Only 40% of Labour grassroots are sure they want Gordon Brown to fight the next general election

With all the usual caveats about online polls of party supporters, the results of the latest Labour Home poll shows some interesting results when it comes to Gordon Brown:

How much time would you be prepared to give Gordon Brown to begin reversing Labour’s fortunes, before you would want him to step aside?

18%: He should resign now
28%: He should be given until September 2008 (conference) to turn things around
17%: He should be given until May 2009 (the Europeean & Local Elections) to turn things around
38%: He should lead the party into the next general election

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3 Comments

  • I’m jiggered that it’s as high as 38%

  • Mark Wright 18th Jun '08 - 2:06pm

    Looks ideal for us. A majority dont want him to fight the next election, but not enough to throw him out! So he’ll limp on and on…

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