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Brown and out in polls (Conservatives to win big in UK)
The Sun ^ | Sept 3, 2009 | GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON

Posted on 09/03/2009 1:38:40 AM PDT by Islander7

GORDON Brown is heading for a crushing defeat at the next election with voters believing he is failing our troops in Afghanistan, a vital Sun poll reveals today.

Tory David Cameron will sweep to power with a 96-seat Commons majority, the survey predicts.

Seven in ten voters think Mr Brown's government is doing a "very bad" or "fairly bad" job of supporting Our Boys in the Afghan conflict.

In a further blow to the PM, twice as many voters believe Britain's armed forces would be better off in Mr Cameron's hands than Mr Brown's.

Our poll also reveals 51 percent of people think Mr Brown should have actively opposed the Scottish decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

More than one third believe his release will do nothing to boost trade relations with Libya.

And a huge 57 percent say it would still NOT be worth letting him out of jail early even if it cemented trade deals.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brown; conservatives; election; gordonbrown; leftist; uk
However, our survey also shows Mr Cameron still has work to do to boost opinion about his potential Cabinet.

Only 34 per cent believe he has the right team to lead Britain.

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Some excellent graphics illustrating the poll numbers at the link.

1 posted on 09/03/2009 1:38:40 AM PDT by Islander7
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To: Islander7

You almost have to admire the British system.

I know ours has benefits over theirs and vice versa but how excellent would it be to throw Obama out in 2010. Of course there’s the whole checks and balances thing that I prefer to the parliamentary system.


2 posted on 09/03/2009 1:57:48 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: Islander7

I like David Cameron. He gets bad mention on Free Republic but at least he is a start in the right direction.


3 posted on 09/03/2009 2:02:46 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Kennedy complained at 2:55 am to the hotel owner that he had been awoken by a noisy party.)
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To: Islander7
In a further blow to the PM, twice as many voters believe Britain's armed forces would be better off in Mr Cameron's hands than Mr Brown's

It's remarkable how often in this sort of poll people seem prepared to trust that somebody with absolutely no track record in any kind of office will do better than the present incumbent. Happens time after time, only to end, more often than not, in disappointment.

4 posted on 09/03/2009 4:44:06 AM PDT by Winniesboy (61 years a NHS patient; 7 years a Freeper)
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To: Winniesboy

shades of 2012


5 posted on 09/03/2009 6:41:27 AM PDT by RED SOUTH
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To: Islander7

It certainly seems this would be a step in the right direction for Britain. It is too bad that the allowed the gov’t to swing so far to the left last election.

(Yeah- I know- we should talk!)


6 posted on 09/03/2009 9:11:01 AM PDT by AFPhys ((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
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To: Islander7

If it’s Brown, flush it down...


7 posted on 09/03/2009 9:18:29 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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