Sir Keir Starmer has overtaken Boris Johnson as the nation's choice of best prime minister, a shock new poll reveals today.
After a week in which the Government has been mired in a 'cash-for-access' row over a Tory donor du lịch bắc kinh and continued concerns over its handling of coronavirus, the Labour leader has taken a two-point lead.
Sir Keir is now on 37 per cent, with Mr Johnson on 35 per cent.
He has gained plaudits for his swift action to sack remove Rebecca Long-Bailey, his leading Corbynista rival, as shadow education secretary for allegedly peddling an 'anti-Semitic conspiracy theory'.
In contrast, Mr Johnson is continuing to stand by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick despite documents showing the extent to which he tried to help Richard Desmond, the former Express owner, avoid tax on a £1billion property development.
Opinium, which carried out the poll for the Observer, said that while Sir Keir had been enjoying a higher approval rating than the Prime Minister for the past six weeks, bắc kinh it is the first time the former director of public prosecutions has polled higher when asked about who would make the better PM.
