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| Eight charts that reveal what people think about Jeremy Corbyn on the issues that really matter | |
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| Jeremy Corbyn has had a rocky first few days as Labour leader since his historic landslide victory on Saturday. | Jeremy Corbyn has had a rocky first few days as Labour leader since his historic landslide victory on Saturday. |
| He has been roundly ridiculed in the media, received widespread criticism from his fellow Labour MPs and has already been forced into a series of embarrassing U-turns over his stance on the EU, the benefit cap, his refusal to sing the national anthem and his opposition to wearing a poppy for Remembrance Sunday. | He has been roundly ridiculed in the media, received widespread criticism from his fellow Labour MPs and has already been forced into a series of embarrassing U-turns over his stance on the EU, the benefit cap, his refusal to sing the national anthem and his opposition to wearing a poppy for Remembrance Sunday. |
| And in the first in-depth polling since his election as leader, fewer than one in five voters think that he has a chance of winning the 2020 election. | And in the first in-depth polling since his election as leader, fewer than one in five voters think that he has a chance of winning the 2020 election. |
| But an assured performance at his first Prime Minister's Questions managed to steady the ship and has given him breathing space to try and build his pitch to the electorate. | But an assured performance at his first Prime Minister's Questions managed to steady the ship and has given him breathing space to try and build his pitch to the electorate. |
| Mr Corbyn's individual policies, as The Independent showed earlier this week, are more popular than all the dire predictions of electoral disaster might suggest. | Mr Corbyn's individual policies, as The Independent showed earlier this week, are more popular than all the dire predictions of electoral disaster might suggest. |
| However the YouGov polling released on Thursday reveals a similar pattern to the problem Ed Miliband faced - some of his policies were indeed very popular, but voters' trust in him was significantly lacking. | However the YouGov polling released on Thursday reveals a similar pattern to the problem Ed Miliband faced - some of his policies were indeed very popular, but voters' trust in him was significantly lacking. |
| On all main issues apart from the NHS, Mr Corbyn suffers an overall negative rating when voters are asked whether they trust him. | On all main issues apart from the NHS, Mr Corbyn suffers an overall negative rating when voters are asked whether they trust him. |
| Here's how the public view him on eight key areas: | Here's how the public view him on eight key areas: |