Tony Blair's government is sleazy and incompetent: poll

[cal04]

TONY BLAIR’S government is “sleazy and incompetent” and on its last legs, much as John Major’s government was in the mid-1990s, according to a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times today.

Ahead of this week’s local elections, the poll shows people think that all three cabinet ministers mired in controversy this weekend — Charles Clarke, John Prescott and Patricia Hewitt — should be sacked. It also shows that the prime minister’s personal rating has slumped to its lowest level since he became Labour leader 12 years ago.

The poll, carried out on Thursday and Friday in the wake of Labour’s “Black Wednesday”, shows that 57% of people think the government is “sleazy and incompetent” and 58% say it is “on its last legs”.

Labour has slipped to 32%, from 35% in the last Sunday Times-YouGov poll in March, although the Tories are also down three points to 35%. The Liberal Democrats are down one at 18%, with other parties being the main beneficiaries, up from 8% to 15%, suggesting a big increase in support for minority parties in Thursday’s town hall elections. A third of people polled say last week’s revelations make them less likely to vote Labour this week.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2158107,00.html

[rpannier]

1. Sleazy and Incompetant

Gotta agree.

[mr blur]

2. All true. However,

our other two main parties are sleazy and incompetent too. Beyond those, we have the racists, the clowns, the neo-Nazis, the loonies and the weirdos.

[BooScout]

3. Gotta luv British Politics......

....never a dull moment.

[rpannier]

4. what's the difference between the racists and the neo-nazis?

[BooScout]

5. hairstyles? n/t

[T_i_B]

6. Not a lot

One group has a single brain cell to share between them, the other lot has no brain cell. :eyes:

Hopefully the BNP don't make any gains on Thursday when some of us go to the polls in the local elections.