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| Britain |
| Poll Boost for Labour but no Hints on Election |
| 2007-09-24 |
| A new poll has given Labour a boost as Gordon Brown refused to rule out calling a snap general election. The poll, in Monday's Sun newspaper, gives Labour 42 percent - an eight percent lead over the Conservatives who have dropped two percent to 34 percent. The Liberal Democrats are also down two points, to 14 percent. When the voters were asked who they would vote for if Gordon Brown promised to hold a referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty it boosted the Labour margin considerably - Labour with 49 percent, 17 percent ahead of the Tories on 32 percent. The Prime Minister insists he is "getting on with the job" and denied that his advisors want him to go to the country within weeks. "My focus is on the work ahead, the return of parliament, Iraq, the health service," he said. "Whenever the time comes for an election these will be the issues and the most important thing is I get on with the job. "There's been speculation all the time but I think people know that over these summer months I just got on with the job." Mr Brown is attending his first Labour conference as party leader and is stressing that health will be at the centre of any future election campaign. He will institute a new drive to combat hospital superbugs, including a ward-by-ward "deep clean" of all hospital premises. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 If the Conservatives had a candidate, this might be GWOT OPS related; but as it is, it's just leaves in the wind. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-24 07:24 |