Boris Johnson is the man to defeat Jeremy Corbyn in election and see off Nigel Farage, voters say

BORIS Johnson is the best candidate to beat Labour and stop Jeremy Corbyn getting to No10, Brits believe.

A string of surveys suggest BoJo is more likely to see off the challenge from the leftie leader - and halt the rise of Nigel Farage too.

Polls show Mr Johnson is trusted more than either Mr Corbyn or Jeremy Hunt by the general public.

An Opinium survey released yesterday found that among all Tory voters, 61 per cent believe Boris is the best person to beat Mr Corbyn.

Only 19 per cent think Mr Hunt is more likely to defeat Labour in a General Election.

A YouGov poll from last week showed 24 per cent of the British public believe Boris can be trusted - more than Mr Hunt on 20 per cent and Mr Corbyn, trailing with 17 per cent.

And a separate survey from the same firm shows BoJo is best placed to take votes away from Mr Farage.

If he became Tory leader and took Britain out of the EU, the Brexit Party would be driven down to just 9 per cent in the polls.

A source from Mr Johnson's team said: "Boris is the only candidate who is committed to leaving the EU on October 31, come what may.

"This is essential to uniting our country and to beating Jeremy Corbyn. Only Boris can do this.";

And Jacob Rees-Mogg said: "Boris is a winner."

Today BoJo again hit out at Labour, blasting: "Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party would do absolute destruction to the private sector in this country, they would put a tax on everything."

Dozens of Tory MPs are backing Boris because they believe he's most likely to win the next General Election.

One told The Sun: "I'd love to support Jeremy Hunt but I just don't think he can beat Corbyn."

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