Some numbers that could help TMay’s survival. Another poll, YouGov, has her & the Tories edging back a touch
But still LAB leads
Given how close it is to the last election it is hardly surprsisng that there are so few voting intention polls coming out. Today’s from YouGov is only the second since Mrs. May lost her majority on June 8th and has the gap down just a touch.
CON 40 +2
LAB 45 -1
LD 7 =
UKIP 2-2
This follows the weekend’s Survation online poll which had the LAB lead down to 2% from 6% on the weekend after the election.
TMay is also seeing her “best PM” numbers edging back up a notch. With YouGov she is now back in the lead.
Best PM in latest YouGov
TMay 38%+4
Corbyn 33% -2
Give the fractious state of her party these numbers should ease the jitters just a touch but, of course, the moves are small. TMay has successfuly negotiated the first six and a half weeks since the disastrous result and now she must be looking to get through the summer and conference season.
But she cannot airbrush out of history the fact that she called the election to increase her majority and ended without one at all. In earlier times she would have been toppled within days.