Theresa May’s approval rating plummets leaving her as unpopular as Corbyn BEFORE General Election
IT comes as Jeremy Corbyn’s personal figures have soared since the snap poll
THERESA May’s approval rating has plummeted so far she is now as unpopular as Jeremy Corbyn was before the General Election.
The tables have completed turned in terms of favorability to be Prime Minister – with Labour leader’s figure soaring in recent weeks.
The latest survey from YouGov shows a remarkable swing in the ratings, with Mr Corbyn surging from a terrible minus 42 in late April to being equally liked and disliked now.
Meanwhile Mrs May has gone from being plus 10 in April, to minus 5 at the end of May, to slumping to a dismal minus 34 in the wake of the disastrous election.
That makes her as about as unpopular as Mr Corbyn was in November last year, when there were calls for him to quit or lead his party to electoral disaster.
But the results starkly show just how badly the election went for Mrs May’s relationship with even Conservative voters.
As while she was as seen favourably by 85 per cent of 2015 Tory voters in late April, by mid-June this had fallen to 57 per cent.
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YouGov's Matthew Smith said of the figures: : "It is remarkable that there has been such a sharp turnaround for the leaders of the two main political parties. When the election was called, Theresa May was secure in her position and many were speculating over the future of the Labour leader.
"Now, the roles are reversed, with Jeremy Corbyn having silenced his critics and won over large sections of the public while the Prime Minister faces criticism from across the board."
Having been 20 points clear in the polls just weeks before the election Mrs May ended up losing her majority in the House of Commons.
She is now trying to secure a deal with the DUP to get their 10 MPs to back her Queen’s Speech and continue to lead a Government.
It not then Britain could be heading for yet another election, with one poll by Survation giving Labour a five-point lead – with Mr Corbyn's party on 45 per cent and the Tories on just 39.
It comes are the PM was blasted for failing to speak to victims of the Grenfell Tower inferno when she visited the scene today - while Corbyn hugged distraught residents at a relief centre.
