Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
No one should be surprised when your political opponents call for your resignation. But when 55% of your own voters want shot of you, you know you are in trouble. Tonight's Populus poll for The Times makes grim reading for the Prime Minister. The eleven point Tory lead is the largest Populus has ever recorded. Perhaps even more worrying for Labour is this finding from the poll... The number who trust...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Gordon Brown faces a collapse of confidence in his leadership among Labour supporters who want him to stand down as Prime Minister.
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
I know Sunny doesn't want anymore posts which give fuel to the Tories about Brown but this shouldn't be ignored. A new poll has found that even Labour voters (see it's not just normal people) want him gone. Sensing perhaps a better future without him 55% want him to resign: More than a half of Labour [...]
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
I am sure all British ATW readers will have heard UK PM Gordon Brown repeatedly declare on Sunday that he will "be listening" very carefully to what the electorate thinks as he seeks to salvage what remains of his premiership. Well, get this! More than a half of Labour supporters believe that Gordon Brown should stand down to make way for a more electable alternative. Today's Populus poll for The Times...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
That's the extraordinary finding of a Populus poll for The Times that has just appeared on its website. The poll puts the Conservatives on 40%, 11% ahead of Labour on 29%. The LibDems are on 19%. Cameron and Osborne (40%)...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Life is just not getting any easier for Gordon Brown. Today's Times reports that 55% of Labour voters want Gordon Brown to resign . Yes, over a half of Labour supporters believe that Gordon Brown should stand down to make way for a more electable alternative. Today's Populus poll for the Times — the first survey since last Thursday's local elections — shows a catastrophic collapse of confidence in...
The Appalling Strangeness (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
...if they are against you. And, indeed, 55% of a certain type of people are against Gordon Brown. Just 55%? Well, yes. But in fairness, these people are Labour supporters . The figure amongst *normal* people will, almost certainly, be much higher. Gordon Brown. Not so much Labour's answer to John Major. Increasingly, he looks more and more like Iain Duncan Smith . A leader who will never be allowed...
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
The Times reports that more than half of Labour's supporters believe that Gordon Brown should stand down to make way for a more electable alternative. Of course this is just one poll and things could easily change tomorrow or next week or even next month. Nevertheless, it cannot be a comfortable position for any leader to lose the support, confidence and even trust of some of their key party members...
