Britain's leading opposition party, the Conservative Party, suffered a major setback on Sunday as an opinion poll shows the ruling Labor party now has the biggest lead over it since David Cameron became its leader.
Labor's support rate is now at 40 percent, seven points ahead of the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats trailing at 19 percent, according to a Sunday Telegraph poll conducted among a random sample of 1,003 people by telephone between July 11 and 13.
The report attributed the strong "Brown bounce" to the arrival at No. 10 of the new Labor leader Gordon Brown, to be followed with bad news for the Tories as it was revealed that their candidate in a by-election donated 4,800 pounds (some 9,600 US dollars) to Labor last month.
Labor hasn't enjoyed such a big advantage over the Conservatives in a poll since September 2005, and analysts believe if subsequent polls show Labor's lead holding over the summer, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be further encouraged to call an early election.
Source: Xinhua
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