All to play for?

摘要

Neither the date of the general election (May 5th) nor the result seem in much doubt. But is Tony Blair's third term as certain as conventional wisdom suggests? Labour is still in the lead. The pollster with the best record from the past two elections, ICM, gives Mr Blair a comfortable eight-point lead. No polls from recent months show a firm trend for or against the two main parties. In recent weeks, nei- -ther Tory populism nor Labour's budget has stirred the voters. The only clear sign is that an apparent decline in support for the Liberal Democrats bottomed out in March. How boring is that?