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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Down to 4th in the latest poll
Sat May 11, 2019, 02:09 PM
May 2019
In the most striking sign to date of surging support for Farage, the poll suggests more than a third of voters will back him on 23 May. It puts his party on 34% of the vote, with less than a fortnight before the election takes place.

The poll suggests support for the Conservatives has collapsed amid the Brexit uncertainty, with Theresa May’s party on just 11%. Labour is a distant second, on 21%. The Lib Dems perform the best of any of the openly anti-Brexit parties, one point ahead of the Tories on 12% of the vote.
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The Conservatives are now only narrowly ahead of the Brexit party when voters are asked who they would vote for at a general election. The Tories are on 22% support, down 4% on a fortnight ago, with the Brexit party on 21% backing. Labour leads on 28%, but is down five points on the last poll.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/brexit-party-may-get-more-eu-election-votes-than-tories-and-labour-combined-poll

That looks like dropping behind the Greens (on 8%) is now feasible for the Tories. Not, I think, UKIP (4%), though.

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Nice Tiggeroshii May 2019 #1
This would mean coming behind UKIP muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #2
Whilst this reeks of expectation management... T_i_B May 2019 #3
Down to 4th in the latest poll muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #4
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