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Public faith in Jeremy Corbyn has fallen to the point where just one in five think he will enjoy a successful 2017, it was revealed today.

Instead of a Happy New Year, two thirds think he will have a bad time, an exclusive Ipsos MORI poll discloses.

By contrast, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is seen as Labour’s rising star this Christmas - with a majority of 58 per cent predicting he will do well in the coming 12 months, rising to 73 per cent of Londoners. Just one in five think he will do badly.

Researchers asked whether various political leaders, parties and countries were likely to have a good or a bad 2017.

Among the remarkable forecasts:

Britons are hugely optimistic about their own prospects, with 72 per cent saying they and their families will have a good 2017. Just 16 per cent fear a bad year.

Brits think the UK will have a better time than the European Union in the year that Brexit will finally get under way: Almost seven in 10 predict a bad year for the EU, while just 18 per cent expect a favourable year. For Britain itself the forecast was divided, 45 per cent good, and 43 per cent bad.

Prime Minister Theresa May will have a good year, according to 51 per cent, while 35 per cent think it will go badly for her. But only 40 per cent think Boris Johnson will have a good year, while 48 per cent predict a bad one.

Gloom about Mr Corbyn’s prospects - 21 per cent good year, 66 per cent bad - are shared by over four in 10 Labour supporters, indicating a widespread lack of confidence.

Of the political parties, the Tories, Liberal Democrats and Ukip all produced fairly evenly divided results. The exception was Labour, for whom 23 per cent predict a good year and 65 per cent a bad one.

Gideon Skinner, head of political research at Ipsos MORI said: “Theresa May and Sadiq Khan stand out, although both outperform their parties – by a long way in the case of Labour.

“A week is a long time in politics, and a year even more so, especially with Brexit on the horizon, but Labour has a long way to go to win back the confidence of the public."