Yahoo News Labour voters see Boris Johnson as biggest threat to Jeremy Corbyn, according to poll
Boris Johnson is the biggest threat to Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to lead the country, according to a Labour voters’ survey.
LabourList asked members which potential Conservative leadership candidates they saw as the biggest challenge for Mr Corbyn in a general election and the former Mayor of London came out on top, with 45.2% of readers backing Johnson.
An overwhelming 72% of the 4,478 polled said they considered Johnson to be the contender who “would be most damaging to the country as Prime Minister”.
He was followed by Esther McVey, the former work and pensions minister who fiercely defended Universal Credit, but she received just 6.8% of the vote for the potential to do the most damage.
The news comes as Theresa May attempts to secure Cabinet support for a "bold offer" to MPs across the Commons to finally win backing for her Brexit deal.
The Prime Minister's senior ministers will consider the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) against the backdrop of the looming contest to replace her.
In a sign of the divisions within the party, Chancellor Philip Hammond will use a major speech on Tuesday night to deliver a rebuke to would-be leaders considering a no-deal Brexit.
In remarks set to raise Tory tensions on EU withdrawal, the Chancellor will claim supporters of leaving the bloc without an exit agreement are trying to "hijack" the result of the referendum.
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But Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, who has said she could stand in the contest to replace Mrs May, insisted the UK had to be prepared to walk away without a Brexit deal.
Worryingly for Labour despite the government unrest the LabourList poll found that almost of third of people do not intend to vote for the party in Thursday’s European elections, though 63% of the sites readers said they will back the party.
More readers plan to continue supporting the party in the next general election with 75% saying they will vote Labour when the time comes.
