Keir Starmer in crisis as Labour plummets in polls after conference speech flop

Labour has received a damning blow this morning after a poll showed they have plummeted in the polls following their flop of a party conference. Despite dominating the news for the past four days, Sir Keir Starmer's hopes of a poll bounce have been dashed according to new findings from More In Common.

The pollster found Reform has returned to a whopping 10 point lead in the polls, up 2 points in the past week to 30% support. Meanwhile Labour has dropped like a brick by 5 points, down to just 20%. Sir Keir is tied in joint second with the Conservative Party, who remain static on 20%.

The LibDems are up one point to 14%, with the Greens and SNP recording no change on 8% and 3% respectively.

Luke Tryl from More In Commons pointed out that the fieldwork for the poll was conducted before Keir Starmer gave his disastrous conference speech yesterday, but did include the first two days of Labour's annual Liverpool gathering.

Labour's conference was completely dominated by the threat of Reform UK, with Mr Farage named in almost every speech made across the four days.

On Sunday Sir Keir Starmer ramped up the rhetoric against Mr Farage, branding his immigration policy "racist". While the hardline language delighted lefty Labour members, it was panned by Reform.

Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was forced into a humiliating climbdown after claiming Mr Farage had "flirted with the Hitler Youth" as a young boy.

In his keynote address, Sir Keir branded Mr Farage "the enemy", claiming he doesn't love Britain and wants to see the country fail in order to continue his march to Downing Street. The Prime Minister accused Mr Farage of peddling the "politics of grievance", which is trying to turn Britain into a place where you look at your neighbours and no longer see them as "fellow partners in the project of Britain".

Hitting back, Mr Farage said Labour's conference had been "extraordinary", pointing to his dominance of all the ministers' speeches.

"It has been obsessive. Whether it's the Home Secretary, Health Secretary, it is a constant attack on me and what I stand for.

Mr Farage said that the Prime Minister had given up attack Reform's arguments, and as a result had decided to "descend into the gutter".

He said: "Let us be clear, Reform want illegal migrants deported from our country... Reform want the benefit system to be for British citizens only, not for foreign born nationals. Reform want foreign criminals removed from our country ASAP.

"Labour say this policy is racist and immoral, and by implication that Reform supporters, voters and sympathisers are racist too."