Gordon Brown’s public standing as the likely next prime minister has fallen sharply, according to a new poll for The Times.
The Populus poll, undertaken on Wednesday evening and Thursday as voters digested the Budget measures, shows that more than twice as many people think that they will pay higher rather than lower taxes than before.
Final Budget backfires for Brown as poll rating slumps-News-Politics-TimesOnline.
So, people didn’t fall for the old “tax cut” con trick, then. There may be hope after all.
