YouGov December poll

YouGov's monthly poll for the Telegraph, and presumably their last poll of the year, has topline figures with changes from last week of CON 43% (-2), LAB 31% (-1), LDEM 16% (+2).

The Conservative lead seems steady, though they aren't quite up to the 45% they reached last week. While the 1 point drop itself is not significant, this is the lowest YouGov have recorded for Labour since Tony Blair was leader. Gordon Brown's net satisfaction rating is down to minus 36, with 24% satisfied with his performance as PM and 60% dissatisfied. The lowest Tony Blair ever reached on the same question was minus 38, but it took him 9 years to get there.

It's also a good sign for the Liberal Democrats from the pollster that tends to produce the lowest figures for them. This poll was carried out between Monday and Wednesday, so almost entirely before the announcement of Nick Clegg as their new leader and the attendent publicity, so they may well get a further boost - ICM's monthly poll will presumably be out next week and in contrast to YouGov they normally give the Lib Dems their highest scores, so look out for their score there.

Meanwhile, fun little story on the Telegraph's politics blog. Apparently Labour didn't bother with daily polling during the Tory conference this year, so while the Conservatives were seeing the polls rapidly reverse as the days went past, Labour were still sailing merrily onwards towards an early election until the weekly polling figures arrived...