ComRes show 8 point Tory lead

There is a new ComRes poll in the Independent tomorrow with topline figures - with changes from ComRes's most recent poll in the Sunday Indy - of CON 39%(-1), LAB 31%(nc), LDEM 16%(nc). The poll was conducted between the 24th and 26th October.

Clearly there is no significant change from the this previous poll, but that in itself is significant as since the last lot of polls the media narrative has moved away from blanket coverage of the banking crisis to more normal politics (in this case, George Osborne, Peter Mandleson and a rich Russian's yacht...)

More tomorrow...

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