It gets worse for Ed Miliband in the polls today. After revealing last week that just 20 per cent of the public think he’s doing well as Labour leader, YouGov now find that only 17 per cent think he’d make the best Prime Minister. That’s his lowest score yet, and it compares to 41 per cent for David Cameron.
But the way those numbers break down may be even more worrying for Ed. Only half of current Labour supporters say he’d be the best PM, and a minority — just 43 per cent — of 2010 Labour voters pick him. By contrast, Cameron has the backing of 97 per cent of Tory voters.
Of course Miliband’s personal ratings have been poor for a long time, but they’re now worse than ever. And, unlike in the past, his remaining defenders can’t point to a Labour lead in the polls. Today’s YouGov survey has the Tories ahead 40 to 38.
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