UK PM May's party slumps to third place amid Brexit crisis - opinion poll

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UK PM May's party slumps to third place amid Brexit crisis - opinion poll

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a speech in response to the Augar Review into post-18 education in central London, Britain May 30, 2019. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives would slump to third place if a general election were held now, according to a new opinion poll, as voters frustrated with the deadlock over Brexit would punish the main political parties.

 

The Conservatives, Britain's oldest and most successful party, would finish outside the top two parties in a nationwide vote with 19 percent of the vote for the first time in at least a century, the YouGov poll for The Times newspaper showed.

 

The main opposition Labour Party, which is pushing for a softer version of Brexit, would also finish third with 19 percent of the vote, according to the poll.

The Liberal Democrats, campaigning on a straightforward demand for a new referendum aiming to reverse Brexit, would emerge as the largest political party with 24 percent of the vote, the poll showed.

 

The next largest party would be Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, which supports a clean break with the EU, and would be the second largest party with 22 percent.

 

(Reporting By Andrew MacAskill, Bhargav Acharya; editing by Grant McCool)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-31

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[terryw]

People want these political parties to have a clear position on Brexit. Until the Tories and Labour stop treating the public like idiots then they have no chance of getting a majority at the next Election.

[JRG23]

The worst prime minister. The worst government.

[nauseus]

YouGov to be joking!????

[Proboscis]

But they just had an election. Why run an opinion poll just after the European election?

[evadgib]

The next GE will consign two party politics in UK to the bin.

[Baerboxer]

5 hours ago, terryw said:

People want these political parties to have a clear position on Brexit. Until the Tories and Labour stop treating the public like idiots then they have no chance of getting a majority at the next Election.

 

The problem for Labor and the Tories is that their memberships are split regarding Brexit and those leading the parties are scared of loosing one or the other groups.

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, Proboscis said:

But they just had an election. Why run an opinion poll just after the European election?

 

Because the results for a GE would be different - as the poll shows. 

 

The elections for MEP's have never been taken that seriously, like council elections. Low turnouts with many voting to protest at the incumbent government, a kick in the arse.

 

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, nauseus said:

YouGov to be joking!????

 

Yes of course! Everyone knows they'd all really vote for Farage and his muppets. The party with no policies, no manifesto, and not even a real political party. 

 

Brexit Ltd. a private limited company, funded by donations and with a MD who might move to Germany or the US at anytime and doesn't allow debate or any opinion but his own.

 

22% would vote for them according to this poll. Geniuses. 

[Baerboxer]

5 hours ago, JRG23 said:

The worst prime minister. The worst government.

 

Probably one of the worst, if not the worst, Home Secretary too.

 

History isn't going to be kind to her!

[Loiner]

Both CON and LAB thoroughly deserve every woe which now befalls their parties. They have both lied, cheated and treated their supporters with contempt for too many years. If they were both to disappear completely it would only be a minor loss to the UK voters. Another positive would be all that club property around the country soon available for conversion into flats.

LibDem - how could they possibly find so many new votes for a GE? A new generation of trendy young voters who obviously don't remember their lies in the coalition. "We'll abolish Brexit." sounds similar to their infamous "We'll abolish Uni fees." on which they reneged.

Just another poll though, and by YouGov, therefore taken with yet another pinch of salt.

[puipuitom]

54 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

The problem for Labor and the Tories is that their memberships are split regarding Brexit and those leading the parties are scared of loosing one or the other groups.

Consequence of teh British system: the one wioth the most votes in a constituency gets all. 50% + 1 of the constituencies and.. you have the government with quite dictatorial powers. It is. "US" of "the mortal ennemy".

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Yes of course! Everyone knows they'd all really vote for Farage and his muppets. The party with no policies, no manifesto, and not even a real political party. 

 

Brexit Ltd. a private limited company, funded by donations and with a MD who might move to Germany or the US at anytime and doesn't allow debate or any opinion but his own.

 

22% would vote for them according to this poll. Geniuses. 

You're making our Nige sound like a quasi-dictator - which some might argue is what we actually need to get the ship state into less turbulent waters and back on an even keel.

[tebee]

Just now, Krataiboy said:

You're making our Nige sound like a quasi-dictator - which some might argue is what we actually need to get the ship state into less turbulent waters and back on an even keel.

That's because he is ...

 

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, tebee said:

That's because he is ...

 

Not yet, but soon .......

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

Yes of course! Everyone knows they'd all really vote for Farage and his muppets. The party with no policies, no manifesto, and not even a real political party. 

