A new poll in the Sunday Times has the Tories at 37%, Labour at 35% and the Lib Dems down 14%.

This follows a period when because of the transition Labour has squeezed the other parties out of the news.

The last YouGov Poll was taken when the Tories were getting a lot of coverage because of the grammar row.

It is my theory that the more Cameron is in the news, even if he is being attacked, the better his party ratings are.

I’m away this weekend without proper internet access and this post is being written on my phone.

Mike Smithson