The Gulf Times (yes, honestly) has a story about a YouGov poll which places the Tories seven percent ahead of the Labour Party in London[1]. They include a quote from Martin Linton ("who is defending ultra-marginal Battersea") who says:
The Tories were 24 points behind in April 1990 but still won the 1992 election. For Labour to be eight points behind should not cause panic.
[1] Actually the figures they give (39% and 31%) imply an eight point lead - there's probably some kind of rounding error going on there.
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