On BBC's "Question Time" on Thursday evening, 9th February 2006, Chris Huhne announced that a new opinion poll suggested he was ahead in the leadership contest with Simon Hughes and Menzies Campbell.  Bloggers had been discussing this "lead" prior to Mr Huhne's disclosure. 

Now, another YouGov poll puts a different slant on things according to David Smith in the Sunday Times (12th February 2006).   Mr Hughes appears to be doing well, and Mr Huhne is third.  It all comes down to which poll you want to believe.  Then again, perhaps the previous poll suffered from a skewed or unrepresentative sample...