Brexit party support would rise from 9% to 18% in an election after Oct 31st

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Labour figures are licking their lips at the prospect of Mr Johnson’s poll lead vanishing if he has failed to take the UK out of the EU by his Halloween deadline.

An ICM poll suggested support for Nigel Farage’s Brexit party would double from 9 per cent to 18 per cent if an election takes place after that date.

Commissioned by Represent Us, which supports a Final Say referendum, it found the Conservatives and Labour would be neck and neck on 28 per cent in a November poll.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-election-general-snap-vote-brexit-labour-corbyn-commons-a9094006.html

The Tory figures for a general election "held tomorrow" were 37%, and Labour 30%. Lib Dems were 16% "tomorrow", 17% after October.

So we can see why Johnson wants to hold one as soon as possible, and why it's a good idea to say "not until Oct 31st has gone". Full poll results at https://www.icmunlimited.com/our-work/represent-us-brexit-voting-intentions-poll/