Britons overwhelming don’t imagine Rishi Sunak’s declare the nation is heading in the direction of a hung parliament on the subsequent election, a brand new ballot has discovered.
The prime minister mentioned he believes the native election outcomes – which noticed Tories get roundly crushed – really present Labour will fall wanting a total majority.
However based on a YouGov survey revealed on Tuesday, solely 18% of individuals agree with Sunak.
The ballot confirmed 57% of individuals anticipate there to be a Labour majority after the overall election. And solely 6% anticipate the Conservatives to win a majority.
The Conservatives misplaced almost 500 council seats on the native elections final week, in addition to all however one mayoral race.
Within the wake of the outcomes Sunak all however admitted he’s heading in the right direction to be kicked out of Downing Road.
However he steered whereas issues regarded grim for the Tories, it didn’t imply Keir Starmer was essentially going to win outright.
“These outcomes recommend we’re heading for a hung parliament with Labour as the biggest occasion,” he mentioned.
Sunak’s feedback have been a reference to a projection by the polling professional Michael Thrasher.
The Sky Information analyst mentioned the native elections steered Labour’s lead over the Conservatives is simply seven factors, nicely wanting what opinion polls have been saying for months.
If that was repeated on the common election, it might depart Starmer wanting an total majority, Thrasher mentioned.
However that interpretation of the native elections has been challenged by different polling and election specialists.
Ben Web page, international chief government of Ipsos, mentioned the Conservatives have been as common as “a cup of chilly sick” and the concept Labour wouldn’t win a majority was “for the birds”.
“We haven’t seen something of this sort since simply earlier than Labour received a landslide in 1997,” he mentioned.
Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, mentioned: “If Rishi Sunak is so satisfied the election is so shut there’s one strategy to check that, name a common election and let the individuals determine.”
Earlier on Tuesday, work and pensions secretary Mel Stride mentioned it might be “some months” till the PM known as the election.