Reasons to be cheerful: Labour is consolidating its lead over the Tories
Labour-supporting website LabourList was delighted to report the result:
Labour has notched up a two point lead in a new opinion poll that delivers a fresh blow to Theresa May.
If an election were held tomorrow, Labour could expect 43 per cent support – and the Tories just 41 per cent.
The Guardian/ICM survey showed the Lib Dems on seven per cent support, UKIP three per cent and the Greens also three per cent.
Jeremy Corbyn also underlined his enhanced status since the election campaign began by posting a 35 point lead over on May on their own performances. Some 44 per cent of respondents think the Labour leader is doing a good job, and 35 per cent say he is doing badly, showing a net favourability of 9.
May’s ratings have plummeted, and she now has 28 per cent of people thinking she is doing well and 54 per cent thinking she is doing badly – a net rating of -26.
(Source: Corbyn’s Rating Soars Ahead Of May As Labour Posts New Poll Lead)
Here’s the poll, as reported on Twitter:
Westminster voting intention:
LAB: 43%
CON: 41%
LDEM: 7%
UKIP: 3%
GRN: 3%(via @ICMResearch / 30 Jun – 03 Jul)
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) July 4, 2017
And here’s a quick report on the ‘swing’:
LAB +9%
CON -5%
Swing baby. https://t.co/ifynMdqHxf— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) July 4, 2017
Trust This Writer – Labour’s lead will only increase as the summer heats up.
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I sincerely hope that the longer the “coalition of chaos, propped up by terrorist sympathisers” continues the Labour lead will continue to grow.
The problem is that as we know a, polls recently have not predicted the actual outcome, and b, the way the constituencies are divided would make a far greater difference in seats than just a broad overall lead, like when UKIP got more votes overall than SNP but got one seat while the SNP got most of the Scottish seats.