The golden rule about British polling is, the poll that shows Labour doing the poorest is usually right

Now for something a bit different. Moopy isn't just about all things music-related and very occasionally, we do get down to some (mostly) serious political musings.

Amongst the growing speculation that Gordon Brown may be too ill to lead the Labour party, some have speculated this could be a chance for Gordon Brown to leave the party without losing face. Although others believe that the intention has always been for him to step aside after formally announcing the next election.

Furthermore, Moopy mostly agrees that the election is all but a foregone conclusion, despite lacking confidence in David Cameron and doubting predictions of a landslide victory. However, the exact strategy Labour should take in the next six months splits opinion somewhat. Brown could remain in office and lose seats, but protect the reputation of his successor from immediate defeat. Or he could step aside for a makeshift leader, who may retain Labour a decent minority during the Conservative term.

Ignoring the pseudo-BNP ramblings of The Sun switching their support from Labour to Conservative, the flipside is that if there were an election to lose, this would be it. The drop in budgets and higher taxes as a result of the economic climate will truly be felt during the next term. Thus the Conservatives may find theirs to be something of a blame-taking leadership.

As the attention turns to number crunching, gains and losses over the next few weeks and months, expect the culture & politics forum to get markedly busier. Moopy, as ever, will be keeping tabs on all of the important topics.

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