Poor Rishi Sunak is not having a very good week. After a bruising set of local elections and two defections to Labour in a fortnight, the latest Times poll won’t do anything to settle the Prime Minister’s nerves as the general election looms. Labour now has a staggering 30 point lead over the Tories — the biggest since the Liz Truss era — according to the latest YouGov data. To add insult to injury, the poll also finds that most voters are unconvinced by Sunak’s claim that Britain is not heading for a Labour majority government. Bad luck, Rishi…
Today’s poll is officially the worst set of results for the Prime Minister since he started in the top job. The beleaguered Tories sit on a measly 18 per cent while Sir Keir’s Starmtroopers are miles ahead on a whopping 48 per cent. All the smaller parties, with the exception of the SNP, meanwhile see a small dip in support. The Lib Dems and the Greens are down by one percentage point each since the end of April, with Reform dropping two points to 13 per cent. The Nats, however, have jumped up by whole percentage point. It appears hapless Humza did more for their prospects in resigning than while he was First Minister…
Sunak is keen to talk up the prospects of a Tory comeback after last week’s locals but the people on the ground don’t buy it. Just over an eighth of voters are convinced that the UK is on track for a hung parliament, while two-thirds are expecting a Labour majority. For Rishi Sunak, it seems, things can only get bitter.
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