Dear oh dear. There’s more bad news for the Labour lot as new polling by More in Common for LBC has revealed that a quarter of those who backed Sir Keir Starmer’s party in last year’s election now regret their decision. After the events of the last six months – from freebie fiascos to cronyism rows to unpopular policy decisions – Mr S can’t say he’s all that surprised…
The latest poll shows that 24 per cent of all Labour voters surveyed regret supporting Starmer’s army, with a staggering third of this aged between 60-74 years old suffering from a serious case of buyer’s remorse. Similar frustration can be seen in the over 75s and among Generation X (44-59 years old). Younger voters are a little less sceptical of the lefty lot, with a fifth of millennial registering their disappointment with Labour while two-thirds of young adults are sticking to their guns and, so far as yet, have no regrets.
On the subject of Labour scandals, the More in Common polling also reveals that voters believe many of the fiascos that have dogged the Starmtroopers in recent months have been more damaging to the new government than Partygate was to the Tories. In fact over half of those polled believe the cuts to winter fuel payments have done more damage to Labour than Partygate did to the Conservatives, with more than a third blasting the farming tax changes as a bad move for Sir Keir's crowd. Crikey.
If this is what the mood is like six months in, how will Brits feel after five years? It's hardly the best start to the job…
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