Worcester's blog – Tories hold a steady lead, but 'magic 40%' is still beyond them

Sir Robert Worcester is a Visiting Professor of Government at LSE and an Honorary Fellow. He founded MORI in 1969. Reprinted from The Observer, Sunday, 11 April 2010. If there is anything remarkable about the national polls this year, it is how stable they have been. In more than 70 polls – involving 100,000 electors – the Tories’ share has not fluctuated beyond 3 per cent above and below 38 per cent. Not once. Nor has it risen above 40 per cent.