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Tory Poll Surge Batters Brown

PM accused of cowardice, lack of vision as opponents soar in polls

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – British PM Gordon Brown took a beating this week as a new poll showed the opposition Tories surging to their highest levels of popular support in 15 years, and even some Labourites came out of the woodwork to attack his vision for the future. Support for the Conservatives rose 5 points to 43%, compared with 36%  for Brown's Labour Party, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Factional squabbles with Tony Blair loyalists—who charged that Brown has shown leadership but not vision—dogged Brown, as did charges of cowardice for his last-minute decision not to call elections this fall. Tory leader David Cameron accused Brown of duplicitous "scheming." Cameron's party soared in popularity after introducing policy initiatives focused on inheritance taxes and designed to appeal to middle-class voters.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a statement on Iraq in this image taken from TV at the House of Commons in London  Monday Oct. 8, 2007.   Brown said Monday Britain will make a major troop withdrawal from Iraq next year, cutting its contingent starting in the spring to 2,...
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a statement on Iraq in this image taken from TV at the House of Commons in London Monday Oct. 8, 2007. Brown said Monday Britain will make a major troop...   (Associated Press)
David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party delivers his keynote speech on the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, England. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. The annual Conservative Party conference runs for four days. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party delivers his keynote speech on the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, England. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. The annual Conservative...   (Associated Press)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street for the prime minister's question session at the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street for the prime minister's question session at the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)   (Associated Press)
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