Three in five people already expect Labour to lose the next General Election, according to a poll, after a shocking start that saw Free-Gear Keir’s approval ratings plummet. The Telegraph has the story.
60% of voters believe Sir Keir Starmer’s party will not manage a second term in power, less than three months after its landslide election victory.
The poll, by the More in Common think tank, also found more than half of respondents did not believe Sir Keir would lead Labour into the next election.
48% of those surveyed said they believed he would still be Prime Minister by the next election, with 52% saying they did not.
Labour has endured a difficult start in government amid a row over Lord Alli, the Labour Peer and millionaire donor, donating thousands of pounds towards clothes for Sir Keir.
It emerged earlier this month that the Prime Minister broke Parliamentary rules by initially failing to declare more than £5,000 towards clothing that the Peer had given to Lady Starmer.
Further damage was done by the revelation that Sue Gray, Sir Keir’s powerful Chief of Staff, is being paid £3,000 more than him.
He also suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership a fortnight ago as dozens of Labour MPs refused to support taking winter fuel payments away from 10 million pensioners.
The More in Common research found that almost one in five Labour voters (17%) now regretted their decision to back the party [just 17%?], with Sir Keir’s net approval rating down to –20 points. It had been as high as 11 points in late July after his landslide win.
But his honeymoon period proved short-lived, with the public now more likely to think that he is doing a “somewhat bad” or “very bad” job.
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