article_snippet: The Conservatives have moved into The Conservatives strongest poll position for almost five years.
article_snippet: As David Cameron prepares to go to Buckingham Palace to mark the formal start of the general election campaign, ending the long phoney war between the political parties, an exclusive ComRes poll for the Daily Mail and ITV News shows the Tories have opened up a four-point lead over Labour.
article_snippet: Tory jitters about the general election campaign will be eased by the survey, which suggests Labour has slipped back since last week's bruising TV encounter between the two main party leaders and interviewer Jeremy Paxman.
article_snippet: It is The Conservatives best vote share since George Osborne's so-called 'omnishambles' Budget, which included taxes on hot pasties and caravans, which prompted a Tory slump.
article_snippet: the party has to reach even further back - to September 2010 - for the last time the party enjoyed a four-point lead with ComRes.
article_snippet: The Greens have slipped back to five per cent.
article_snippet: The survey comes after last week's bruising TV encounter between the two main party leaders and interviewer Jeremy Paxman (pictured)
article_snippet: This represents a fall of four points for the Labour leader on the last ComRes poll, conducted last week before the TV clash.
article_snippet: Tom Mludzinski, head of political polling at ComRes, said:'It is too soon to attribute any movement in the polls to the Paxman effect.
article_snippet: While this is bound to be a volatile election with both Labour and the Conservatives running each other close, the longer term trends points towards the Conservatives beginning to dig in and strengthen the Conservatives position. '
highlights_snippet: It is Tories best vote share since George Osborne's 'omnishambles' Budget .
  
highlights_snippet: Last time Tories had four-point lead with ComRes poll was September 2010 .
  