"Voters are confused about what Labour stands for, innovation and skills secretary John Denman has said.
The party was being hammered in the polls because people felt it did not understand "what is happening in their lives," he added.
His comments come as Labour slumps to a record low of 23% in the latest opinion poll - 26% behind the Conservatives.
The YouGov survey for the Sun newspaper suggested David Cameron's party had the support of almost half of voters (49%).
However, other recent polls have suggested the gap is smaller. "
I particularly like the "David Cameron's party had the support of almost half of voters (49%)", as though less than 50% was a minority and not worth concerning ourselves with. Remind me what percentage of the popular vote Labour received in their landslide victories... Also can anyone remember the recent local elections? I thought that even the BBC had to describe that
"Labour's poor local election results - in which their projected share of the national vote dropped to 24%". 24% or 23%, why don't the BBC just admit that the tide has turned and their beloved Labour party has been found out for what it is?
The "other recent polls have suggested the gap is smaller" is also precious, trying to give some solace to Gordon Brown and the BBC's other political friends in the Labour party.
John Denham's remarks are quoted at length and a few are worth repaeting:
"For several years, we have tailored different messages to different people, at the cost of a vision of society that unites voters from different backgrounds."
It is interesting how it is now OK for Labour MPs to speak about the problems of multiculturism in a way that if a Conservative MP had done so a few years back would have lead to the media calling him a racist and calling for his sacking. Playing the race card appears to be acceptable now because it is Labour who are dealing the cards.
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