The big question is how much Corbyn’s LAB can capitalise on the Tory turmoil
Will the red team start to replicate its 2012 polling performance
With the Tory difficulties that appear to mount by the day the time has come surely for Corbyn’s LAB to make significant advances in the polls.
What’s been quite striking since June when LAB exceeded expectations is how the gap between the two main parties has remained relatively constant and on the low side. There’s been the odd poll showing a 6 point gap but mostly it has been down at 1 or 2 points.
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Compare this with the first half of 2012, the year that saw the “Omnishambles” budget with the granny and pasty taxes, when for a time most polls had LAB with double digit leads some as high as 15 points.
Remember those 2012 polls mattered for nothing three years later when Cameron won his surprise majority.
I’d argue that in terms of perceptions of government competence what has been happening at the moment is far worse than what happened five years ago.
Will the upcoming November polls reflect this? We shall see.