Corbyn makes a half-hearted pitch to win over Tory voters

Can Jeremy Corbyn reach out to – and win over – Tory voters at a general election? It sounds like an unlikely prospect but that’s exactly what the Labour leader pledged to do in the party’s latest hustings last night. Corbyn said that his aim is to convince people ‘by the policies we put forward…(including) some people who have been tempted to vote Tory’ before. It certainly sounds as if Corbyn himself isn’t wholly convinced by his statement, as many of those hearing it are unlikely to be either. An Ipsos Mori poll recently gave Corbyn a woeful net approval rating of -33, so it’s true he needs to broaden his support base somehow. But worryingly, at least for Corbyn if he does seriously want to win over Tory voters, is Theresa May’s satisfaction rating amongst those who would normally back the Conservatives. This currently stands at three in four, and shows no signs of falling.