Corbyn takes Labour to ALL-TIME polling low: Just 18% would vote for the party in a general election as they slump to fourth place
- Labour dropped 2 points since last week behind Tories 24% and Brexit Party 23%
- Corbyn’s ratings are so low they have dropped behind the Lib Dems on 20%
- Growing discontent on Brexit position and leader’s stance on anti-Semitism
Labour’s support is polling at a record low with 18 per cent backing Jeremy Corbyn – as he equals a joint worst with Gordon Brown during the financial crisis.
A YouGov poll for The Times found that fewer than one in five voters will support him at the next election.
The poll found that Labour had fallen by 2 percentage points since last week, revealing their stance on Brexit to be increasingly unpopular.
Now only 25 per cent of Remain voters say they will back Labour, compared with 40 per cent at the end of April and 48 per cent at the start of 2019.
Labour’s support is polling at a record low with 18 per cent backing Jeremy Corbyn (pictured during Prime Ministers Questions yesterday) – as he equals a joint worst with Gordon Brown during the financial crisis
A YouGov poll for The Times found that fewer than one in five voters will support him at the next election
Their Brexit strategy has also alienated Leave voters, with only 8 per cent backing Labour in comparison to the 21 per cent who backed them in January.
The Conservatives have gained six points on Labour, with 24 per cent, claiming the sole lead and polling 2 points ahead of last week.
Jeremy Corbyn is pictured leaving his north London home yesterday
The Brexit Party, which was previously on an equal footing to the Conservatives last week, is a close second position with 23 per cent.
The Liberal Democrats, who were lagging behind Labour by one point last week, have now surpassed the Labour Party with 20 per cent.
Labour’s embarrassing figures highlight increasing discontent with the party’s indecisive stance on Brexit and its ever-growing anti-Semitism crisis.
With the party at civil war over the issue, both the Tories and members of Corbyn’s own party are attacking his ‘failure’ to deal with the problem.
Yesterday his deputy Tom Watson put pressure on him to take a stand against the bullying and possible de-selection of pregnant Labour MP Ellie Reeves.
The MP for Lewisham West and Penge spoke out against the readmission of her Labour colleague Chris Williamson, who was suspended from the party after saying they were being ‘too apologetic’ over allegations of anti-Semitism.
Watson, who also wants Williamson banned from the party, said: ‘A small group of members are trying to bully another pregnant MP out of the party.’
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party is currently polling on 23 per cent, the second highest behind the Tories on 24 per cent
Jeremy Hunt (pictured at a hustings event in Belfast on Tuesday) yesterday accused Corbyn of ‘turning a blind eye’ to the issue
Boris Johnson is pictured at a Tory leadership campaign event in Reading yesterday, as the Tories only just manage to stay above the Brexit Party
‘This reprehensible behaviour cannot be tolerated. We will not accept bullying and threats in our ranks.
‘The entire shadow cabinet will want to publicly condemn this too.’
Meanwhile at an event yesterday Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt accused Corbyn of turning a ‘blind eye’ to the issue.
Recalling a trip to the concentration camp, Hunt said: ‘When I went to Auschwitz I rather complacently said to myself, ”thank goodness we don’t have to worry about that kind of thing happening in the UK” and now I find myself faced with the leader of the Labour Party who has opened the door to anti-Semitism in a way that is truly frightening.’
He (Corbyn) has turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism, and I think he has crossed the line from criticising Israel and its foreign policy – which everyone has a legitimate right to do – to criticising the Jewish people.
‘I think some of his comments, for example about Jewish people not understanding English irony, betray some deeply-held prejudices which ought to worry people.’
Corbyn has repeatedly and strenuously denied being an anti-Semite, saying that he opposes racism ‘in all its forms’ and has a long track record of campaigning against discrimination.
The last time Labour’s ratings were at 18 per cent was when former leader and PM Gordon Brown battled with the aftermath of the financial crisis