THREE fresh opinion polls reveal that Labour is still on course for a UK election victory next week. The findings are contrary to a Guardian/ICM poll which suggested Mr Tony Blair's huge lead had collapsed to just five percentage points.
However, the latest polls also suggest that the election is still there to be won, with many voters stating they are uncertain for whom to vote.
According to a Channel 4/Gallup poll, 50 per cent of voters have not yet made up their minds. It suggests Labour is 19 points ahead of the Tories.
This is down by four over the past fortnight, but still suggests a possible landslide. The Tories are on 31 per cent while the Liberal Democrats are up three points to 13 per cent.
Mr Blair will be particularly pleased with the results of the MORI poll in the London Times, which shows his personal standing has increased by two points. The poll gives Labour 48 per cent - a 21 point lead. The Tories are down to 27 per cent and the Liberal Democrats are up to 17 per cent.
Gallup's 24 hour rolling poll in the Daily Telegraph puts Labour at 50 per cent (down one point), the Tories at 30 and the Liberal Democrats unchanged at 12 per cent.
Although Labour officials spent yesterday dismissing the Guardian/ICM findings as a "rogue poll", they welcomed its publication, arguing that it would warn against complacency.
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats also insisted the results were not borne out by their own canvass returns.
Neither Mr Blair nor Mr John Major would react publicly to the Guardian poll. The only poll that counted was the one on election day, they maintained.