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Opposition doubles poll lead over Gordon Brown
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Opposition doubles poll lead over Gordon Brown
Britain?s opposition Conservatives have doubled their opinion poll lead over the ruling Labour Party in the last two weeks, delivering another blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s battered image. Six months after he took over from Tony Blair, Brown?s honeymoon with the voters is well and truly over as he grapples with political funding scandals and government administrative blunders.
The latest YouGov survey for the Sunday Times put David Cameron?s Conservatives on 43 percent compared to 33 percent for Labour. The centrist Liberal Democrats, under new leader Nick Clegg, are on 14 percent. But Cameron injected a note of caution about the Conservatives sweeping back to power after a decade of Labour rule. Brown does not have to call a parliamentary election until 2010. ?There is a big mountain for us to climb. We have still got a long way to go,? he told BBC Television yesterday. But he added ?We are showing we are getting ready for government.?
Yesterday?s headlines were dominated by yet another round of bad news for Brown ? cabinet minister Peter Hain defending his position after becoming embroiled in a row over political funding. In a case that has embarrassed the Labour government, the work and pensions secretary failed to declare £ 103,000 of political donations in his failed bid to become deputy leader of the Labour Party.
But he dismissed as ?absurd? any suggestions that there had been a cover-up and said he would not resign. Brown, who built his reputation as finance minister by overseeing a decade of steady growth, could face choppy waters as he seeks to steer Britain through tempestuous times for the global economy.
The Sunday Times poll showed that almost one in four voters were predicting a recession in 2008. Brown?s government has been beset by problems including a crisis at mortgage lender Northern Rock, when it was criticized for its handling of the affair. Ministers have also been mocked over the loss of half the population?s personal data and a scandal erupted over secret donations to the Labour Party.
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