Sunday, September 17, 2006

Huh?

OK, so let's see if I'm interpreting the latest ICM poll, as reported in today's Sunday Mirror, correctly:
45% of people want Tony Blair to resign immediately. That's double those who chose the next most popular option, for him to do a full fourth term. About the same number want Gordon Brown to be the next Labour leader, and therefore Prime Minister. Nobody else comes anywhere near Brown's popularity. Yet 57% believe Blair makes a better premier than Brown would. In other words: there must be a substantial number of people out there who think Tony Blair should hand over power right now to somebody who would do a worst job.
A couple of weeks ago I said the Blair-Brown contest was the dullest political feud in English history. I take that back. Now it's just getting plain surreal.

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