Oh dear. It seems that all Keir Starmer’s talk of an ‘island of strangers’ really wasn’t worth it. For a new poll for The Spectator by Ipsos shows that faith in the Prime Minister has not improved after his big speech on borders earlier this month. Just 25 per cent of the public now trust him to ‘have the right immigration policies’ – a six point drop for Labour since January 2024, the last time Ipsos asked this question. Reform, meanwhile, stayed consistent, with 37 per cent of the public backing them on this question. Looks like office isn’t everything…
Fieldwork for the new poll was conducted from the 16th to 20th of May, following the government’s immigration White Paper. It found that Reform UK enjoys the highest level of trust when it comes to having the right immigration policies (37 per cent), handling migrant crossings of the English Channel (39 per cent), and making illegal entry more difficult (42 per cent).
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