Shock Poll Puts Labour Ahead Of Tories After “unfair” Budget | LabourList
Jeremy Corbyn has received a significant boost from a new opinion poll which gives Labour a slender lead for the first time since he replaced Ed Miliband.
The YouGov poll for The Times put Labour on 34 per cent and the Tories on 33 per cent and also showed plunging ratings for George Osborne, the Chancellor, in the aftermath of a Budget judged “unfair” for the first time since his 2012 “omnishambles”.
The snapshot of party support comes just days after a separate ICM telephone poll put the two main parties on level-pegging at 36 per cent – a verdict that even ICM cast doubt upon, saying methodological changes would be likely to result in a Tory lead.
The full results for today’s YouGov poll are: Labour, 34 per cent; the Conservatives, 33 per cent; UKIP, 16 per cent; and the Lib Dems 6 per cent.
It comes after weeks of Tory in-fighting over Europe during which time Labour has continued to attack the Government over the economy and stayed relatively united over the EU referendum.
YouGov said “playing a quieter, background role” may have helped Corbyn as Tory turmoil over Europe rumbles on.
“In recent weeks our polls have found that over two-thirds of the public see the Conservative party as divided. A party that spent several years ruthlessly echoing their “long term plan” is now loudly broadcasting deep internal divisions over the future even though the cause is one that most of the public don’t care about.”
The Tories also appear to have been hit by a poor public reaction to the Budget with 38 per cent describing it as “unfair” and just 28 per cent as “fair”.
Osborne’s hopes of making it to 10 Downing Street have been further hit by the poll, in which an overwhelming majority said they were unhappy with his performance as Chancellor. Some 46 per cent said he is doing a bad job while 23 per cent said he is doing a good job.
Source: Shock Poll Puts Labour Ahead Of Tories After “unfair” Budget | LabourList
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once he rid himself of the blair babies he should shoot up the polls
Remember Ed Miliband? Nine or ten points ahead in many pols for years and then look what happened. I wouldn’t take this too seriously. Labour hasn’t so much gained significant support as the Tories losing it in protest, temporarily. This lead is very unlikely to last fr long. Sadly.
We’ll see. Corbyn is going great guns at the moment.
I see Facebook members have shared this 104 times a the time I posted but once again Twitter is indicating a blank space.
I don’t know what’s going on there. FB was blank for a long time but appears to have resumed today.
best to igmore media polls. dont give them info tories should be kept in the darkness. confusing their campaign team is the best strategy as their confidence will be affected.
they wont know if their budget or the soon to be given bribes of the electorate are working. they will feel obliged to use their funding and hopefully waste election resources but not feel confident this will produce votes.
dont let them know how you will vote in media polls.
This lead needs to be consolidated and built upon. With the Nasty Party being even more nasty than usual and with their in-fighting over the EU, it shouldn’t be difficult.