CORBYN'S WARNING: Traditional Labour voters prepared to ABANDON party over Brexit

Despite claims by Jeremy Corbyn he is preparing to be
Prime Minister for a decade, the findings of polling
carried out for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)
found low income voters are “up for grabs” and at the
last election were “pulled in different directions”.
The research by Professor Matthew Goodwin at the
University of Kent and Prof Oliver Heath of Royal
Holloway University, draws on data from the British
Election Study (BES) and found that while 42 per cent
of low income voters backed Labour this year, the
Tories picked up 37 per cent just five points behind.
The parties were neck-and-neck among manual
workers with 39 per cent each, while Labour has a
small lead among full-time workers of 42 per cent to
36 per cent.
By contrast, high income voters remained much more
likely to vote Conservative than Labour by 53 per cent
compared to 24 per cent.
Huge cracks in
Labour as two MP's
clash over party's
Brexit stance
Labour Party
conference: Anti-
Brexit protesters call
on Corbyn
RELATED ARTICLES
The resurgence for the Tories was on the back of a
popular pro-Brexit message, according to the findings.
Of an estimated 140 Labour seats in England that had
given majority support to Brexit the average
Conservative vote increased by 8.3 percentage points,
compared to an average of 4.6 points across England
as a whole.
The findings offer hope for Ukip who hope to make a
pitch to the “patriotic working class” pro-Brexit voters
after their leadership contest is decided later this
week.
Jeremy Corbyn claims he is preparing to be Prime
Minister for a decade
Campbell Robb, chief executive of JRF, said: “The
Brexit vote showed why we need a new national
mission to transform the prospects of people and
places who have been left behind, yet the offer made
by the main parties at the General Election fell far
short.”
Prof Goodwin concluded that the research “shines a
bright light on what is a key battle in British politics
today”.
He said: “Instinctively, many low income voters
support Brexit and controls on immigration yet they
simultaneously feel that the economy is not working
for people like them.
Jeremy Corbyn at
Glastonbury
Mon, June 26, 2017
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke to vast crowds
from the Pyramid stage and the Left Field stage at
the 2017 Glastonbury Festival
PLAY
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the Greenpeace
area at Glastonbury Festival [PA]
PA 1 of 15
The resurgence for the Tories was on the back of a
popular pro-Brexit message
“In the end, many of these opted for Labour because
of their economic worries but this deal is by no means
signed, sealed and delivered.”
Prof Heath, added: “Gone are the days when people on
low incomes and working class voters gave
unconditional support to Labour.
“These groups are now up for grabs – and in the next
election could swing either way.
“Political parties would be well advised to take their
concerns seriously.”

Tweet