A new poll released tonight shows Labour now hold a monstrous 8 point lead over a Tory party in turmoil.
The poll was conducted by Survation, one of the very few pollsters to accurately predict the outcome of June’s General Election.
The results indicate that, were there to be a General Election held now, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would secure a landslide victory over Theresa May’s floundering Conservatives.
The news also comes as many in the media and political establishment, including perennially anti-Corbyn former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, were beginning to question why Jeremy Corbyn’s party were not further ahead in the polls.
However, the huge 8 point lead shown in this latest poll will come a major slap in the face to Corbyn’s doubters.
Tonight’s latest poll shows Labour up to a massive 45%, whilst Theresa May’s Tories plummeting to just 37%.
Westminster voting intention:
LAB: 45% (+1)
CON: 37% (-1)
LDEM: 6% (-1)
UKIP: 4% (-)
GRN: 1% (-)via @Survation, 30 Nov – 01 Dec
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) December 2, 2017
And news of tonight’s poll will be seen as vindication by many of Corbyn’s biggest supporters, and the reaction on social media was absolutely unprecedented.
There were of course the customary Corbyn memes and GIFS, with a few recent, and rather appropriate, additions:
— Andrew James (@DrAndyJames) December 2, 2017
— ryan (@ryxnf) December 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/conorwells0/status/937088857044025346
Merry Christmas Theresa.
— Daniel Fawcett (@DanTheManF1) December 2, 2017
— ㅤㅤ (@dxckstep) December 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/ARDFootball/status/937088378725654531
corbyn u saucy boi, john mcdonnel u are an amazing human being as well so tanks babes pic.twitter.com/jKQphA9fCE
— Callum (@Comrade_Callum) December 2, 2017
There were of course numerous obligatory Corbyn head turn GIFs:
https://twitter.com/theabsolutetom/status/937088422803537921
— Ollie Cranham-Young (@OllieCranham1) December 2, 2017
Another had an appropriate message for the naysayers and non-believers:
https://twitter.com/JamesMcKevitt22/status/937094367738843142
Some replies were just a little worrying:
https://twitter.com/Callum871/status/937088471465906177
Others were more reserved in their response, pointing out the fact that Survation were one of the only polling companies to come out of GE17 with their reputation intact:
https://twitter.com/amantsays/status/937088412095479808
Whilst one presumably Tory-supporting Twitter user, with the incredibly ironic Twitter handle ‘@LaughingAtLeft’ was unreservedly incredulous with tonight’s poll:
— Economics Fan (@LaughingAtLeft) December 2, 2017
Not content with airing their grievance in meme-form, this particular Tory supporter came back for more:
I refuse to believe 45% of the population are this stupid
— Economics Fan (@LaughingAtLeft) December 2, 2017
But without a shadow of a doubt our absolute favourite response to tonight’s poll was this magnificent video reply:
#JC4PM2018 pic.twitter.com/N3rQb07wUm
— LabourFanTV (@TheBirmingham6) December 2, 2017
And, in further good news for Corbyn supporters, given an outrageously incompetent Tory party are so obviously sinking further and further into a Brexit-shaped, scandal-ridden abyss, the general direction of public opinion is only really likely to head in one direction.
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