La popolarità di Keir Starmer affonda per registrare a basso sondaggio
https://www.ft.com/content/659406e7-552c-4e10-83a0-0adebb5ad838
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La popolarità di Keir Starmer affonda per registrare a basso sondaggio
https://www.ft.com/content/659406e7-552c-4e10-83a0-0adebb5ad838
di potpan0
35 commenti
The British electorate certainly is a fickle thing.
I personally think he’s played his poisoned hand as well as could be expected of any government, given the inheritance.
Compared to the previous 5 PMs he is competent, has a plan, delivers on the promises they made. There’s no drama, no circus, just a boring guy who is doing his job.
Speedrunning alienating every corner of the electorate
People here are just begging for a reform government and all the misery and culture war bollocks that will bring.
Honestly, I’m still just pleased that we have a functioning adult for PM.
Given he told us trans folks to go eat shit, I am happy to say the same to him. May you get screwed at any step you take.
> The proportion of Labour voters with a favourable view of the UK prime minister has plunged from 62 per cent to 45 per cent in just one month, the [YouGov] found.
Maybe there is some super-smart strategy behind this. Maybe the Labour leadership know what they’re doing, and think this is the only way to stop the UK voting in far-right politicians.
But it does seem an odd strategy for a party to turn on its own supporters, and focus on courting those who hate them and will never vote for them, no matter what is said or done.
The Conservatives tried this in the 10s; trying to head off Farage’s extremists by moving towards them. And look where that has got them.
Opposing far-right populism is tricky – as we’re seeing across the world at the moment – but I’m not sure adopting their language, accepting their (often false) premises, and trying to compromise with them is the answer.
Starmer cares more about the people who don’t vote for him… than the people who do.
I really do not understand why.
Every metric in the country is slowly starting to tick up, and frankly if you look at foreign policy alone it’s the most successful government we’ve had in literally decades.
I’m really a Lib Dem/soft Tory at heart, but I can objectively look at what he’s doing and approve
Labour has successfully alienated its core vote while predictably failing to appease those who Starmer is wary of losing support to. if you are not true to your side why would any other tribe trust your pivot?
Starmer just needs to keep going.
We were always promised short term pain and this is just that.
Give me the boring, unpopular bloke who delivers bad news like an adult in the hopes of a better future.
If you want popular then glance across the pond at the dumpster fire that is America.
*”The polls are in, and it’s not looking good. I know! We must pivot even further right!”*
I don’t understand how I’m so disconnected from the majority of voters. I think Starmer is doing a half decent job and I’d prefer he continues rather than handing the reins to any of the other contenders.
it’s almost like people miss the drama and chaos of the last 14 years.
Our country is full of morons who don’t know what’s good for the country unfortunately
Surprised after the recent immigration announcements, how old is this poll?
Right obviously polled against him, but now the left are, too.
There is one ask. Stop the flow of illegal migration into the U.K.
Get this done. Keep your job. Simples
I believe voters have made the really quite clear now
I just don’t see how he’s been any worse than the recent bunch. At this point I just don’t think anyone will be pleased until some absolute cunt like farage takes over. We’re doomed and I want to move off this island.
Of course he, the media are going to constantly attack him and he can do no right what ever he does with the rightwing media.
Really? I don’t remember voting? Maybe we should care about polls closer to election time when they actually matter.
I don’t know what the hell he did to dip in the polls? Who is voting in these things?
‘Despite saying a few good words echoing a small sample of Reform, his history showing him to be entirely against them pretty much all previous points in time hasn’t netted him favourable support from Reform voters’
How very shocking.
It literally just validated a big part of the anti immigration argument, why would that make Reform voters (or in fact, any anti immigration voters) come over to his side which has been entirely wrong previously? The idea that the side that’s constantly being proven right must come over to the side that wants their support is ridiculous. He admitted that his previous ideals were wrong, if he feels so strongly about it he could call another general election.
Starmer is middle grounding.
Policies that are helpful to the right get lamented by the left.
Policies that are helpful to the left get lamented by the right.
He literally cannot and no pm can do anything that is popular. That is modern dogmatic politics.
I think his biggest problem is whoever doing his PR. It’s all doom and gloom or pandering to Reform. His policies are largely fine/good for the long term, they’re just marketing them really poorly.
I think he’s done remarkably little so far.
I mean employer national insurance increase was a bit cheeky, not so sure I’m onboard with yet another tax on work when people who own stuff for a living are squeezing out those who actually work and make a contribution. Really we should be looking at taxing asset appreciation more and giving workers and businesses a break for once.
Planning reforms will be quite important, but garner him little political support.
Growth is ok. but unemployment is rising and that’s worrying.
Starmer is looking at his ledgers and wants to keep them looking good, but he’s not one for any sort of radical change.
Expenses scandal, winter fuel allowance, reaction to Southport, stance on immigration. He has fucked up on so many issues with so many voters.
That’s because the public want improvements without change or inconvenience.
British electorate is stupid. Brexit proved it, reforms showing in GE proved it, local elections proved it.
Whatever the mail, Sun and express say are taken as gospel.
It’s just depressing, luckily we have 4 years for reform to implode and them to utter ruins councils (woo mine too) for people to see their utter incompetence.
Their economic policy has been pulled apart, but reform voters don’t care because ‘Brown people!’
Depressing.
“our support keeps going down no matter how far we run to the right, we’d best run further to the right”
It’s been the opposite for me. I didn’t vote for his party but very glad he has won. Not perfect but sensible and coherent.
The left will be over the moon when farage topples the real enemy, starmer.
He’s lost the left, that should be starmer’s core voter base – he’s Labour after all. He decide he wanted to court the right and quite rightly the left are fucked off and looking for other options. Hope it works out for him.
*’Whatever the clinical bodyshock diagnosis, the vibes-based one is clear: the British public has never loved Starmer, and never will. On the rare occasions he reveals things about himself, they often in fact seem to be the absence of things. Starmer* [*doesn’t dream*](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/22/you-asked-me-questions-ive-never-asked-myself-keir-starmers-most-personal-interview-yet)*, we learned during his general election pitch last year, and couldn’t name a favourite book. There is something of the slight to him, and he knows it – in fact, he knows it so powerfully that these days all his big speeches contain frequent and plaintive tells. Specifically, phrases like: “I believe in this”, or “I am doing this … because it is what I believe in.” If things were going convincingly, believing in the things you were saying and doing would surely be axiomatic.*’
– Mariana Hyde in today’s Opinion column, who in my opinion nails why.
This bloke is wrecking my current employment and destroying my future. You bet he’s unpopular in my house.