{UAH} Labour opens up biggest lead over Tories since general election

Half of the 1,950 UK adults in Opinium's latest Observer poll disapprove of Theresa May's leadership

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Guardian Graphic | Source: Opinium

Public opinion is completely split on Brexit, mirroring divisions within the main political parties. Asked whether they approved of the deal hammered out at Chequers between cabinet ministers last weekend, 32% of respondents said they backed it while 32% opposed it.

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The public's view of Corbyn on Brexit has not shifted much since June, with 22% approving of his handling of the process of leaving the EU, up from 21% last month. In terms of net approval on Brexit, May now also fares worse than Corbyn with a net approval of -31% compared with a net approval of -23% for the Labour leader.

Half of voters think the electorate should be given another referendum on any final deal that is bought back from Brussels by May, against 33% who do not.

People are split, however, on whether the choice on the ballot paper should be between accepting the deal on offer and leaving without any deal at all or between accepting the deal on offer and staying in the EU, both supported by 25% of those asked.

While Labour's poll lead will encourage some in the party to push for an early general election, others in the party will be worried that its support has not increased at a time when the Tories are in open revolt and lack any unity over Brexit. Neither have the pro-EU Liberal Democrats benefited from Tory woes. They are up only one point to 8% since June.

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The figures suggest large numbers of leave voters have become disillusioned with the Tories' apparent drift to a more soft-Brexit position, and are looking to Ukip as a way to deliver a clean break with Brussels. Among potential Tory replacements for May, were she to step down or be forced out, people seem to have no clear preference but Johnson is favoured by more people than any other.

Asked who they think would be the best prime minister among the likely Tory runners and riders, Johnson comes out top with 12%, followed by Jacob Rees-Mogg (10%), David Davis (7%), Philip Hammond (5%), Jeremy Hunt (4%), Michael Gove (3%), and Andrea Leadsom (2%). About 25% said "none of these" and 22% said they did not know.

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