By IRNA
London : Speculation mounted Friday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown may be tempted to call a snap election, as early as October, following a poll showing that his ruling Labour Party could double its parliamentary majority.
A YouGov poll in the Daily Telegraph reported that support for Labour was 41 per cent, its highest level since the start of the Iraq war in 2003 that has been blamed for the downfall of Brown's predecessor Tony Blair.
The ruling party was put at 9 points ahead of the main opposition Conservatives' 32 per cent, which translated into seats was calculating as giving Labour a 134 seat majority in the 646-seat House of Commons, double the present majority.
The party's best poll ratings in four years comes a month after Brown replaced Blair and follows other surveys suggesting that he has reversed Labour's fortunes after the party started to fall behind the Conservatives in 2006.
Previous speculation has suggested that the new prime minister could go to the polls early next year even though the next general election does not have to be held until 2010.
Last month Brown was chided by Conservative leader David Cameron, while leading in the polls, pressing him to call an early election, by arguing that he did not have a personal mandate from the people to replace Blair.
The former prime minister, before his departure, rejuvenated Labour, winning three consecutive elections from the Conservatives, who throughout history have been the country's traditionally ruling party.
Since taking over, Brown has tried to distance himself from his discredited predecessor by setting a new serious tone and style to British politics.