The pollster Dr Tom Lubbock from polling company J.L Partners spoke to GB News
A polling specialist has said he does not believe the Labour party have made any policy announcements so far in this campaign which will have had a significant impact on polling.
Dr Tom Lubbock from polling company J.L Partners said conversely the Conservatives have given ‘two really bold offers’ but warned that when it came to the small boats, the opportunities currently lay with Reform.
Speaking on GB News Dr Tom Lubbock said: “I have to say on the Labour side I can't see that they've actually announced any policy that is of any relevance to this election so far.
“The votes for 16 thing is, I'm sure, for the next Parliament. I'm not sure that's got any relevance to this campaign. They are literally getting that out there so that when they do it it will help them in the next Parliament, so that's where I think we are on that one.
“The Conservatives, on the other hand, have given two really bold offers to their core voters, some of whom have from 2019 shifted to Reform so that would be the national service and the quadruple lock, or the triple lock plus, as it's been called, on pensions.
“Those are incredibly big bits of policy. Those are very bold offers and we'll see whether they really do shift the dial with those voters.
“This election is being conducted at the moment against a backdrop of small boat arrivals which pretty much look like they did this time last year. Maybe they're up a bit, maybe they're down a bit in some weeks, but the Conservatives have fundamentally failed to change the narrative on the small boats and that is really going to limit the amount of upside they've got in this campaign, the amount of tightening you'll see.
“Maybe there's a rabbit to come out the hat, maybe a flight will go off to Rwanda or something but at the moment Nigel Farage has got a pretty clear playing field.”
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