BRITS are twice as likely to trust Boris Johnson to handle terrorism compared to Jeremy Corbyn, a poll said today.
Only 22 per cent of the public back the Labour leader to fight the war on terror, while 45 per cent said they would trust the PM.
The poll, commissioned by YouGov, also said that 43 per cent of people would back a Conservative government to deal with terrorism and security issues, while only 21 per cent would trust Labour.
The results come after two Cambridge University graduates were killed in a terrorist attack on London Bridge last week.
Usman Khan, 28, rampaged through Fishmongers Hall last Friday, killing Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones and wounding three other people.
Following the London Bridge attack, Mr Johnson has called for an end to the policy of automatic early releases for suspected terrorists, which saw Khan serve only 8 years of his 2012 conviction for planning to open a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn has said that prisoners should be released early if they have been rehabilitated.
Asked by Sky News Sophy Ridge whether criminals convicted of terror offences should serve full sentences, the Labour leader said: I think it depends on the circumstance and depends on the sentence and crucially depends on what theyve done in prison.
When pushed, Mr Corbyn clarified: Not necessarily, no.
According to todays poll, the Labour leaders comments are not supported by the public. YouGov found that 82 per cent of Brits support ending automatic early releases for terrorists, including 75 per cent of Labour supporters.
The publics opinion of the war on terror has changed in the week since the London Bridge attack, the polling firm also said today.
In early November, 47 per cent of people thought that the threat of terror had increased in the last five years, but at the beginning of this week the figure had risen to 62 per cent.
64 per cent of Brits also thought that the government was effectively dealing with the threat of extremism and terrorism. This has since fallen to 45 per cent.
Despite this, however, the public still believe they are safe. This week 10 per cent of people think they or a loved one will be harmed in a terror attack, virtually unchanged from Novembers 8 per cent.
