Mike Smithson is asking the wrong questions

Mike Smithson is getting rather desperate on his blog.  His latest post:

Can Brown take hope from Major in 1992?

Never thought of that one.  Does it require further analysis?  No.

From earlier today:

Does this mean that Mandy is now out of the race?

As Mandy has already said on the record (twice?) that he will not be returning to the Commons, why ask the question again?

Mike, here is the question you should be asking:

Can Alan Johnson narrow the Tory lead in the polls?

Here is a clue to the answer. The word begins with a ‘Y’