A Populus Poll for the Times tomorrow will show that John Reid would be as popular as Gordon Brown as PM. Not saying much I suppose, but what can it all mean?
UPDATE: More importantly, Con 42, Lab 33, Lib 16. And 8 points ahead for the Tories in London. Very encouraging. This is with Brown as PM.
The main figures are Con 36, Lab 32, Lib 20 if there were an election tomorrow.
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Will Dr John go for the keys for number 10 or is he lining himself up to be deputy to big Gordon??
Running a piece on John Reid in his office then, announcing a poll in the Times.... not up to mischief are we Iain? :)
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Yes but it's how Dr. John would fare against Cameron that's the important question.
another bloody scot!
Two Scots who love to lecture us on our behaviour. When you say Dr Reid would be just as popular as Dr Brown, do you mean they'd be equally loathsome?
Yep, he's just as popular as Brown is with me. (Why is my blogger account not working on this site?)
Equally as unpopular as well then!
Maybe it's an indication that the poll was carried out in Glasgow?
I suspect that sub-continent-trotting Young David Kormaron would prefer to be facing "Dr" Brown rather than "Dr" Reid a twelvemonth hence.
If The Times commissioned the poll, I would say it probably means that Murdoch is preparing to back Dr John in the leadership election. When Brown wins, it will then give him the perfect excuse to switch to Cameron for the GE.
Shouldn't that read 'John Reid would be as unpopular as Gordon Brown as PM...', Iain?
What it means is, if the poll is correct, that Reid would be just as popular as Brown for PM.
Obvious, really, if you think about it.
Or perhaps it means that someone is trying to stir, by commissioning polls like this. Worth trying, I suppose.
I'm not sure that being as popular as Gordon Brown is much to write home about. Let's face it, just about anyone would be more interesting than Brown...
The good doctor therefore qualifies. Pity he's from up north though. Too many jocks in Westminster and not enough real ones in Holyrood.
"The real headline figures in the Populus poll are Con 36 N/C Lab 32 -2 LibDem 20 + 1"
Indeed.
And here's the sad implication:
If a four point lead is the best the Camertories can muster against the Tonilabs at this point in the parliamentary cycle, despite everything going wrong for the Tonilabs, then with almost any new leader (maybe not Hull's Midnight Cowboy) Labour will wipe the floor come the next GE.
It's all very well to try to delude others into thinking we're doing well, but we should not kid ourselves. A four point lead now implies a disasterous result at the big event -- perhaps even an increased labour majority.
Like I've said, Cameron is (semi, partly) the right candidate for about ten years ago. But the world has moved on.
Hey, if the worst thing you can criticise John Reid about is the fact he's Scottish then he's probably going to be a good Prime Minister. After all, none of you have criticised him on policy.
This snarling racial hatred against fellow British people probably demonstrates that, beneath Cameron's cuddly PR image, there's same intolerant, unpleasant and racist elements in the party. Change to win? Yeah, right!!
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