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Sir Keir Starmer has suffered the biggest fall in approval rating after winning an election of any prime minister in the modern era, a poll has shown.
Sir Keir’s approval rating was at a high of plus 11 in July after Labour won the election with a landslide 174-seat majority – the biggest in 25 years – according to the poll, by More in Common.
But by this month, ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget on Wednesday, his personal rating has fallen to -38 – a net drop of 49.
It takes him below Rishi Sunak’s rating, which this month has improved from -37 when he lost the election to -31, according to the poll of 1,012 adults.
In comparison, Sir Tony Blair’s approval was still at plus 46 in August 1997, three months after his landslide victory, when the figure stood at plus 60. It took until summer 2000 before his rating turned negative.
David Cameron’s approval rating did not turn negative until the start of 2011, after he had defeated Labour and formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
It was not until the “omnishambles” Budget of April 2012 that his rating dropped to just above -30.
Boris Johnson, who started off at -20 despite winning the 2019 election, had turned his rating around to plus three by January and then plus 14 by the following March.
Luke Tryl, the executive director of More in Common, said the collapse in Sir Keir’s approval rating was “unprecedented” compared with other prime ministers in the modern era.
He also suggested the electorate had become more volatile over the past couple of decades, and added: “Although they had a landslide, in terms of popularity they didn’t have the slack to spare that other new governments had.”
Two key issues had also played badly in terms of the public’s perception of the Government, said Mr Tryl. “If you ask what people have noticed, by a country mile it is the decision on the winter fuel allowance and the early release of prisoners,” he explained.
He also cited controversies over freebies for ministers and the row over the Labour donor Lord Alli’s gifts to key party figures, including Sir Keir.
Other polling by More in Common this month showed that, compared to the previous government, 69 per cent of those questioned said Sir Keir’s felt more like the same. This was a two to one majority over those who felt his administration was genuinely different.
Two thirds – 66 per cent – said things were getting worse, while only nine per cent said things were getting better. Twenty-one per cent said things were “staying about the same”.
Overall, the polling showed Labour and Tories tied on 27 per cent of the vote, with Reform UK on 21 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 13.
It's telling that all the UK's recent Prime Minister had negative approval ratings. Really puts into question the state of British democracy (that and still having a fucking king).
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Guy was hired to do nothing and he did less
Bring out the cabbages
Same story as in the US: material conditions are rapidly eroding. The people blame the current government so they vote for a change. The new party doesn’t do shit and instead actually just lets things get worse, so the people swing the other way. It’s indicative in both cases of a society that thinks “change” happens only at the ballot box.
Yup, and this can only go for so long because after a few election cycles people start cluing in that their life's getting worse regardless of what clowns are in charge.
it's been going for approximately four decades in the US and the liberals are still clueless
The liberal mainstream is collapsing now though. The real problem is that most people who fall out of it go the right.
put a big pit there and toss grenades in after them
this is optimistic to the point of delusion. yankkkees en masse will literally never be able to understand the difference between politics and elections
Death to America
If you look at the labor movement that formed during the Great Depression, I think it clearly shows that yankees are capable of organizing when pushed against the wall.
because after a few election cycles people start cluing in that their life's getting worse regardless of what clowns are in charge.
When has that ever happened? lol
I mean it's happening all over the west as we speak. People are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the political system. They're still not at the stage where they have enough political awareness to take meaningful action, but that will come too.
they'll mostly become either fascists, or the kind of useless socdems who watched as Hitler took power
That is very likely unfortunately.
Ehh, to be fair he made one fatal mistake: Not being a Tory.
Rule number one of British politics: No one can stay mad at the Tories.