh air, when he was policy co-ordinator of the Conservatives terrible, xenophobic 2005 general election campaign.

As a Labour voter, I am far from happy with the party, wishing they would shed their obsession with ID Cards and 42 Days, but there are signs that Brown is returning the party back to basics. Just thankful they didn't eradicate the party by removing Brown, as that is what would have happened.

Can Labour win in 2010, and what would it take?

 

[Darat]

No and a miracle....