Tories Unpopular As Ever


Michael Howard's Tory party is now as unpopular as it was in the darkest days of Iain Duncan Smith's leadership, according to the results of a special Guardian/ICM poll on Conservative fortunes.



The party is eight points behind Labour - the biggest gap since May 2003, when Mr Duncan Smith was facing his summer of discontent.

Mr Howard has achieved the distinction of becoming even more unpopular than Tony Blair in the country at large - and even less popular among Tory voters than the prime minister is among Labour supporters.

Yet the survey also shows that Mr Howard is set to soldier on as leader until another general election because two-thirds of his party members cannot name a credible alternative.

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