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Labor is now on the same level as the Tories, according to Opinium’s latest poll for the Observer, which shows the Tories have lost a whopping 26-point lead in the five months since March.
The poll, which places the two main parties with 40 percent of the vote (Tories fell two points and Labor rose one point a fortnight ago), will cause more alarm in the Tory ranks due to internal unrest over performance. by Boris Johnson. the government grows.
At the same time, it will be a boost for Labor, as MPs prepare to return to Westminster on Tuesday.
Labor has enjoyed a notable rise since Keir Starmer took control of the main opposition party in April. Photograph: Getty
It is the first time since Johnson became a Conservative leader that the Labor Party has been level, and it crowns a notable rise since Keir Starmer took control of the main opposition party in April.
In late March, in the final days of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and as the country was rallying behind Johnson after he imposed the total lockdown on March 23, the Tories were 26 points ahead of Labor.
An Opinium poll at the end of the month put them at 54 percent of the vote and Labor at 28 percent.
In the same poll in late March, a large majority of people (65 percent) approved of the way the government had handled the coronavirus crisis, while 23 percent disapproved.
Five months later, after the UK became one of the worst performing nations and ministers executed a series of U-turns in policy, the approval ratio more than halved to 31 percent. , and that disapproval doubled to 47 percent.
As schools prepare to reopen in England from Tuesday, a clear majority of people believe that it will nevertheless be safe for young people to return to the classroom. Of those surveyed, 63% believe it will be safe for elementary schools to reopen, while 30% think it will not.
For high schools, 60 percent think it will be safe while 33 percent have doubts.
More people (40 percent) blame Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, for the recent testing fiasco than blame regulator Ofqual (29 percent) or teachers (10 percent).
Commenting on Labor’s recovery, Opinium’s Adam Drummond said: “This is the first time that Labor has leveled off since July 2019, when both major parties were in free fall and lost votes to the Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats. .
“Since Boris Johnson became prime minister, the Conservatives typically had a double-digit lead, peaking in March / April this year when they were seen to be handling the pandemic and lockdown quite well as Labor switched gears. Leader. In the five months since that peak, the lead has gradually decreased from 26% to 0% now. “
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