“How Blair’s smile is turning off the voters. TONY BLAIR’S famous grin is losing potential voters for labour, Tory research shows. A poll of 1,000 voters who backed the conservatives in 1992 found that 15% regarded him as “two-faced and insincere” while 8% thought him “smarmy and smug” and seven percent did not like his grin. The research for city firm James Capel by Opinion Research Business was carried out before the release of the “demon” poster, pictured left. It found that Tory support has risen to 30% from 22% in April while Labour support has fallen from 67% to 58%. More worrying for Labour, the poll also shows an increase in those Tory voters who fear they will end up paying more tax under Blair government – from 73% in April to 76% in July”
Let’s look at this small article as objectively as possible.
For a start the research was carried out by the Conservative Party itself. Now, is a political party likely to be such a pure exponent of the truth that it will publish a finding showing their opponents in a good light? Of course not. There’s every chance that Tory findings which damage the Tory party would be kept hidden – first likely distortion of the truth.