Conservative government loom big in voters' minds. Page of 216. It was a key insight to recognise that the DUP had overreached itself at the expense of the UKs wider economic and political interests, and was therefore in a weaker position than many assumed. And, in a further nod to the business-friendly New Labour days of the 1990s and 2000s, hes even tapping Tony Blairs moneymen to fund his bid for power. Woman with cerebral palsy jailed after waving 77-year-old cyclist i Sadiq Khan sparks outrage after branding Britons' concerns about Ul Andrew Tate says he's 'seriously ill' as he seeks permission to lea Hunt set for last minute change to energy price cap which will save Britons hundreds of pounds. The date range for opinion polls is from the 2019 United Kingdom general election, held on 12 December, to the present day. Posts; Latest Activity; Photos . Prince Harry set to lose crucial royal role as bitter feud could se 'Whats up with government by WhatsApp? Date(s) Starmer has ensured that the two dominant parties in Britain, like those in the United States, are both unapologetically of capital. After the loss of Hartlepool in a by-election in May and a clash with Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, over the reshuffle that followed, he and his party seemed to suffer a crisis of confidence. For similar reasons, the Enough is Enough movement has recently emerged, demanding pay rises for workers and higher taxes for the rich. Leadership approval ratings Rishi . Starmer has sacked one shadow minister, Sam Tarry, the partner of Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, after Tarry declared that every worker should get a pay rise in line with inflation. One member of Labours National Executive Committee (NEC), the partys ruling body, said Alli is a high net worth individual himself which will make quite a difference when he needs to tap people up to say Im giving money, you need to as well.'. The Windsor Framework "gives enough" to end the Stormont stalemate, Sir Keir Starmer believes. For Sunak personally, his approval rating, despite some fluctuations, ends February more or less where it was at the end of January. He has lots of experience. Nicola Sturgeons departure has disarmed the Scottish separatist threat for a while, though the union remains fragile in the longer term. Hence some of the changes to the leaders office which he has made since then. Through his public positioning, he has legitimised the rights discourse that left-wing politics is inherently subversive, unpatriotic and treasonous. Approval in the Blue Wall is no better, with the Governments approval on immigration down by one point to -44%, although it has improved its rating on the economy (-33%, +5), and the NHS (-49%, +2) since January. She has managed the difficult feat of appearing to be both opportunistic and a political ideologue for big business who lacks the popular touch. Sunaks handling of the NI protocol suggests a leader and a Tory party with more left in the tank than some think. The king played his symbolic role. Neither Labour or the Cabinet Office denied a report by Sky News' that the Labour leader who current polls suggest could . This is especially true for Labour voters, more than half of whom blame Truss (44%) or Sunak (10%) for the current crisis while only 11% blame global events. August 20, 2022 7:00 am (Updated August 21, 2022 9:35 am) Labour holds a 10-point lead over the Conservatives as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak attack each other in public - but Sir Keir Starmer's . Team Starmer will be watching the next few opinion polls very closely. The following polls asked about voters' opinions on Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the Labour Party until 4 April 2020. From the (limited) media I read it was pretty well received and will maintain/increase Labour's lead in the opinion polls. Now that would shock people.. He has blamed ballooning debt from the Covid-19 pandemic as the reason. Not least, he has shredded the pledges he made during his campaign for the Labour leadership, policy commitments he sold Labour members as evidence he would serve as the continuity candidate for his left-wing predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn. Voters, it seems, finally agree. Around the middle of the year, however, the tide started to turn. After three years of near-destitution brought on by COVID-19, falling membership numbers and reduced union funding the party is now beginning to look cashed-up. These could include a comparison of leading politicians within the same party (to gauge support for future leadership contests), or compare the current leader of one party to an alternative leader of a second. LONDON Keir Starmer wants big business to "mold" Labour's election plans and get its "fingerprints" on his policy agenda. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. . The DUP was not allowed to hijack the launch and mobilise the European Research Group. Andrew Fisher, Corbyns former director of policy, said Starmers preference for private donations may backfire. When asked who is best to manage the economy in the years ahead, 30% say a Labour government with Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Starmer himself remained grimly determined, with only one outburst of temper or, at least, only one that was reported to the outside world, and that was after a delay of many months, suggesting that the inner team remained loyal throughout. . Rishi Sunak is shaping up to be a prime minister Keir Starmer should be wary of,Sunak's handling of the NI protocol suggests a leader - and a Tory party - with more left in the tank than some think, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle Starmers reluctance to criticise big