Tuesday, November 05, 2019

#UK: Poll Shows Johnson's Conservatives Ahead; Labour Being Dragged Down By Leader Corbyn

[world politics news]


Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win a Parliamentary majority in the December 12th national election which would give him the leeway he needs to get his Brexit deal through the House of Commons, a pollster has predicted.

Chris Hopkins, head of politics at ComRes, made his remarks after the publication of its latest Voting Intention poll, suggesting Johnson’s Conservative Party currently enjoys an eight point lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, a fact he attributed partly retaining the Leave vote better than Labour was managing to retain the Remain vote. Hopkins added negative perceptions of Corbyn himself appear to be hampering his party’s chances - with significantly more people saying they would like to have Christmas dinner with the prime minister.

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