Hard life being a journalist
The Telegraph reports on its poll:The figure of 40 per cent is the "magic" number that election experts say opposition parties must hit consistently if they are to have a realistic chance of winning power. The last time the Tories were on 40 per cent in an ICM poll was in August 1992, the month before the sterling crisis of Black Wednesday which destroyed their reputation for economic competence.
The Sunday Times reports on the Telegraph's poll:
The figure of 40% is the “magic number” that opposition parties should aim to hit consistently if they are to have a realistic chance of winning power. The Tories have not hit 40% in an ICM poll since just before Black Wednesday in September 1992, when sterling was forced out of the European exchange-rate mechanism, battering their reputation for economic competence.
posted by Matthew @ 12/11/2005 12:34:00 PM
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