Labour Lovies Moving Over To Mrs May......

[ToraToraTora]

http://news.sky.com/story/millions-of-labour-voters-pick-may-over-corbyn-10513831
Come on mikey, you know you want to!

[dannyk13]

Stop teasing TTT

[jim360]

Isn't this the same sort of effect as the "Brown Bounce" enjoyed in 2007? And look where that ended up for him...

In all seriousness, though, I don't want Corbyn anywhere near Downing Street. Still don't know what to make of Theresa May, but I suppose we have four years or so most likely to look at how good (or not) she is.

[mikey4444]

Morning TTT.

"When asked which leader they would prefer in Downing Street, 29% of Labour voters opted for the Conservative Party's new PM"

Doesn't that mean that 71% DON'T prefer Mrs May in Downing Street ?

[Old_Geezer]

Honeymoon period.

In any case party leaders who go with the present public opinion rather than offer an alternative are dismissed as populist. It's no bad thing that the public actually has a choice, even if the majority fear a swing to the left in Westminster, for now.

[grumpy01]

I doubt a large number of that 71% would want Jeremy Corbyn there though nor, heaven help us, John McDonnell at No. 11.

[ladybirder]

Mikey aren't you surprised by the first figure?

[ToraToraTora]

""When asked which leader they would prefer in Downing Street, 29% of Labour voters opted for the Conservative Party's new PM"

- yes mikey the key word here is "Labour" - 29% of Labour would rather have the Tory leader, is that not a worry in Mikey land? How many Labour seats will that turn blue next GE?

[mikey4444]

Ladybirder....no, not really.

Like all Polls, we must treat this one with the greatest caution, as was proven by events of May 2015.

[mikey4444]

TTT...read my post at 09:00 !

We are not going to have an Election until May 2020......lets see what the Polls say then.

[ToraToraTora]

I did, 71% if labour supporters do not support Mrs May. Why is that not 100%? I'd be surprised to find a Tory supporter that supported the opposition leader, do you not fin that a little surprising?

[dannyk13]

Mikey 17 in every 100 is a lot of Labour supporters to lose.

[ToraToraTora]

29 danny

[Gromit]

The public tend to favour their leaders being replaced. John Major and Gordon Brown both benefitted from a honeymoon period after their elevation. It is largely due to the public being fed up with the previous leader rather than a judgement of the opposition leader.

Labour are unelectable at the moment and the public know that, which is reflected in this poll. The 29% are realists, facing an inevitable truth.

I don't think this poll tells us anything we don't already know. If Corbyn wins the leadership vote by 71%, I think he would be happy. I also have doubts about these people being Labour voters. A Labour voter would not support the Tories. They are more likely to be floating voters who swap parties, but last time they voted Labour.

[dannyk13]

Oops, don't know how I put 17

[Old_Geezer]

I note that a 'Labour Voter', for the purposes of this article, is defined as someone who voted Labour last time. I'd be more impressed if they were folk who habitually voted labour most occasions, since otherwise you are including a load of floating voters who will skew the stats.