Sir Keir Starmer has pulled ahead of Boris Johnson on the question of who would make the best prime minister.
A YouGov poll for The Times suggests that 34 per cent of people believe that the Labour leader would do a better job, with 32 per cent preferring Mr Johnson. Last week the prime minister was narrowly ahead on 33 to 31.
It is the first time a Labour leader has been preferred as a potential prime minister to the Conservative incumbent since after the 2017 snap election.
A single YouGov poll in June that year put Jeremy Corbyn ahead of Theresa May but he failed to consolidate his fleeting lead.
While the omens for the present Labour leader look better — he is markedly
