Dead Cat Bounce
If the latest opinion polls are to be believed, Labour received what's referred to in political circles as a 'dead cat bounce' after Ed Miliband's disastrous leader's speech, which is still attracting huge publicity although, from the party's point of view, for all the wrong reasons.
Labour's lead over Conservatives falls after Miliband's conference speech
Lead drops to only two points after Labour leader forgot to mention deficit and fails to gain economic credibility, poll finds
Labour leader Ed Miliband has seen his party lose some of its lead over the Conservatives in a recent poll following his speech at the Labour party conference. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Labour's lead has fallen sharply to only two points following Ed Miliband's party conference speech in which he failed to mention the deficit, according to the latest Opinium/Observer poll.
Suffering the reverse of a "conference bounce", Labour's lead has dropped by six points from a healthy eight a fortnight ago.
Labour is down three points on 34%, the Tories are up three points on 32% while Ukip is down one point on 17%. The Lib Dems are unchanged on 7% and the Greens remain on 4%.
The poll was conducted between Wednesday and Friday, in the immediate aftermath of Miliband's address to the Labour conference in Manchester.
The Labour leader was criticised across much of the media and ridiculed by political opponents after admitting that he forgot to deliver key sections of the speech, which he gave without any notes.
The poll also shows Labour failing to gain ground on the key issue of economic credibility.
Asked which of the two biggest parties they trusted most to run the economy, 35% said they backed David Cameron and George Osborne, against just 23% who backed Ed Miliband and Ed Balls.
