Labour’s own voters think Starmer is a worse PM than Thatcher was… as poll shows Brits rate him below Major and on a par with Theresa May_Nhy
Even Labour‘s own voters think Keir Starmer is proving to be a worse PM than Margaret Thatcher, according to a poll.
Research by More in Common offered more evidence that Brits are deeply unimpressed with the start Sir Keir has made in No10.
Asked who has been the best premier in the past 40 years, just 4 per cent said the Labour leader.
That was the same proportion who backed Theresa May, one point ahead of Rishi Sunak and two points below the support for John Major.
Baroness Thatcher came top with 33 per cent, with Tony Blair ranking second on 20 per cent and Boris Johnson tied for third with Gordon Brown on 10 per cent.
Research by More in Common offered more evidence that Brits are deeply unimpressed with the start Keir Starmer has made in No10
Asked who has been the best premier in the past 40 years, just 4 per cent said the Labour leader
Baroness Thatcher came top of the ‘favourite PM’ poll, with 33 per cent of Brits backing her
The picture was not much better among voters who endorsed Labour at the election just five months ago.
They put three-time election winner Sir Tony at the head of the list on 37 per cent, with Gordon Brown next best on 15 per cent.
Lady Thatcher was third most popular choice on 14 per cent.
But that was well ahead of Sir Keir, who was supported by a mere 9 per cent and barely edged out Lord Cameron on 8 per cent.
Sir Keir has endured a torrid first five months since he secured a huge election landslide – but on one of the lowest winning vote shares ever.
Anger has been mounting over the extraordinary £40billion tax raid in Rachel Reeves’ first Budget at the end of October, with farmers protesting at inheritance duties and pensioners furious about losing winter fuel allowance.
He announced new ‘milestones’ in a ‘reset’ speech last week trying to get his stumbling premiership back on track.
His first months in No10 have also seen Sue Gray sacked as No10 chief of staff amid Downing Street infighting.
Sir Keir suffered a further blow recent days with the resignation of Louise Haigh as transport secretary when it emerged she had a criminal conviction.
Fears were raised today that the UK economy is slipping into the red as a survey showed business confidence crashing after the Budget.
A report from consultancy firm BDO showed that optimism has plummeted to its lowest level in two years.
Tony Blair ranking second on 20 per cent and Boris Johnson tied for third with Gordon Brown on 10 per cent
A tracker of activity also dipped by 3.2 points to 94.7 last month – the weakest in more than a year, with anything below 95 suggesting contraction.
The darkening picture comes after GDP barely scraped into positive territory in the third quarter, recording 0.1 per cent growth.
The single month of September saw a 0.1 per cent fall in output, with revision of the data still possible.
Recession is technically defined as two consecutive quarters of shrinkage.
