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A year after gambling on Starmer, Britain is gripped by buyer’s remorse
The Telegraph ^ | 28 June 2025 | James Frayne

Posted on 06/28/2025 10:44:08 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer’s personal polling ratings are so awful that some Labour backbenchers are beginning to question whether he can survive until the next election. His first year in office – which he’ll mark next week with a major climbdown on welfare reform – has been catastrophic. Of the prime ministers since Thatcher, only Gordon Brown had a worse net approval rating at the same stage in his premiership.

On current polling, Labour is heading for a single term and a devastating defeat. It is only the split on the Right – with Right-leaning voters currently torn between Reform and the Tories – that is keeping Starmer even vaguely in contention with Nigel Farage’s Reform, which comfortably tops the polls today.

Those who work in politics have become blasé about the rise of Reform, as if their standing on 34 points in the polls is a normal, predictable state of affairs. It is not. British voters have clung to mainstream parties for as long as anyone can remember – yet now they are genuinely considering political revolution. And this is happening as a result of the perceived failure of conventional politicians, currently represented by Starmer.

Plummeting support

A comprehensive poll by public policy research agency Public First for The Telegraph reveals the scale of the Prime Minister’s problems. Currently, 53 per cent of voters have a very unfavourable view of him, while just 26 per cent view him favourably. On the eve of the last election, Public First had Starmer with an approval rating of plus 1 per cent. The drop is dramatic.

A year ago, 47 per cent of voters said – when asked directly – that they liked Starmer, while 47 per cent said they did not.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: returnthesausages

1 posted on 06/28/2025 10:44:08 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just as Bush’s determination that defending himself against the relentless attacks was “below the dignity of his office,” and that brought us Obama, so the conservatives’ absolute refusal to lead gave the UK Starmer. It both cases , the result didn’t have to happen


2 posted on 06/28/2025 10:49:47 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

England was drowning so they embraced an anchor and handed the country over to Labour.


3 posted on 06/28/2025 10:51:19 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: j.havenfarm
Just as Bush’s determination that defending himself against the relentless attacks was “below the dignity of his office,”

His wife is a Democrat. His daughters are Democrats.

Both Bushes were Country Club Republicans from New England. If they ran for office today, they'll run as Democrats.

4 posted on 06/28/2025 10:53:44 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Perhaps Labour will dump Starmer, force him out. But Labour has a huge majority in Parliament (403 seats out of 650). So his replacement will be another Starmer… just one not as inept.

As for Reform, they are perhaps the UK’s last hope. But they currently only have 5 seats in Parliament. And the next election doesn’t have to be held until 2029. That’s a long way off.
🙁


5 posted on 06/28/2025 10:57:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The upside to the UK: At least you’re not New York City.


6 posted on 06/28/2025 10:57:20 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not happy with coke snorters?


7 posted on 06/28/2025 11:00:20 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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“A year after gambling on Starmer, Britain is gripped by buyer’s remorse”

Starmer did win clean, but it’s not true that the Brits ‘gambled’ on him. Instead they REJECTED their so-called ‘Conservatives’, as they are literally no different than Labor (similar to claims made by trolls regarding the US, bu actually true in the UK).

While Starmer’s ‘mandate’ was a lot of seats, it was only made possible by the 3-way race, which split the anti-Starmer vote down the middle (similar to what would happen if Musk runs Third Party - we’ll get AOC in the White House). Starmer’s actual vote count was crappy, but still enough with the 3-way race.


8 posted on 06/28/2025 11:06:50 AM PDT by BobL
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To: gibsonguy

“England was drowning so they embraced an anchor and handed the country over to Labour.”

Well said. This guy was never popular, except with the press.


9 posted on 06/28/2025 12:11:34 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: MinorityRepublican

If this gives the UKers ‘buyers remorse’, the muzzie(SPIT!) mayor of London should make them suicidal.


10 posted on 06/28/2025 12:32:29 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Brit voters are almost as ignorant as US voters.


11 posted on 06/29/2025 6:04:56 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: j.havenfarm

Or Bush’s warmongering brought us Obama.


12 posted on 06/29/2025 6:10:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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