Of course those conservative voters who wish to have Ms Abbott as leader are thinking of their own political party. She would be a disaster - they know it! They are hoping that the Labour Party make the same mistakes as they did with their leaders and not become an electoral threat!!

people not being objective and honest with pollsters? Never!!

anyway, Ed Balls would be a far bigger disaster for Labour; just ask around! and only 8% of any party voted for him. I think there may be some objectivity in this, and given the support for a coalition and the Tories having had the first female Leader, maybe people feel it's time for a major party to have a Leader of Colour? And of course, whatever mistakes the ConDems have made with their leaders, none of them have been as bad as Foot, Kinnock or Brown!

anyway, Ed Balls would be a far bigger disaster for Labour; just ask around! and only 8% of any party voted for him. I think there may be some objectivity in this, and given the support for a coalition and the Tories having had the first female Leader, maybe people feel it's time for a major party to have a Leader of Colour? And of course, whatever mistakes the ConDems have made with their leaders, none of them have been as bad as Foot, Kinnock or Brown!

it dosnt matter what lib dems and troies think it about the labour party where she does not have the most support

it dosnt matter what lib dems and troies think it about the labour party where she does not have the most support

A whole party of Kool-Aid drinkers. David Miliband is 'standing by our achievements'. Ed Balls was asked in an interview 'what do you make of [Ed Miliband's] claim Labour didn't listen enough' and replied '...the public weren't hearing what we were saying'. They're all pretty hopeless. @Jane most of us non-Labourites don't mind Diaine Abbot because she's at least honest. As a LibDem I'm thinking of the next coalition; one of the Milibands might be tolerable but it would have been better if someone untarnished by New Labour would have put themselves forward.

Anyone else think it's odd how few (3%) Labour voters support the left wing candidate (John McDonnel) compared to how many of no party allegiance?

I have decided to vote for Ed Milliband because I feel that he is the one most likely to bring change to the party.

The interpretations above are not objective- if David Milliband was in top spot in the previous poll, does that indicate it's him who would be the disaster, with Machiavllian Tory voters picking him in the hopes of Labour floundering? Of course it doesn't. Neither does it mean that when Diane tops the poll. Voters aren't as cynical as pollsters (or bloggers). What this does indicate is that the more the public see of David Milliband, they less they like him- not surprising really, as he's the New Labour continuity candidate.

I'll have Diane as leader if the Tories dump Cameron and select Doris Karloff as THEIR leader just to make it fair.

Good Luck will be in London for next 3 days due to the celebration of my 70 birthday

The country did not reject "New Labour" at the election any more than they chose Tories or Liberal Democrats. Even with the perceived least popular leader in Gordon Brown New Labour did better than expected. The recent fragile turn around in the economy and the continued improvement in both the employment figures and recent exam results can hardly be credited to the playing fields of Eton brigade or their wag tail lap dogs. Peter Mandelson is quite right when he warns against a return to the old Labour ideology; rejected four times by the electorate. David Miliband is the pragmatic choice given that Ed Balls has intimated that his leadership campaign is no more than a maneuver to get him what really wants which is the shadow chancellor's job. Diane is a good MP who works hard for her constituents but she has less chance of making it to number 10 than Michael Foot ever did.

Being an intelectuaooy convinced democratic socialist since the days of Atlee and Devin, I can't be inspired by any of the candidates. All I want to know who is the REAL leftist.

Diane ---most popular amongst Tory voters? Is that good? Lets face it if I was a Tory I too would go for you as well!