(Although it might be worth you noting that the 51 % figure seems to suggest that Lib - Lab is worth a good deal less than the sum of its parts...) Is it just possible that Brown's
disastrous economic mismanagement and loathsome disdain for the people of the country has got people's backs up rather?
The efforts of the Labour Party to build its reputation for
economic competence have, of course, been most damaged by its
disastrous mismanagement of the public finances since 2002.