BBC and opinion polls

The BBC stopped reporting on UK political opinion polls around the time that Labour stopped being ahead or at least within touching distance. However today they have found a poll that is not totally unremitting bad news and so at the end of their article on the Henley by-election they have this:

"Meanwhile, a YouGov opinion poll for the Daily Telegraph suggests Labour has closed the gap on the Tories over the past month.

Labour was up five points on the month at 28% - still 18 points behind the Conservatives who dropped one point to 46%. The Liberal Democrats were down three on 15%.

But 61% of those surveyed thought Gordon Brown was a liability to the party, compared to 21% when he came to power a year ago.

Last year, 62% thought Labour would win the next general election, but that has dropped to 16% while 67% now think that the Conservatives are on course for victory, the poll suggests. "

The phrase "clutching at straws" comes to mind!