Polls Show Labor Gaining Over Tories
The first opinion polls since Britain’s political party conference season show the opposition Labor Party increasing its lead over Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s ruling Conservatives.
In a Gallup poll in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph, Labor, with 38% support, lead the Tories by six points with the Liberal-Social Democratic alliance in third place with 28%.
A previous Gallup poll in late September put Labor, with 29.5% backing, just 0.5% ahead of the Conservatives.
A Marplan poll in Thursday’s Guardian newspaper gave Labor a two-point lead, although all three major parties were close.
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