The Tory "bounce back" in the opinion polls doesn't seem to have caught on much with the Feltham and Heston voters, with Labour getting 54% of the turn out vote and the CONS getting a "massive Bounce back" of , 28% of the vote .
Either someone forgot to tell the voters that the opinion polls have Dave " the boy " Cameron surging ahead in the polls leaving poor Labour behind , or the polls are made out of Tory voters (mostly from the south of England ), still living in the fantasy land a new Era of Thatcherism which will last another 18 years, and can survive without the Lib-Dem support.
It is however possible that the polls are made up mostly of ex pats who have very little idea about the mood of the majority of the people in the UK .
It could be possibly a bit of both , as most of the polls are influenced by the Tory media .

Given the almost hysterical reaction of the right wing press - mirrored in one or two comments here - this was pretty inevitable. "Right wing troll" is pretty accurate to describe the almost psychotic views of Europe that have been whipped up.

Chamberlain's popularity surged after he came back from Munich declaring "peace in our time". That didnt last. "Defending Britian's interests" (that is the cities interests and the tory party's interests, which are not the same thing)is meaningless, as in reality he did nothing of the sort. I think, will be shown in the months and years ahead. Deepening serious economic woes will have a sobering effect in the longer term - people will have real things to worry about, not the bogeyman of Europe.

Its hardly a surge. The whole point of Camerons' walk out was to take attention away from the state of the country. Classic PR. Manufacturing consent. When you look at the responses it's obvious that individuals don't know what happened or how it will affect the UK. In fact it has changed nothing. There will be no withdrawal from Europe,not even a referendum. If there was the slightest chance of either the markets would take fright. The so called new treaty is not in place and may never be. The whole thing has to be thrashed out in detail. There is a long way to go and it looks as though 2012 is going to make 2011 seem like a pleasant reverie.

Well said Adam. Grace, you are kidding yourself on. This government should be deeply unpopular and yet it is ahead in the polls? If there was a snap election i think they would open up a wider gap and possibly get an overall majority, certainly a majority with the ulster unionists.Even as a public sector worker part of me hopes they do it as labour and the liberals are so out of touch with the feelings of most ordinary folk.

ACMJ are you for real; what mood in the country? most are reluctantly prepared to endure this coalition, but thankfully most in England haven't forgotten just how useless Labour was in government. How Labour allowed mass-uncontrolled immigration of cheap-Labour. Labour's foreign wars. Labour's love affair with Islamofascism. Labour hatred of the English working class, but i suppose we can all pretend Labour was a stonking brilliant enlighten Socialist alternative to the nasty, evil, uncaring and Nazi Tories.

What did Cameron's achieve!! Lou Cameron defended British national interests, against Labour's continual appeasement. Why is French nationalism acceptable but Britain's self-interest is not? The French are desperate to say at the top table along with the economic powerhouse of Germany if that means destroying 500.000 British jobs in the financial services all well and good. France still thinks itself important it’s under sized president and his party may be desperate to claw back the patriot vote from Marine Le Pen at next year’s elections but to engineer racist anti-English sentiment to do so is very nasty and transparent. Coming from a French administration that so nonchalantly and arrogantly rides roughshod over EU regulations when it suits them. Sarkozy can munch all the garlic he likes but it will never cover the stench of French hypocrisy, it’s the hypocrisy that I find the most difficult to swallow The reality is that for years the UK has followed all EU directives to the letter and France and Germany just apply those in their own national interests. How on earth has EDF for example, owned by the French government been able to spend the last 15 years buying up other national electrical distribution companies and applying for contracts such as the UKs nuclear program, whilst they have been subsidised up to the hilt completely against all European legislation Britain is the 2nd largest contributor to the EU budget and most of the other EU countries are net beneficiaries. There leaders need to learn some manners and gratitude or are they looking for the likes of Sarkozy to be their savior - I don't think so. I know these up-sets many on the political-left, but all other Europeans leaders really do need to take a long intake of breath and listen to what the British are saying before swallowing French foreign policy.

Nevermind what the spinless comments say, the Tory lead is down to a tougher stance on the pathetic EU, and about bloody time, f**k you Germany and France!

Sorry, Gracie. What is Labour's approach to sorting out the defict? Borrowing lots of money, is that the one? Tell me, who lends us the money? We issue Government bonds perhaps. And who buys thesebonds? At what rate of interest? 7%? Less? Who from again? Boring technical stuff?

Ed Miliband's reluctance to say what action he would have taken last week hasn't help him or the party.

The problem with trying to interpret trends from opinion polls is that the same sample of people are not polled every time, so each individual poll is assumed to be representative of the population as a whole. Be very careful about making assumptions in terms of 'Eurosceptics turning Tory' or whatever. Opinion polls are only based on an infinitesimal percentage of the electorate and must be treated with caution.

I do understand, however, that they give hacks something about which to write screeds of nonsense.

It's nothing but a brief bounce. As soon as the next bit of bad economic news hits it will be back to a Labour lead of four or six points. The fact remains that a hung parliament will be the most likely outcome of any general election within the next four years at least. And when that election happens - and the outcome of it - depends on when and if the Lib Dems discover their balls.

"Veni, vidi, veto", but unfortunately for Cameron he didn't conquer anything. He went, he saw, they ignored him.

Luddite, I keep telling you, being in the Brownies doesn't count as service in the armed forces.

I appreciate you like wearing military uniforms, but thats more to do with you being in various Village People tribute bands.

They want you, they want you, they want to as a new recruit Luddite.

This is a one issue poll lead of 2 points, it is hardly "surging past labour" and I suspect on today's news about a 17 year high "surge" in unemployment, the polls are very likely to reverse "surge". One issue poll leads like the temporary one that happened during the fuel demonstrations are rarely permanent.

The Tories should make the most of this, people are in a festive mood in the run up to Christmas, let's see what happens after Christmas when reality strikes, bills start falling on the mat and the record hike in utility bills fall with them. More unemployment and an almost certain double dip recession caused by the Tories insane austerity measures.

If you are interested in poll results you may want to read the one that reports that most people think that Labour's approach to sorting out the deficit is the best way forward.

fuck off luddite

I think the polls reflect the fact that the voters trust neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats. Couple this with the near hysteria of the right wing press, pumped out day after day with slavish notions that Cameron is the new Thatcher, other parties do not stand a chance. Poor EM, he is in a lose, lose situation. Instead of going for the big policy ideas, the LP should concentrate on developing the right opposition responses to the idiotic policies which this government is determined to push through. Winning the argument on a case by case basis is the best way to go. Is it not rather ironic that the LD's were preapred to abstain en masse on the Euro Question, but to push through the student fees rises without so much a wimper. Cameron need not fear because when push comes to shove, Brits are not true revolutionaries and prefer armchair pontification to mass protests on the street. The phrase that people get the government they deserve is entirely apt.