Boris Johnson's gamble is paying off: Tory lead over Labour nearly DOUBLES in three weeks and most voters think the Queen was RIGHT to approve his request to suspend Parliament in his drive to deliver Brexit

Even a fifth of Labour supporters believe Mr Johnson is doing a good job so far
They think he has more of the 'common touch' than Jeremy Corbyn
Only a month into the job, Jo Swinson is seen as a more suitable PM to Corbyn
The survey puts the Tories on 31 per cent, Labour on 24 and Lib Dems on 21

By SIMON WALTERS FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 17:00 EDT, 30 August 2019 | UPDATED: 22:58 EDT, 30 August 2019

Boris Johnson's gamble in suspending Parliament to deliver Brexit received a major boost last night.

The Tory poll lead over Labour has nearly doubled in three weeks and most voters think the Queen was right to approve the Prime Minister's request.

Even a fifth of Labour supporters believe Mr Johnson is doing a good job at No 10. Despite being an Old Etonian, he is seen as having more of the 'common touch' than Jeremy Corbyn.

The Survation poll for the Daily Mail is likely to fuel speculation as to how long Mr Corbyn can cling on as Labour leader.

Only a month after taking over at the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson is already seen as a more suitable prime minister.

The survey puts the Tories on 31 per cent, Labour on 24, the Lib Dems on 21 and Nigel Farage's Brexit Party on 14.

The Conservative lead is three percentage points higher than on August 11.

However, Mr Johnson – who inherited a six-point deficit from Theresa May – was embroiled in a clash with Sajid Javid last night after the Chancellor confronted him over the firing of one of his Treasury aides without his knowledge.

Sonia Khan was dismissed on the spot by the Prime Minister's chief aide, Dominic Cummings, amid accusations that she had leaked Brexit secrets to Philip Hammond, who was her previous boss as chancellor.

It exposed an apparently growing rift between No 10 and Mr Javid, who faced the embarrassment this week of having details of his autumn budget leaked by Downing Street before he had approved it.

An ally of Mr Javid said that the Chancellor was furious and this had 'been made clear to the Prime Minister'.

Last night Mr Cummings was unrepentant and told colleagues: 'If you don't like how I run things, there's the door – f*** off.'

Downing Street will be buoyed by strong support in the poll from Tory voters to crush a move by MPs next week to block a No Deal Brexit.

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