Post conference poll tonight?

If the timings are the same as after Gordon Brown's speech we should expect YouGov's post-Cameron speech poll to turn up later on tonight. I'm at a planning meeting this evening, so feel free to post the figures here if they are published tonight (I'm afraid I don't now if there are any or not).

For some context, the YouGov poll taken immediately after Gordon Brown's speech had figures of CON 41%, LAB 31%, LDEM 16%, which represented a boost of 7 points in Labour's support. Given the overshadowing of their conference and their higher starting point, I'd be very surprised if the Conservatives matched that sort of boost. YouGov's post Lib Dem poll showed them enjoying what proved to be a very shorted lived bounce of 4 points, finally their poll from before the conference season (and before the collapse of Lehman Brothers), which I suppose we should draw conclusions from once all the dust has settled showed figures of CON 46%, LAB 27%, LDEM 16%.

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