Jeremy Corbyn met small-business owners in Stevenage yesterday. Only 15 per cent in the poll thought he would be a good choice as temporary prime minister

Jeremy Corbyn would be an unpopular choice to lead a caretaker government designed to block a no-deal Brexit, according to a new poll.

The YouGov survey found that just 15 per cent of those asked thought the Labour leader would be a good choice as temporary prime minister, while 63 per cent said he would not.

Mr Corbyn wrote to MPs last week asking them to install him as prime minister for a short period to delay Brexit long enough to prevent a no-deal and allow a general election.

The Labour leader with Diane Abbot and Harriet Harman. 19 per cent of people polled said Ms Harman would be a good choice as caretaker TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE

But a furious row erupted after Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat leader, said she would not put Mr Corbyn in Downing Street and suggested the Tory grandee Ken Clarke or Harriet Harman, the senior Labour MP,