Boris exit could leave Labour with an ‘easy target’ says Curtice
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Allegations of Downing Street parties during lockdown have caused Boris Johnson’s party to drop even lower in the polls, making Labour the most likely party to win the next general election as it currently stands. Sir Keir Starmer’s party has been ahead in the polls since early December when the first allegations of parties in Number 10 taking place during the COVID-19 lockdown began to emerge.
A new poll by Redfield and Wilton Strategies has revealed that 43 percent of British voters say they would vote Labour if there was an election tomorrow, while just 30 percent say they would vote Tory.
The result is the highest polling figure for a Labour leader since March 2018.
In a recent YouGov poll, Labour opened up a ten-point lead on the governing party, putting the Tories on 28 percent with Labour ahead on 38 percent.
Labour were up one point, while the Tories were down five points.
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Opinions of Mr Johnson are floundering more than ever before thanks to ‘party gate’.
In the same poll, Sir Keir was said to be the best pick for prime minister by 35 percent of respondents, while Mr Johnson could only attract the support of 23 percent.
Just six per cent of those surveyed said they thought Mr Johnson had been honest in responding to questions about Downing Street parties – and 60 percent believed he should resign.
Another poll by Savanta ComRes released last week found two-thirds of surveyed people believed the Prime Minister should step aside – including 42 percent of Tory voters.
Leading polling expert Sir John Curtice has warned the Labour Party could win a general election with a majority.
He said: “Those kinds of numbers, even though the electoral system at the moment works very heavily against Labour, we could not rule out the possibility that Labour could win an election with an overall majority.
“The crucial point is last month, partygate did a lot of damage.
“There were signs of recovery in the polls as it went out of the media sphere at the beginning of this month but it’s all come back again and the Conservatives are in an even worse position.”
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The damning polling figures show an uncertain future for the Conservative Party, many of whom have come out against their leader and asked him to step aside.
But so far, no leadership bid has been launched by another candidate – even though some Cabinet ministers appear to have distanced themselves from Mr Johnson over the scandal.
Rishi Sunak, long thought to be the natural successor to Mr Johnson, has lacked the same support other Cabinet ministers have lent to their leader, having only said he was “right to apologise”.
A vote of no confidence has not been tabled from the backbench 1922 Committee, who require 54 letters from MPs to issue a challenge.
But other MPs have been less inconspicuous regarding their feelings about the Prime Minister.
William Wragg, vice chairman of the 1922 committee, said he was “worn out of defending what is invariably indefensible”.
Another senior Tory MP, Sir Roger Gale, called Mr Johnson a “dead man walking”.
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