Is the political ice cap starting to break?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Jenni Russell, Matthew Parris and Hugo Rifkind. Jenni Russell:Is the icecap starting to break? For months the polls have been locked, with Labour and the Tories stuck on a third of the vote, and Labour remaining just slightly ahead. Labour has been hoping that the electorate will reject austerity; the Tories have been anxiously awaiting a reward for seeing the economy turning at last. Ashcroft's latest poll puts the Tories four points ahead; more importantly the Tories have led more of the last twenty polls than Labour have. Matthew Parris:Okay, I'll say it: I think there's a chance the Tories are just going to win outright. We are in the media have a habit of fighting the last battle and because the last election led to a coalition this has conditioned thinking about the next one. But Labour support may begin to ebb away: not least because the party has no stomach for this fight and people know it. Hugo Rifkind:Parts of England are developing a profound...

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1:00.0	Welcome to the latest edition of the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery
1:05.8	and this week I'm joined by three stellar Times columnist Jenny Russell, Matthew
1:10.9	Paris and Hugo Rifkind.
1:13.0	Is the ice cap finally starting to break?
1:16.0	For months the polls have been locked with Labour and the Tories stuck on a third of the vote
1:19.0	and Labour just slightly ahead.
1:21.0	Labour's been hoping that the electorate will reject austerity and the Tories have been
1:24.9	anxiously awaiting a reward for seeing the economy turning at last, but are we seeing a thaw? The Tories have led more of the last
1:31.2	20 polls than Labour have.
1:33.0	Can Labour pull back or is this the start of an election losing slide?
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