The week Labour lost the next election

Telegraph
"Last week's opinion polls have shocked even the Tories in the uniformity of their hostility to the Government. In the ComRes poll in Monday's Independent, Labour fell below 30 points for the first time since September. In The Guardian, an ICM survey had the Tories on 44, up six points since last month, with Labour trailing on 32. The YouGov poll in Friday's Telegraph indicated a similar lead for the Conservatives (43 versus Labour's 32) and – no less important – a seven point advantage for David Cameron over Brown on perceived economic competence. ...But they do suggest, strongly, that a collective decision has been made. ....The voters know it. They see it in their bank statements, the falling value of their properties, the spectre of unemployment lurking at a million doors, the collapse of businesses large and small. On their television screens they see refinery workers striking over the use of foreign labour. Wasn't it only yesterday that Britain was waving migrant workers across its borders to fill the jobs created by a growing economy?"
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