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Boris Johnson‘s Conservatives look the most likely party to lead a Government after the December 12 general election, new polling shows.
It comes after a fiery first few days of the campaign, which saw the PM and his Labour counterpart Jeremy Corbyn trade blows as they geared up for the vote.
New data indicates the Tories will get 41 per cent of the vote, while Labour would receive 29 per cent and the Lib Dems on 15.
The polling, conducted by Opinium for the Observer, canvassed 2,001 British adults from November 6 to 8.
General Election 2019 – In pictures
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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It puts the Tories down one per cent and Labour up three per cent from a similar poll carried out the week before.
A YouGov poll released on Friday showed the Labour party faltering in its traditional strongholds, down 25 per cent from its 2017 general election result in the north west.
Meanwhile another poll carried out by Electoral Calculus and released on Wednesday gave the Tories a 96 seat majority if it were to be accurate come December 12.
As the election campaigns contines at pace, Labour suffered another heavy blow on Saturday as former home secretary David Blunkett said the “anti-Semitism” and “thuggery” in the party makes him “despair”.
Lord Blunkett, previously an MP for 28 years and now sits as a Labour peer in the upper chamber, said the likelihood of Jeremy Corbyn winning a majority was “extraordinarily slim”.
However, he urged moderates within the party to “stay and fight” to ensure the “voice of reason” prevailed, following deputy leader Tom Watson’s decision to stand down.
The former Cabinet minister and party chairman’s comments came after a bruising week for the party, which saw two of its former MPs urge voters to back the Tories instead.
There was also controversy for the Conservatives, with Matt Hancock accused of “whitesplaining” by Baroness Warsi, after he said others in the party “take a more balanced approach” on Islamophobia than her.
Lady Warsi, the former Tory party chairman who has led criticism of the Conservative hierarchy’s response to Islamophobia within its ranks, said she was “glad” to have colleagues like the Health Secretary to educate her on the issue.
Mr Hancock said the Tories needed to hold an inquiry on Islamophobia within the party – though he claimed others “take a more balanced approach” on the issue than Lady Warsi.
It comes after the Prime Minister said the Conservatives would be conducting a “general investigation into prejudice” – stopping short of calls for an independent inquiry.
