Voters are more afraid of Corbyn than No Deal

VOTERS are more worried about the prospect of a Corbyn government than a No Deal Brexit, a poll shows.

The survey of nearly a thousand respondents for Politico and Hanbury Strategy found 43 per cent think Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister would be the worst possible outcome.

This compared with 35 per cent who said a No Deal would be the worst outcome. Around a quarter said the two options were equally bad.

The Labour leader is also behind on the ‘best prime minister’ measure, with 18 per cent choosing Mr Corbyn and 40 per cent Boris Johnson. Among Liberal Democrat voters, 40 per cent preferred Mr Johnson to Mr Corbyn as prime minister.

But the Conservatives only have a sevenpoint lead ahead of Labour – a similar margin to the one David Cameron had in 2015 when he won a tiny majority.

It puts the Tories on 33 per cent, Labour on 26 per cent, the Lib Dems on 17 per cent and the Brexit Party on 14 per cent.

Hanbury’s polling expert James Kanagasooriam said: ‘Initial numbers indicate Johnson’s strategy appears to be working – stapling together No Deal to his leadership of the Conservative Party and Remain to Corbyn is presenting the electorate with a realigned but clear choice.

‘Corbyn’s historic unpopularity has created the conditions under which a small plurality of voters are willing to opt for No Deal when faced with the choice of Corbyn as prime minister.’

But he added that given the small Tory lead, this support could be ‘shallow’.