Labour takes shock EIGHT-point lead in new poll as radical Corbynistas plot to oust moderate MPs
Almost 50 of the party's MPs are on the hard-left activists' shocking 'hit list'
LABOUR would win a shock victory over the Tories if another snap election were held today, according to a new poll.
The surprise survey comes as radical supporters of Jeremy Corbyn plot to oust dozens of moderate Labour MPs in order to strengthen their hard-left grip over the country.
A new YouGov opinion poll released last night puts Labour on 46 per cent, the Tories on 38 per cent, the Lib Dems on 6 and Ukip on 4.
That implies that Labour would be able to win a slim majority in Parliament if the Government did collapse and have to call a fresh General Election.
YouGov was the most accurate pollster in the election campaign, as the only company to predict that Mr Corbyn would defy expectations and cut into Theresa May's lead.
The figures could help shore up Tory unity by highlighting the dangers of a second snap election which could put Mr Corbyn in Number 10.
Meanwhile, a Labour hit-list has been drawn up by a grassroots Momentum group in South Tyneside aimed at unseating big names such as Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie and Jess Phillips.
Plans to change Labour selection rules - giving the grassroots more power to oppose moderate MPs - could be debated at the party's conference in September.
The party's left has been emboldened after Labour won 262 seats - an increase from 229 - at the general election last month.
Hard-left activists also called on pregnant Labour MP Luciana Berger to publicly apologise for criticising Mr Corbyn in the past.
Ms Berger, 36, who is on maternity leave, also appears on the list and was told to "get on board" by a group of Corbyn’s backers who staged a takeover of local party organisation in Liverpool Wavertree.
The MP quit the shadow cabinet last year in the wake of the EU referendum result, which saw waves of MPs step down to try to oust the leader.
Despite a no confidence vote where 172 MPs called on him to go, Mr Corbyn refused to step down, and went on to win an extra 30 seats in June’s election.
Momentum headquarters in London asked for the list to be taken down as Labour MPs complained to party whips.
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A number have seen their local membership numbers swell, sometimes by thousands, since the election.
Mr Corbyn’s office claimed to be neutral on the question of reselections.
The Labour leader sacked three shadow ministers and another quit after they defied him on Brexit and voted in favour of Britain staying in Europe’s single market.