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Originally Posted by arista
Labour rebels blast Ed Miliband's 'extraordinary complacency' as party's ratings slump
Labour MPs have rounded on their leader after Tories took lead in polls
MP John Mann said the poll should have acted as a 'wake-up call'
Said he hoped Mr Miliband would be galvanised into improving performance
Comes after Tories were in 35 per cent in poll, with Labour one point behind
Advisor to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has also criticised Labour leader
Patrick Diamond said it appears that 'politically Labour are on the back foot'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3FI1UHxB9
And John Prescott attacks Ed Miliband
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...d-boys-4378508
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This is what annoys me with MPs and leaders now, they are obsessed with polls.
2 polls from the same company have the Conservatives marginally ahead, all other polls have Labour between 3 and 6 points ahead.
Nice to see you arista now think John Prescott has something relevant to say however.
This is another thing, it is time these retired politicians remembered their day and left the current MPs to get on with now.
Even if,and I doubt it as I still think the polls are underestimating Labour's support,evin if the Conservatives were this 1 or 2 points ahead,it still brings them nowhere near an overall majority or even to be the largest party.
The polls are a guide and all have an error margin, every poll out recently with the margin errors possible are all saying the same thing,labour around the mid to upper 30s as to percenatage and the Conservative sa little below the mid 30s as to percentage.
Nothing to get excited or over the top about,nothing to worry about,Labour only needs to be 1% ahead on polling day to likely get an overall majority.
Those are the facts and all that matters.
I do think all parties need a wake up call.
Just maybe the by elections,the real test as to voting,although again not a reliable one overall, will do just that and wake them up a bit more.
One thing is very sure, all the polls out at present do not in any way indicate a Conservative victory in 2015,nor even to just be likely the largest party in a hung parliament.
I am perfectly happy with that scenario.