Britain | Poll
Wrong issues, wrong leader
A poll for The Economist suggests that Labour’s lead is increasing
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THE Conservative Party is campaigning on the wrong issues and with the wrong leader. As a result, it is now 28 points behind Labour, four points more than at the beginning of the campaign. This is the damning verdict of a MORI poll conducted for The Economist at the end of the first week of campaigning.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Wrong issues, wrong leader”
From the May 19th 2001 edition
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