Sunday 28 February 2010

Gordon Brown on course to win election

Gordon Brown  is on course to remain prime minister after the general election as a new Sunday Times poll reveals that Labour is now just two points behind the Tories.  The YouGov survey places David Cameron’s Conservatives on 37%, as against 35% for Labour - the closest gap between the parties in more than two years.  It means Labour is heading for a total of 317 seats, nine short of an overall majority, with the Tories languishing on a total of just 263 MPs. Such an outcome would mean Brown could stay in office and deny Cameron the keys to No 10.  The poll result presents the Conservative leader with one of the greatest challenges of his leadership today as he makes the keynote speech to his party’s spring forum.























“The only thing I haven’t been accused of recently is killing Archie Mitchell in Eastenders."

Read the full Times article here