It was going to come sometime that with the PM’s awful ratings collapse we would at some stage see his party fall behind in the voting intention polling. Well that has happened tonight from Opinium. These are the numbers for the main two parties with changes on a fortnight ago.
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https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1309932848179228676
To my mind Rishi has a good shot of actually winning in 2024 because he will hold together a coalition of voters without motivating people to vote against him as Boris would.
Does BoZo ditch Cummings in a desperate attempt to shore up his premiership, or does Gove engineer BoZo's departure to maintain Cummings' position...
However that is very different to crying “culture war” and cancelling memberships because you’ve decided that “BLM has taken over the organization” or other such nonsense. It’s hysterical.
Based on one night's anecdotal experience.
There's no point panicking or over-reacting. A Labour lead was inevitable.
The public supports the new measures.
The opposition to them is on the government's own benches.
A poor combination.
Particularly if you add in some unsavoury conspiracy types out on the streets to the mix.
Digging up and composting the magic money tree might not work too well for him in self-employed-white-van-man-land when economic activity stops.
If Labour can't get an opinion poll lead in light of the current disaster they never can. 2024 is there for Labour's taking.
Now, will Michael Gove ditch his favoured adviser and counsellor, just to get his bloodless hands on the levers of power?
Oh, of course he will.
Does anyone think she actually believes the rubbish she’s spouting, or is she just as fluent a liar as he is?
The irony is that by "Getting Brexit Done", the Tories have detoxified moderate Labour.
Wherever that is.
I was wrong - I am happy to admit that
And what colour would we associate with Trump? Yellow with flecks of blood?
A choice between Gove and Corbyn would have seen me vote for Corbyn.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/texas-tap-water-tainted-brain-eating-microbe
However, the natives on the Tory backbenches are a bit restless, noticeably so given we are only 9 months into this government's rule. That's because quite a lot recognise, if they are honest with themselves, that Boris is simply not up to the job of PM. He's been dealt a weak hand, but has played it particularly badly. If Labour leads for a couple of months, or increases its lead, that restlessness will only increase.
So, I reckon this poll counts for a bit more than it normally would - something, rather than absolutely zilch.
Labour's biggest mistake - and I didn't call for it until too late so I hold my hands up - was keeping Corbyn on for too long.
If he'd been deposed in 2018 or early 2019, we'd be in Government now
To be clear, by both sides as well
Labour has chosen seemingly pretty poor leaders since Blair left - now we've chosen a non-terrible one we're doing better.
Perhaps this idea Labour would languish forever was wildly mis-stated and the public do want to vote for us.
Its one poll at the moment
However both Covid and the Economy have much worse to come.
Labour have a real chance.
Might be a terrible time to be in Govt 2024 no money and the country in the Tory shitter mind.
He just is not cutting it and Cummings, Williamson and his IMB have all been a disaster
He has lost his authority and does not look well
Time to go and spend it with Carrie and his little one and write columns for newspapers
https://twitter.com/rorysalad/status/1309936166184026113
Also Red Wall voters are at least more inclined to vote Labour than others, this is good news for Keir
There's a people's revolt coming
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/frederick-forsyth/1339801/boris-johnson-coronavirus-restrictions-latest
It's definitely true that surprisingly popular Magic Grandpa Jez of 2017 had been replaced by snarly unpleasant racist undertones Jez of 2019.
But the other thing is that the idealised Boris was an incredibly attractive proposition. It would be lovely to think that the UK's problems could be solved by just applying a little bit of Oomph, Pizzazz and Belief. And sacking boring lawyery types getting in the way. And Boris was just the chap to provide said Oomph, Pizzazz and Belief. It's not surprising that the Great British Public democratically went for it.
Unfortunately for all of us, the UK's problems can't be solved by just applying a little bit of Oomph, Pizzazz and Belief. And real Boris is very different, and much worse, than idealised Boris.
I maintain our massive loss in 2019 was down to Corbyn overwhelmingly.
https://twitter.com/J_Bloodworth/status/1309948696331776000?s=20
https://twitter.com/GerryHassan/status/1309955564903059456?s=20
They have found Leave voters are less enthused to vote at the moment, will we see this change or now that Brexit has been delivered and Labour has accepted it, will they bother to turn out to vote? Is there anything to save now
https://twitter.com/LadPolitics/status/1309954409561042945
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1309954432092831744
Overall: 40% approve, 21% disapprove. Net +19.
2019 Conservative voters:29% approve, 31% disapprove. Net -2.
Current Labour voters: 73% approve, 8% disapprove. Net +65.
Current Executive members of my local Constituency Labour Party (all elected on a Momentum slate):
0% approve, 100% disapprove (strongly).
Source for the first three. Opinium Table V006(2).
Having made little or no attempt at serious enforcement of self isolation and quarantine for the country at large, where many are ignoring or bending the rules whilst in far more congenial living conditions, students are being disgracefully scapegoated for circumstances largely beyond their control (indeed having been actively encouraged to put themselves in this position), imprisoned and threatened with fines, disciplinary action or worst, many without any warning or knowledge of the basis for their predicament.
It's disgraceful.