UK Election – Conservative’s lead by eight points
Despite consistently leading the polls, Conservative candidates and campaigners have found little love for the Tory leader while knocking on doors in some key battlegrounds ahead of the U.K.’s December election.
POLITICO argues that luckily for Boris Johnson, the other guy looks even worse.
Labour candidates privately believe the prime minister could win his long-desired majority. Johnson won’t be nudged over the line by a wave of mega fans, however, even according to some of his own party, but rather by voters who held their noses, judging Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn even less palatable.
POLITICO refers to an Ipsos Mori political monitor from November found 44 percent of voters “like” Boris Johnson, compared with 23 percent who “like” Corbyn. Corbyn’s likability ratings were the worst Ipsos MORI has seen for a leader of either of the two main parties since 2007.
The Conservatives’ lead has fallen back down to eight points over the last week, according to a poll which puts the party on course for a majority of 14.
A Savanta ComRes poll for The Telegraph suggests the gap between the Tories and Labour has narrowed to match the lead Boris Johnson enjoyed shortly after the formal start of the General Election campaign.
However half of those surveyed (46 per cent) said they would feel worried if they woke up on Friday to find that Jeremy Corbyn was the new prime minister. Some 38 per cent said they would feel worried to find that Mr Johnson was to remain in Downing Street.
Meanwhile The Telegraph reports low-skilled migrants will face sweeping new restrictions on moving to Britain, under a radical post-Brexit immigration shake-up planned by Boris Johnson.