Labor leads Conservatives 8%

 

 Labor gained an 8 percent lead over the Conservatives after a tough few weeks for Boris Johnson, according to a poll commissioned by The Sunday Times today.

Nearly 25,000 people were polled about electoral attitudes, and the results give the first detailed picture of public attitudes to the ruling party's scandals.

The results of a district-by-district poll conducted between December 1st and 21st suggest that Labor leader Keir Starmer will win the general election by a 26-seat majority. Johnson will lose his seat in parliament and become the first incumbent prime minister to step down.

 Five other cabinet ministers, including Alok Sharma, chairman of the Climate Conference, and George Justice, environment minister, will also lose their seats, according to a Focaldata study.

The poll took place over a three-week period in which Johnson suffered a devastating riot, the defeat of the Tories in a midterm midterm election for nearly 200 years, revelations of illegal parties on Downing Street last Christmas and an increase in Omicron cases. .

While some conservatives will be shocked by the findings, many will think it could have been much worse and will be surprised that Starmer did not do better during the "catastrophic December".

 Just over two years ago, Johnson led the Tories to their biggest election victory since Margaret Thatcher in 1987. But the conservative coalition he built on Brexit seems to be falling apart as Labor rallies in his former constituencies.

The new poll gives Labor 40 percent and the Tories 32 percent. It predicts that Labor will win 338 seats and the Conservatives 237. This will be the weakest result for the Conservatives since Michael Howard led the party in the 2005 general election.

 The Scottish People's Party will remain the dominant party in Scotland with 48 out of 59 seats, which will be interpreted as a vote of confidence in Nicholas Sturgeon, the first minister.

The Liberal Democrats, who celebrated two shocking victories in this year's by-elections, will fail to make further progress and Sir Ed Davy's party will win 11 seats, the same as in 2019.