Today’s latest YouGov poll is the third poll in a row that Labour has led the Conservatives. It is encouraging news for a party where its new leader, Ed Miliband, has hardly gotten into his stride and will boost his confidence after he returns from paternity leave.
The YouGov/Sun poll Puts Conservatives on 37%, Labour on 42% and the Liberal Democrats barely managing to stay in double digits at 10%. The overall rate of approval for the Coalition is -10.
No surprise it tried to bury bad news yesterday under the deluge of royal wedding coverage as David Cameron’s team chose that day to announce that the PM’s vanity photographer Andy Parsons’ career on the public payroll was over. And yes, of course as the Mirror says that echoed what Tony Blair advisor Jo Moore shamefully attempted around 9/11.
The poll lead could be a short-term blip as UK Polling Report’s Anthony Wells has pointed out, but the lead has steadily risen as the news for the coalition, but it is the third poll in a row to give Labour and lead and that lead is rising. It is also as the Guardian points out a rise of 12 points since the general election.
That all bodes well for any by election in Oldham East should Phil Woolas lose his High Court bid to overturn Commons removal, as the Mirror also reports today.
