Tory lead 8% in latest Ipsos-Mori poll

Anthony Wells at UK Polling Report points us to the publication today of the ever volatile monthly Ipsos-Mori poll, which has the parties on the following numbers:

Conservatives - 40% (-3)
Labour - 32% (+6)
Lib Dems - 16% (-4)

The comparisons are with the last Ipsos-Mori poll, which was published six weeks ago, a week before Christmas.

These figures compute into a hung Parliament with the Conservatives five seats short of a majority, according to UK Pollling Report's Swing Calculator.

Jonathan Isaby