Sunday polls

At least two new polls in the Sunday papers. Firstly, the Observer has Ipsos MORI's monthly political monitor which has topline figures (with changes from MORI's last poll in mid-July) of CON 43%(+3), LAB 26%(+2), LDEM 17%(-1).

The Conservative lead remains pretty steady, with both Labour and the Conservatives benefiting from the continuing decline in the support for others.

Secondly there is yet another Scottish poll, this time from Yougov in the Mail on Sunday's Scottish edition. The poll was conducted between the 26th and 28th August, so hot on the heels of the last YouGov Scotland poll, which was done between the 24th and 26th. The voting intention figures, each with changes from the previous poll 2 days before, are as follows:

Westminster: CON 20%(+1), LAB 30%(-3), LDEM 18%(+2), SNP 26%(+1) Holyrood Constituency: CON 16%(nc), LAB 27%(-4), LDEM 16%(nc), SNP 34%(+1) Holyrood Regional: CON 16%(-1), LAB 26%(-2), LDEM 16%(+1), SNP 30%(+3)

It's a very short time span since the previous poll, but then, it's also a fast moving story. It's perfectly possible that all these differences are just variations within the margin of error. Alternatively, it could be a bit of a shift back towards the SNP as debate over the al-Megrahi release continues.

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