Labour Leaps Ahead .

[gulliver1]

Labour extend Poll lead as Cons lose public trust.
This latest poll by Opinium puts Labour at 44% an increase of 2 points
And the Cons dropped 2 points down to 26%
20% of people who voted for the Cons in 2019 now intend to vote Labour.
Blues on the run then!

[Gromit]

https://inews.co.uk/news/labour-jumps-to-4-point-lead-in-polls-as-less-than-a-quarter-trust-the-tories-to-make-big-decision-2307702?ico=most_popular

[Gromit]

The i report is oddly titled and written.
Labour do not have a 4% lead, they have an 18% lead. The lead has extended 4% since the last poll.

[mushroom25]

it won’t really make much difference how big their lead over the conservatives. Labour need to win big in Scotland if they’re to have any chance of forming a government. unless SKS is planning to get into bed with the SNP? I don’t see much evidence of Labour trying to woo SNP voters

[gulliver1]

Think this Thursday MAY 4th may give some indication.

[ynnafymmi]

Lets hope it happens up here in Scotland also Gully.Wean the nationalist eejits off the SNP and get them to vote for a socialist party once again.

[naomi24]

^Doubt it. People might make a protest vote, as often happens, but local elections are no indication of the outcome of future general elections.

[ynnafymmi]

@09.21.Why should a socialist party(Labour) join forces with a nationalist party(SNP).Nationalism(and all the baggage that goes with it)is totally anathemic to socialism.

[gulliver1]

Most Cons are disappointed after the fanfare of trumpets, when Boris won the last GE .Promising to move heaven and earth to make Britain Great again with his dream of being a Churchill...Thatcher image.And Brexit was going to be such an advantage .
It Seems now that the dream is over for Boris and his Fans The people are waking up to his lies.

[gulliver1]

09.37"Local elections are no indication of the outcome of General elections" I was wondering who would be the first one to come out with that old chestnut. .........Thought it would have been TTT.

[ichkeria]

Labour don't need to "win big" in Scotland to "have any chance" of forming a government. That is simply not correct, tho it would help.
They probably don't need to "woo" SNP voters either, given the current state of that party and the dismal prospects now for independence.
Promising to support a referendum, for example, is no longer a thing.
It would help tho of course to make inroads.
The problems for Labour include:
Being able to do a "blue wall" job, as the Tories did a "red wall" one.
If a lot of people there decide to back the Lib Dems then the outcome is unpredictable.
People who think SKS would be a good PM only match those who think RS would.
A lot of undecideds, whom these polls often don't take into account, may be more likely to stick with the status quo.

[ynnafymmi]

People have been predicting a non Tory government down in Westminster just as people up here in Scotland have been predicting a non SNP government at Holyrood.I cant see either prediction coming true any time soon.Nationalism seems to have gripped the UK nowadays.

[gulliver1]

This good news certainly bucks a trend that someone posted on AB last week, that said Rishi Sunak's and his Cons were closing the gap between Labours lead.

[ynnafymmi]

Gully,if you was up here in Scotland who would you vote for?Labour?The Tories?The Tartan Tories(SNP)?

[naomi24]

10:09, so you were wrong again, Gulliver. ;o)

[gulliver1]

10.19 I can not expect to be correct all the time like yourself.

[naomi24]

So true.

[ynnafymmi]

Can you answer my question at 10.19,gulliver?

[gulliver1]

Looking back on the performance of the present Govt with all the PMS and Chancellors they have had, its no wonder the public have lost faith in the Cons.

[ToraToraTora]

I am so looking forward to the next GE, I wonder how long Gulliver will sulk this time!

[ynnafymmi]

Can(will)you answer my question at 10.19,gulliver?