Jeremy Corbyn has a problem: two thirds of voters have no idea what he is saying. In a new poll of 2,372 people, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and prior to Corbyn’s remarks on the Paris terrorist attacks, 67 per cent say they don’t know or cannot recall what the Labour leader is saying — or that his message is rubbish, incoherent or just the opposite of whatever the Tories say (click to enlarge).
Corbyn’s position is even worse for his core audience: the non-voters. Four out of five in this group have no idea what he is talking about. More than half of those who self-identify as left-wing but didn’t vote Labour at the last general election don’t know what he is saying and only one in five say Labour’s focus is on fairness.
The failure to get a message across is a problem for both Corbyn and his enemies in Labour.
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