Opinion Poll Raises Pressure On Brown

by Adrian Croft and Frank Prenesti - September 18th, 2008 - Reuters

Labour is consistently near 30-year lows in polls and its lack of popularity has been compounded by the global economic crisis, in which the largest savings group, HBOS, was taken over by Lloyds TSB in a $20 billion (11 billion pound) deal on Wednesday.

Unemployment rose last month by the biggest amount in 16 years, figures this week showed. Rising food and energy costs and slumping house prices have also stoked discontent with Labour's 11 years in office.

The United Kingdom has been following the Barack Obama prescription for economic policy, and as it was for America under Carter back in the 1970s, it has been a disaster. In England the Labour Party has been in sole power for nearly a decade. I wonder how long it will take for Democrat control of America to last if Obama takes over the Executive Branch?