A grim poll suggests Labour is in freefall ahead of crucial Senedd elections next May – trailing far behind Reform and Plaid Cymru.
The dire figures raise the prospect that Sir Keir’s party will lose the First Minister role in Wales, which it has dominated ever since devolution.
And they will fuel the mounting sense of mutiny within the party’s ranks, with MPs telling whips they want a new leader.
The YouGov/Barn Cymru research for ITV Wales found Plaid ahead on voting intention for the Senedd with 30% support.
But Nigel Farage’s Reform has been staging a surge, with backing up by four points since May to 29%.
Labour meanwhile has dropped another four points from what was an already an historic low, to just 14%.
The Tories have also been enduring a torrid time and were down two points to 11% support.
Under the Senedd’s overhauled party list electoral system that could mean Labour dropping from 29 assembly members paltry 11. That is despite the total number of AMs being increased from 60 to 96 in May.
Plaid Cymru would have 38 members only marginally ahead of Reform on 37 – although neither is enough for an overall majority....<<<Read More>>>...