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Britannist · 12-01-2008, 11:39 PM

A new ICM opinion poll is published in today's Sunday Telegraph putting voting intentions at:

Conservatives 40% (down 3%)
Labour 33 (down 3%)
Liberal Dims 18% (up 4%)
'Others' 10% (up 2%)

The poll will come as a disappointment for the europhile Liberal Dims who would have been hoping for an electoral boost from their new leader (Clegg) which would have taken them above a 20% share of the national vote (the Dim Libs got a 23% national vote share at the last General Election).

The ICM poll also says that 75% of all respondents think that it should be made harder for immigrants to come into the UK.

The headline to the following Telegraph article claims that support for the Cameron-Conservatives is up - when, in actual fact, it has gone down but the gap between them and Labour has widened (due to rising support for the Liberal Dims):

Tory support rises after tough welfare stance - Telegraph

12-01-2008, 11:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Cameron-Conservatives and Labour down in new poll as Lib Dims and small parties rise A new ICM opinion poll is published in today's Sunday Telegraph putting voting intentions at: Conservatives 40% (down 3%) Labour 33 (down 3%) Liberal Dims 18% (up 4%) 'Others' 10% (up 2%) The poll will come as a disappointment for the europhile Liberal Dims who would have been hoping for an electoral boost from their new leader (Clegg) which would have taken them above a 20% share of the national vote (the Dim Libs got a 23% national vote share at the last General Election). The ICM poll also says that 75% of all respondents think that it should be made harder for immigrants to come into the UK. The headline to the following Telegraph article claims that support for the Cameron-Conservatives is up - when, in actual fact, it has gone down but the gap between them and Labour has widened (due to rising support for the Liberal Dims): Tory support rises after tough welfare stance - Telegraph Last edited by Britannist; 12-01-2008 at 11:42 PM.