More bad news for Gordon, as ICM will reveal in the News of the World tomorrow that the Tories are 8 points ahead in the 145 most marginal seats, 40-32%. That's a swing of 9% in marginals since the 2005 election - that's tangible progress.
From ConHome:
'Very interesting figures.
After some fun on UK Elect, I managed to calculate an outcome for a general election which would mirror these figures from ICM:
Con 41.0 (+144)
Lab 29.0 (-129)
LD 19.5 (-22)
Con Maj 66
I still think that unless things become apocalyptic, Labour are unlikely to do this badly - but in the current climate, who knows?
I wonder what ICM will come up with later on this evening....'
There is a national ICM poll due later on. I wonder if my figures will come close...
Is this confidence or hubris from Starmer?
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