An explosive new poll by Survation – the most accurate of the polling companies by far during the 2017 general election – has blown apart the claims by advocates of a so-called “people’s vote” that supporting a new referendum would see Labour rocket into power.

The poll gives Labour a 3-point lead in Westminster voting intention – but also shows that if anyone other than the Tories called for a new referendum and Labour supported it, Corbyn’s party would lose vote share, with a four-net loss to the Tories:

The only scenario in which Labour would be wise to support a new referendum is shown in the fourth section. If the Tories called for a referendum – and it can only be the Tories, since the LibDems and other small parties are already calling for a referendum and Labour is leading in voting intention – then Labour would have no sensible option but to support it.

But in that unlikely event, Brexit supporters would desert the Tories in droves anyway.

SKWAWKBOX comment:

The centrists have seen their fantasy exposed. Watch out for an escalation of anti-Labour smears over the weekend.



By contrast, the poll shows that Labour’s leadership – and a large part of the left media – have yet again called it right.

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