YouGov/Sun - CON 40, LAB 40, LD 10

Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 40%, LAB 40%, LDEM 10%. While the boost that the Conservatives received from David Cameron's veto appears to have declined somewhat from the Conservative leads we briefly saw last week, it doesn't look like it's vanished completely.

Tomorrow night's YouGov poll is the last daily poll before the Xmas break, and while we may or may not also get an ICM/Guardian poll this month, we really won't know for certain what the position is until next year (and even if the Tories are still enjoying a veto bounce now, it may well have vanished by January!)

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