Level Pegging
The Sunday polls sweepstakes have the three horses at the starting gate, and ... off they go. At the first furlong they are neck and neck, with NOP running on the pages of the Sunday Times at 49% for the favourites, Labour, 32% for the also rans, the Tory Party; ICM in The Observer (handicapped) is nearly level, with 48% for Labour, 32 (again) for the Tories, while MORI is running somewhat stronger for Labour at 51%, with the Tories at 31%. NOP and MORI show the Liberal Democrats lagging at 13% while ICM, as usual, has them up two, at 15%. They were also at 13% in the starting race last week in the first and before this morning only measure of form, MORI in the Times on Wednesday, with fieldwork entirely taken after the Prime Minister fired the starting gun last week.
