Sir Keir Starmer is having a tough time of it, what with his ongoing freebie fiasco, the cronyism row and bad briefings about his chief of staff. Now his fortunes have got even worse — literally. It turns out that the PM’s approval rating is at its lowest level yet, dropping a whopping 45 points since Sir Keir’s lot won the general election. It’s hardly the news Starmer would have hoped for as his Labour conference kicks off today…
New polling by Opinium reveals that the Prime Minister’s approval rating has dropped down to -26 since Sir Keir became the country’s leader. It now makes him — by a point — less popular than former PM Rishi Sunak which, er, after his party’s electoral defeat just three months ago says quite something.
Less than a quarter of those surveyed approve of how Starmer has run the country, while 50 per cent don’t like how the Labour leader is doing things. Nearly two-thirds of people think the Labour government has been unsuccessful while a third of those who voted for Starmer’s army in July don’t think they’ve performed well so far. And, to add insult to injury, almost half of the public now have a more negative view of Sir Keir and Labour since they came into office. Great work, guys!
Things aren’t looking up for Starmer’s cabinet either. Winter fuel payment-cutting Rachel Reeves has seen her approval score plunge 36 points since the election, while Deputy PM Angela Rayner has seen a 23-point drop. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has seen his favourability score drop 18 points — the same as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper — while gaffe-prone Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s rating has fallen by 15. Good heavens. Talk about getting the day off to a bad start, eh?
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