The Labour party conference has entered one of its final days and as the time ticks on, politicians are finding it a little harder to keep their frustrations to themselves. The mood in Liverpool has felt rather glum as poll after poll suggests that the party of government is becoming even more unpopular despite winning a landslide victory last summer. This morning, chief secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones opened up about some his gripes…
Speaking at a fringe event at the party conference, Jones admitted that Labour’s progress had been too ‘sluggish’. The former Treasury man confessed his frustration with his new job in No. 10 – and the pace of change of delivery. ‘Yeah,’ he agreed about his irritation, ‘the machine is too slow. It is still too slow and we’ve got to fix it.’ Talk about stating the obvious, eh?
While Labour still has three and a half years left in government, the party has managed to rack up some rather dire poll ratings in recent months. As Mr S wrote at the weekend, Sir Keir Starmer has officially become the least popular PM ever – with just 13 per cent of voters satisfied with the job he is doing – on net rating of minus 66. Meanwhile a huge MRP analysis on Sunday suggested that Reform is on course to win 373 seats at the next election, with Labour reduced to just 90.
Meanwhile on Monday, Sky News revealed that almost two-thirds of Labour members would back Andy Burnham for party leader. After a first year of U-turns, freebie fiascos and increasing voter distrust, it’s more than the ‘machine’ the Labour lot need to fix…
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