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Government's Popularity Breaks RecordsOpinion polls suggest the Blair administration is enjoying the most blissful post-election honeymoon since records began.A Gallup poll for The Daily Telegraph found that the number of people who would vote Labour in an early general election had risen to 61 per cent -- up 17 points since the party took power on May 1. The proportion satisfied with Mr Blair's performance as Prime Minister stands at a record-breaking 83 per cent. By way of comparison, the highest approval rating ever achieved by John Major was 59 per cent, and by Margaret Thatcher 54 per cent. According to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Blair's personal standing far exceeds that of any of his post-war predecessors. Asked if they "approved or disapproved of the Government's record to date," 74 per cent of those surveyed said they approved -- a modest two-point fall since last month. The highest-ever approval rating for Mr Major's government was 38 per cent, and the Thatcher government's highest, just after the Falklands War, was 48 per cent. The Gallup poll also found that Gordon Brown had the highest personal rating yet secured by a Chancellor.
The increase of 4p on a litre of petrol was the only item to get the thumbs down in the Gallup 9000 survey, which was carried out on Wednesday and Thursday.
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