Only 13% of Britons are satisfied with the work of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, according to a survey carried out by the company Ipsos between September 11 and 17, the results of which were published this Saturday.
79% are dissatisfied with the politician (+6 compared to last June), which represents a net rating of -66. This is the lowest satisfaction rating recorded by Ipsos for the Prime Minister since 1977, worse than the previous lows recorded by Rishi Sunak a few months before the general election (-59, April 2024) and John Major (-59, August 1994).
According to HuffPost, this includes Liz Truss, who was forced to resign from office just 49 days after her mini-budget tanked the British economy and earned a net satisfaction rating of -51.
Satisfaction with the Government has also decreased since June, with 12% (-4 compared to that month) against 82% dissatisfaction (+6), which represents a net rating of -70. Among Labor Party supporters themselves, only 42% are happy with the Executive and 47% with Starmer.
Relative to the leaders of the three main parties, Nigel Farage (Reform UK) has a slight lead as the most capable Prime Minister (25%), while 19% choose Starmer and just 9% Kemi Badenoch (Conservative Party).
However, there is little enthusiasm for all party heads, with almost half of respondents (47%) choosing none of the three.
“Labour’s vote share is the lowest we have recorded since 2009 and has fallen three points since June, following a difficult start to the autumn in which it lost its deputy prime minister and its ambassador to the US, and now faces a potential leadership challenge,” said Gideon Skinner, senior director of UK politics at Ipsos.
In this sense, he indicated that the Labor Party’s problems go beyond personnel changes, since they are losing votes on both the left and the right. He clarifies that public opinion “remains pessimistic” about the state of the economy, immigration and public services, despite his relaunch plan to focus on the execution of results. With RT
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