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   Dateline: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - by Bill Tieleman   
      
   Liberals fall behind by twelve percentage points.   
      
      
   Another poll means more bad news for the beleaguered BC Liberals. The Mustel   
   Group's   
   latest poll puts the New Democrats at 44 percent — a significant 12 percentage   
   points   
   ahead of Premier Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals at 32 percent, with the Green   
   Party at 13   
   percent and the surging BC Conservative Party at 7 percent.   
   The poll also shows that 73 percent of respondents have either already signed   
   the Fight   
   HST citizens initiative petition to oppose the Harmonized Sales Tax or intend   
   to sign it.   
      
   Mustel also says that Campbell's disapproval rating is at 61 percent, steadily   
   climbing   
   from a low of 37 percent in January 2009.   
      
   Mustel says 29 percent of those polled have signed the petition, while 44   
   percent plan to   
   sign before the July 5 deadline, if given the opportunity.   
      
   And "Taxes/HST" is the top issue for British Columbians, the poll indicates.   
      
   Mustel also says that Campbell's disapproval rating is at 61 percent, steadily   
   climbing   
   from a low of 37 percent in January 2009.   
      
   But while the BC Liberals have dropped 14 percent since the May 2009 election,   
   the NDP,   
   according to Mustel, have not gained substantially. The NDP vote is up 2   
   percent over its   
   42 percent actual vote in the election, while both the BC Conservatives and   
   the Green   
   Party have benefited more from the BC Liberals' fall. Each party is up 5   
   percent from the   
   election results.   
      
                                                                        
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   known political   
   commentators and communicators.   
      
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