Tories hold 12-point lead over Labour in latest poll

Jeremy Corbyn’s party trails Conservatives as Lib Dems make gains among remainers. The Conservatives head into their annual conference in Manchester with a 12-point lead over Labour, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. Labour is up three points to 24% after its conference in Brighton last week, at which it rejected pressure to back an explicitly pro- remain stance on Brexit. But the Tories are on 36% (down one) despite another difficult week for Boris Johnson, during whi