Another day, another round of bad news for Sir Keir Starmer’s government. Now a new Ipsos poll has revealed that over half of all Brits feel disappointed by Labour’s achievements (or lack thereof) so far. 53 per cent noted their dissatisfaction with the governing party in the latest survey, which quizzed 1,092 adults between 22-25 November. Given Starmer’s time as PM has been dominated by reports of cronyism rows, freebie fiascos and top team infighting – not to mention Rachel Reeves’s poorly-received Budget – Mr S is hardly surprised…
The Starmtroopers haven’t much impressed even their own crowd in the five months they’ve been in power – with almost a third of Labour’s 2024 voters registering their dismay with Sir Keir’s bunch. Less than a fifth of Britons are pleased with their new government, with those who backed the Tories and Reform at the July poll most frustrated with Starmer’s army. 81 per cent of the Conservative party’s backers are unhappy with Labour’s performance at present, while a staggering 90 per cent of those who backed Nigel Farage’s party are unimpressed with the current government. And Starmer’s army have their work cut out in winning back the silver vote, with three quarters of 55-75 year olds displeased with their progress so far – with Reeves’s winter fuel payment cut only adding insult to injury.
Sir Keir has been busy preparing his latest set of pledges for the nation – today unveiling his ‘plan for change’ – but Steerpike would question whether these types of listicles really reassure voters as much as the government might hope. Ipsos’s research shows that only 1 in 5 Brits believe that Starmer’s crowd is doing a good job on each of his five key missions, while there is limited optimism about whether the Labour lot will have performed well on issues like crime and the NHS by the next election. Crikey. Hardly the best start to the job, eh?
The country is so fed up of the current lefty lot that there have already been calls to hold another general election, with millions of people in support of yet another national poll. Will Starmer’s army ever manage to turn things around? Stay tuned…
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