Tom Mludzinski of survey firm ComRes said Mr Corbyn was a “Marmite” MP who divided opinion but it was too early to tell what effect he would have on voting intentions.
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The new Labour leader told the Church Times on 18 September, that although his immediate family had a Christian background, he has a “Jewish element” in his background.
However, he said “first impressions” of a new leader were decisive and although Mr Corbyn had made it clear “what he is against, I am not sure what he is for”.
Corbyn was elected Labour leader on Saturday with 59.5% of the vote. “What has been particularly disgusting is the way so numerous career, right-wing politicians that came into Labour in the past 20 years are demonstrating contempt for party democracy”, Mr Stein added, referring to the attacks coming from inside the party.
“One of our key tasks in Welsh Labour is to convert all that enthusiasm for the hard work we need to get done in the Labour party – the door knocking, the envelope filling, the telephone canvassing”, she said.
Local Labour party representatives have given their support to the appointment of left-winger Jeremy Corbyn as leader – even though they did not all back him.
But Mr McDonnell acknowledged that his comments were inappropriate.
Mr Corbyn has endured a turbulent first week at the helm of the party with the row over his failure to sing the national anthem at a Battle of Britain commemoration dominating headlines.
Some party figures have concerns about how voters will see his left-wing policies, particularly in seats where there is a challenge from the Tories.
“The Sun” claimed Corbyn wanted to abolish the army, “The Telegraph” said his shadow chancellor John McDonnell was a “nutjob”, the “Daily Mail” said Corbyn was plotting with unions to cripple the country with strikes, while Fox News derided him as “a bearded vegetarian socialist who hates America”.
“I should not have said the issue about the honouring”.
Britain is already taking part in US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and the government wants to extend the campaign to Syria but has said it will ask for parliamentary consent.
The Prime Minister replied: “There are problems in some mental health services and it’s right that we make that commitment”.
“When other people might have shied away from helping, he didn’t, and he’s been a very reliable Member of Parliament”.
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Mr Cameron welcomed the change in tone, telling his new Labour adversary that “no-one would be more delighted than me” if PMQs could become a “genuine exercise in asking questions and answering questions”.
