Millions of voters say Labour has virtually “zero chance” of winning the next election after Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected leader, a new poll revealed yesterday.
The exclusive BMG Research survey for the Standard also found:
*The Conservatives have almost doubled their lead over Labour from six percentage points in August to 11 now.
*Nearly three-quarters of adults believe Labour will have to wait until at least 2025 before being back in government.
*Almost a quarter of people aged 35 to 44, and 55 and over, think Labour will “never” win power again.
*Nearly a third of 2,026 adults quizzed say they are less likely to vote Labour after Corbyn’s victory to stay as Labour leader, compared to 15% who said they are now more likely to do so.
*Far more people (34%) say Labour has been taken over by Far Left infiltrators than those who disagree with this view, 13%.
However, the poll is not all doom and gloom for Corbyn, who was at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool yesterday.
Nearly seven out of 10 Labour voters believe his win against Owen Smith gives him a mandate to reshape the Labour party to his own vision including with party members having a say over who is in the shadow cabinet.
Highlighting the political mountain Corbyn faces to get anywhere near No 10, the poll found 38% of the public, including 29% of Labour voters, believe the party has “close to zero chance” of winning the next general election with him at the helm.
A further 20% say he has a “modest chance”, making a clear majority who believe it is pretty unlikely he will get into Downing Street.