Members of the Political Studies Association polled by Ipsos MORI in advance of last night’s PSA Awards rated Dr Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrats’ Shadow Chancellor, as a more capable potential Chancellor of the Exchequer than Tory Shadow Chancellor George Osborne.
Gordon Brown, the incumbent, took 68% of the response to the question “Who do you think would make the most capable Chancellor of the Exchequer?” Eight percent of the nearly 300 academics polled said Vince Cable, twice as many as the 4% support for George Osborne.
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Unfortunately, as anyone who has counted an AV ballot can tell you, the fact that Gideon only received half as many ‘first preferences’ as Vince doesn’t mean that he would actually lose in a face off between the two.
Which isn’t to say that he shouldn’t.
Very true. Spoilsport
So, the story is that your man is a whopping 60% behind Gordon Brown. 4% here and there is pretty irrelevant.