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Originally Posted by Damien
Labour aren't losing ground with the new leader though because the Tories went higher after the election but before Starmer was elected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinio...neral_election
In the poll before Starmer was elected the Tories were at 24% in the equivalent YouGov poll. At the start of the year they were at 20%.
Starmer has only been in the job two months and the polling average has halfed. Now that isn't just him, or just Cummings, as you say it's also the Covid 19 response.. Either way though the polling is narrowing: |
Agreed - polls indicate Labour aren't losing ground with the new leader though I appreciate there are a number of people who are sceptical of polls.
I think Starmer has performed very well in this crisis whilst it's been a mixed bag for the Conservatives. He's generally put himself above Cumminsgate and let the Conservative Party do what Labour used to - fight amongst themselves and weaken the leader's authority.
I think Labour's percentage has benefitted from the Liberal Democrats not having a permanent leader - I assume there will be an election this year. A successful Liberal Democrat leader could narrow the Labour-Conservative gap by chipping away at the Conservative vote.