Get Corbyn out now: Labour support plummets as 43% want him axed BEFORE next election
SUPPORT for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has plummeted after a new poll has shown a shocking loss of backing from his own party members.
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The YouGov poll found that 43 percent of 1,100 members surveyed said Mr Corbyn was doing a bad job as party leader, a considerable increase on the 19 per cent recorded in March 2018. Just 56 per cent those surveyed found that he was doing a good job which is massively down on the 80 percent surge of support he saw last year after a successful 2017 General Election which brought the Tory majority to an end.
Some 56 percent of members said he had dealt with Brexit badly, with 48 percent saying the same thing about his position on anti-Semitic allegations within the party.
The poll conducted for The Times also reveals Sir Keir Starmer is best placed to take over from Mr Corbyn has leader after receiving the backing of 68 per cent of members, closely followed by current Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell.
The collapse of support is down to the party’s uncertainty around Brexit and their blase stance on anti-semitic allegations within the party.
The Shadow Cabinet will meet today in a desperate attempt to find solutions to the anti-Semitic crisis that has plagued the party.
Labour launched a new website yesterday to educate members on signs of racism, whileMr Corbyn admitted that some members of the party did hold anti-semitic views.
Just weeks ago, sources in the party revealed to BBC Panorama that senior members had been involved with independent reviews against racism claims.
It has led three backbench MPs to publicly denounce the party’s front bench for being complicit and activating a spin campaign against those who have spoken out.
Jeremy Corbyn also cleared uncertainty around his Brexit stance, saying that the party would back remain in a future referendum against a no deal or a Tory deal that didn't protect jobs and the economy.
The news comes despite a British Election Survey which showed that between 26 and 34 percent of Labour voters, anywhere from 3.3 to 4.4 million people, voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.
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The party has also struggled to top the national polls despite an unstable Tory government who has failed to deliver Brexit on time.
Labour fell behind The Liberal Democrats and The Brexit Party in the EU Elections after both groups stood on much clearer positions on what angle they would take.
But, Labour was able to hold onto Peterborough by the skin of their teeth after defeating Mike Green’s Brexit Party by just over 600 votes in last month’s historic by-election.