Dave ahead in the North?

The latest Independent/ComRes poll has the Tories comfortably ahead of Labour, at 41% versus 30%. The papers are drooling over one particular aspect of the poll: it puts Dave ahead of El Gordo in the North. By one measly point, but they're taking it as significant (and also arguing that Dave's 15 point lead in the south-east will take BoJo into City Hall).