David Cameron, the pro-EU and anti-UKIP leader of the Conservative Party, is now more unpopular than the other party leaders according to a new opinion from ICM published in today’s Guardian.
Brief edited extracts from the Guardian: “The poll was largely carried out after news of the Northern Rock crisis broke, which might have been expected to harm (Labour Prime Minister) Mr. Brown. Instead it offers bad news across the board for the Conservatives. Cameron is in trouble with Conservative voters – he has a net positive rating of only 25% with them. Cameron was seen as an asset to his party – this appears to be changing. Mr. Cameron's efforts to reposition his party do not appear to have widened its pool of potential support. Public satisfaction with Mr. Cameron's leadership has slipped while the party has lost its advantage on major policy issues including crime, the environment and taxation.”
Key points from the ICM poll: Vote shares: Labour 40% (up 1%). Conservatives 32% (down 2%). Liberal Dims 20% (up 2%). Personal ratings (all voters): Brown + 32% (55% approve, 23% do not approve). Cameron + 8% (37% approve, 45% do not approve). Campbell (Lib Dim Party leader) - 2% (39% approve, 41% do not approve).
ICM say that if the above voting intentions were repeated at a General Election Labour would actually increase its majority in the House of Commons with 380 Labour MPs elected.
At 32%, the Cameron-Conservatives are on a lower share of the vote in the ICM poll than they got at the last General Election or when Iain Duncan-Smith was leader of the party (2001 - 2003).
Figures quoted above from:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/libde...172188,00.html