Liz Truss's Conservative Party is on course for electoral humiliation at the next General Election due to her "reckless" handling of the economy.
A new opinion poll, conducted by Opinium for the TUC, found that 219 Tory MPs would lose their seats which would include 10 of the current Cabinet. The polling firm asked 10,495 adults across the country between September 26 to 30 about their views on the current turmoil in Westminster.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson would lose his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat by a massive margin if the poll was translated into constituencies. Among the Cabinet the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg would be ousted from their seats.
Therese Coffey (Deputy PM), Jake Berry ( Tory Chairman), Ed Argar (Chief Secretary to the Treasury), Simon Clarke (Levelling Up Secretary), Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Transport Secretary), Chloe Smith (Work and Pensions Secretary), Robert Buckland (Wales Secretary) and Alok Sharma (Cop President) are also set to lose their seats.
The poll comes after three Tory MPs broke ranks to demand that Truss quits. It marked the start of what is likely to be another dramatic week in Westminster, as Truss bids to cling on to her premiership.
Her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insisted on Sunday that the Prime Minister was still in charge of her Government, even while he signalled plans to effectively scrap the economic vision that brought her to power.
Chris Curtis, head of political polling at Opinium, told the Mirror : “The new Prime Minister has faced a backlash from voters in her first month in office, with polls better resembling a nightmare than a honeymoon. The results are stark, showing that, if there were an election any time soon, a 1997-sized Labour landslide would be the most likely outcome.
"One of the main causes of the Tory poll flop is that the mini-Budget is convincing voters that the party is on the side of the wealthy rather than working people. If the government wants any chance of avoiding a once-in-a-generation wipeout at the next election then they need to turn this reputation around.
"One way they could do this is reverse their position on workers’ rights, with the polling showing that the vast majority of voters want stronger protections in the workplace."
After conducting the poll Opinium used its MRP model which projects what it would mean for individual seats across the country. The firm predicts Labour would win 411 seats, Conservatives on 138, Lib Dems on 39 and the SNP on 37.
Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC, said the Prime Minister has "no mandate" to serve.
She added: "This Conservative government has set off a ticking time bomb under hard-won workers’ rights. Vital workplace protections – like holiday pay, safe limits on working hours and equal pay for women – are all at risk.
"Not content with throwing the economy into turmoil, ministers now seem determined to turn the clock back on rights in the workplace. This polling is a clear repudiation of Tory attacks on workers’ rights and their slash and burn economics.
"The prime minister has no mandate to take a sledgehammer to workers’ rights. Voters will punish her if she proceeds with these reckless plans."
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