Latest Ipsos Mori polling sees the Tories with an 18 (eighteen) point lead
Surely on these figures the Tories should comfortably hold Witney tomorrow with an increased share of the vote?
New @IpsosMORI VI poll
Con 47% (+7) Lab 29% (-5) LD7% (+1) UKIP 6% (-3) The Tory lead in emojis. 1 emoji = 1% Con lead. ??????????????????— TSE (@TSEofPB) October 19, 2016
On the approval ratings that are often better predictors of general elections than voting intention figures
Oppo ldr approval, 13 mths (MORI):
Foot -48
Kinnock -15
Smith -4
Blair +16
Hague -25
IDS -26
Howard -21
Cameron -9
Ed M -15Corbyn -24
— Rob Ford (@robfordmancs) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/788751460389576704
Three months in Theresa May is doing worse than Gordon Brown but better than Margaret Thatcher
PM approval, 3 mths in
Thatcher +2
Major +44(!)
Blair +59(!!)
Brown +18
Cameron + 24May +16
— Rob Ford (@robfordmancs) October 19, 2016
But if general elections, unlike referendums, are won ‘on it’s the economy, stupid’ these are troubling numbers for Mrs May
Proportion thinking that #brexit will make their own standard 'a lot worse' has doubled since July. Marmite cut-through? pic.twitter.com/FjMbIj8Xuf
— Harry Aagaard Evans (@HarryAEvans) October 19, 2016