Boris Johnson hoped to mark his two year anniversary with a series of big domestic policy announcements as part of his plans for the post-Covid recovery. Instead, the Prime Minister had to spend it in self-isolation on a weekend in which a series of polls pointed to a dip in support for his government.
The most striking was a YouGov poll on Friday that suggested the Tory lead had fallen by six points to 38 per cent of the vote:
Since then, a series of other polls have emerged that also seem to point to a narrowing of the poll gap between the Tories and Labour, with Survation finding support for Labour rising slightly:
The latest poll comes from Redfield and Wilton – suggesting the Tories now hold a four-point lead over Labour:
So, what’s going on? In recent months, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has tried a range of attacks on Johnson’s government to little avail.
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