To be fair, Nigel has one policy ...... to leave.

The other parties have 100s of policies and renege on them all.

Edited May 31, 2019 by BritManToo

[tebee]

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

To be fair, Nigel has one policy ...... to leave.

The other parties have 100s of policies and renege on them all.

The problem we have now is that Farage, con's and lab are all chasing after the votes of the 52%, which is why they are all polling so low With FPTP this could result in them splitting the vote and winning very few seats.

 

If remain can get it's act together and present a unified front, it could clean up at the next GE.

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, tebee said:

The problem we have now is that Farage, con's and lab are all chasing after the votes of the 52%, which is why they are all polling so low With FPTP this could result in them splitting the vote and winning very few seats.

 

If remain can get it's act together and present a unified front, it could clean up at the next GE.

I'm sure the cons or labs will work out a deal to join Farage if he gets nearly enough seats.

[Nigel Garvie]

39 minutes ago, tebee said:

The problem we have now is that Farage, con's and lab are all chasing after the votes of the 52%, which is why they are all polling so low With FPTP this could result in them splitting the vote and winning very few seats.

 

If remain can get it's act together and present a unified front, it could clean up at the next GE.

It is sad to see the LP chair (Laverty) still claiming that the country needs to be brought together by Labour who should still be fighting to attract everyone. How many kicks in the conjones do the voters have to give them, before they wake up and see that the country doesn't want to be united on this issue, and in fact many other issues as well.

[nauseus]

2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Yes of course! Everyone knows they'd all really vote for Farage and his muppets. The party with no policies, no manifesto, and not even a real political party. 

 

Brexit Ltd. a private limited company, funded by donations and with a MD who might move to Germany or the US at anytime and doesn't allow debate or any opinion but his own.

 

22% would vote for them according to this poll. Geniuses. 

I was referring to the UKGov muppets. I did not mention Farage as you seem to like to do.

[Mukdahanman]

Go Nigel

[nauseus]

28 minutes ago, Nigel Garvie said:

It is sad to see the LP chair (Laverty) still claiming that the country needs to be brought together by Labour who should still be fighting to attract everyone. How many kicks in the conjones do the voters have to give them, before they wake up and see that the country doesn't want to be united on this issue, and in fact many other issues as well.

Conjones? Or Tom Jones?

 

 

[Thairealist]

8 hours ago, JRG23 said:

The worst prime minister. The worst government.

 

 

And should have added, the worst Parliament.

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, tebee said:

(snipped)

 

If remain can get it's act together and present a unified front, it could clean up at the next GE.

Hope is the mother of all men.

[Thairealist]

2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Because the results for a GE would be different - as the poll shows. 

 

The elections for MEP's have never been taken that seriously, like council elections. Low turnouts with many voting to protest at the incumbent government, a kick in the arse.

 

 

 Yes, the turn out for the E.U Election is always lower than that at a G.E.

 Just as the turn out at a G.E is always lower, than at the referendum of 2016. When the majority of the electorate voted by a majority of more than 1,400,000 to Democratically leave the E.U.

[tebee]

5 minutes ago, Thairealist said:

 

 Yes, the turn out for the E.U Election is always lower than that at a G.E.

 Just as the turn out at a G.E is always lower, than at the referendum of 2016. When the majority of the electorate voted by a majority of more than 1,400,000 to Democratically leave the E.U.

But the problem is they didn't say how we were to leave the EU.

 

No one knows that even now 

[welovesundaysatspace]

3 hours ago, Thairealist said:

 

 Yes, the turn out for the E.U Election is always lower than that at a G.E.

 Just as the turn out at a G.E is always lower, than at the referendum of 2016. When the majority of the electorate voted by a majority of more than 1,400,000 to Democratically leave the E.U.

You don’t need a referendum result. You need a majority in parliament. 

[Nigel Garvie]

4 hours ago, nauseus said:

Conjones? Or Tom Jones?

 

 

Not the dreaded predictive text again, but yes conjones (Spanish for balls pronounced Kon-jo-nairs I believe) although Tom Jones does indeed have an active pair according to his reputation! 

Doctor I keep hearing Tom Jones singing in my ear, is that common?..........................etc

[Scott]

Inflammatory, off-topic post reported and removed.  

[elliss]

5 hours ago, Thairealist said:

 

 

And should have added, the worst Parliament.

 

 UK , is damaged beyond repair , along with the pound, now under 40 bht.

    Thanks brexitears. .