Labour Home has (perhaps unwisely) conducted a poll of the Labour grassroots, asking them to rank Cabinet Ministers. Who comes at the bottom but Darling (3.35) and Brown (3.37 ). The hapless Chancellor keeps the Prime Minister (by 0.02 percentage points) from the ultimate humiliation.
Ed Balls does slightly better (3.82) with Miliband (5.48 ) and Johnson (5.45) ranked considerably higher. This suggests that Miliband or Johnson will succeed Brown, but not Balls. Harriet Harman and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith are ranked somewhere in the middle. The table below says it all:
If this is the opinion of the Labour Grassroots, then that of the voters will not be much better.
As this blogger cheers on the (political) Blues in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election, he is off now to cheer on Rangers in the UEFA Cup Final … here’s hoping.
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[...] activists, Smith has an average rating, scoring 4.41 compared to Brown’s 3.37, Darling’s 3.35 and Miliband’s 5.48. [...]
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