business or show solidarity with workers has shifted political ground in the UK even further to the right. None of this means Sunak is suddenly the effective and successful leader that the Tory party has lacked for so long. However, this has not had the desired effect. And, in a further nod to the business-friendly "New Labour" days of the 1990s and 2000s, he's even tapping Tony Blair's moneymen to fund his bid for power. Speaking alongside Blair-era Minister Peter Mandelson at a business roundtable in late January, Starmer said he wanted to extract as much as I can from you, have a really grown-up conversation, and also for you to see that it is possible to mold, have your fingerprints on what were doing, two people presenttold POLITICO. These are people that dont have to be spending their time and money doing this, a Labour shadow Cabinet minister said. Overall, more than half the country, 54%, say they do not know who to back on the economy or would rather not say. The Lib Dems are on 13% with the Greens on 6%. Even Blairs former manager for high value fundraising Vanessa Bowcock is back in a similar role in Starmers office. How the PM could block sleaze watchdog's advice on Gray hire and if Labour will ignore him, Opinion | Boris Johnsons 'jobs for Tory cronies' legacy is still alive and kicking, Tory MPs furious at Starmer hiring Sue Gray as Rees-Mogg calls her report 'left-wing stitch-up', publics view of the the Labour leader himself appears to be becoming more negative, Keir Starmer will have been hoping for a polling bounce following his big announcement on freezing energy bills, 'How bad are the pics? A poll by YouGov last week revealed 51% of voters say they would vote for Labour in a general election, with just 23% of people saying they would vote Tory. As a strategy to win an election the speech "did the trick". Which will be only too evident as he addresses Labours annual conference next week. The fact weve climbed out of the hole we were in was never a given. When asked who is best to manage the economy in the years ahead, 30% say a Labour government with Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. When Starmer was running for leader, many of his supporters expressed how important it was that he looked like a prime-minister-in . Latest news, analysis and comment on migration in Europe and beyond. Latest news, analysis and comment from POLITICOs editors and guest writers in Europe. But the signs are that there will be little enthusiasm for a Labour Party led by him as a replacement. A moderate Labour MP said we cant be shy about raising money from private individuals, especially if they want to win big at the next election. He has become the voice of a new populist grassroots politics filling the void on the left created by Starmers all-too visible absence. Starmer has experience that Blair didn't. Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves have met hundreds of executives over the past year in what has been called the salmon and scrambled eggs offensive a riff on Blair and his own Chancellor Gordon Browns so-called prawn cocktail offensive of the 1990s. Given all of this, it would be simply astonishing if Starmer werent leading in the polls. Johnsons poor approval ratings have improved slightly at -27, compared with -30 two weeks ago. Politics. Rishi Sunak today accused Sir Keir Starmer of "typical political posturing" in a fiery PMQs session. Alli, reportedly worth upward of 100 million, is plugged into to Londons arts, media and business sets. Sir Keir's office declined to comment, saying it did not offer 'running commentaries' on opinion polls. Its much less normalized compared to the U.S. and there are much bigger negatives to it in the U.K. aside from the pragmatic arguments. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Well, Starmer saw Boris off, and his successor Liz Truss - and Labour have had an opinion poll lead for the last 474 days. Prof Goodwin said: Keir Starmers Labour Party continues to hold a strong lead when it comes to managing the economy, which is also the most important issue for voters. 'Free speech is the only thing the new woke religion - will not - a Sherlock actor labelled transphobic for saying parents taking child UK drivers due 'huge pump price cut' in just days as warning issued King Charles refused to forgive Prince Harry's 'ultimate act of disrespect'. In recent months, trade unions have threatened to make further cuts to their funding, too. The Opinium figures, which will raise further concerns within Labour over the party leaders performance, shows that the prime minister has a two-point lead over his opponent. A YouGov poll carried out this week showed 45% of the public were against the RMT strike, with 37% in favour. Blair and others involved have always claimed there was no connection between the two events. Under the British systems two-horse race, he reckoned he needed to do no more than position himself as the least bad option. By logging in, you confirm acceptance of ourPOLITICO Privacy Policy. Major new Labour donor David Sainsbury gave more than 2 million at the end of last year, the latest figures confirm, after fleeing during the Corbyn years. Sorting the protocol was a sensible bit of ground-clearing and confidence-building. Rishi Sunak during prime ministers questions on Wednesday. He is also said to regularly chat with Starmer about the job of opposition leader and what to expect if he enters No. Overall, 57% of all voters support this, rising to 78% of Rishi Sunaks own voters. If Blairites are now on the rise once again in the Labour Party, what about the man himself? While 50% of voters in Britain still see the Government Sunak leads as incompetent, the Governments net competency rating is only marginally lower now than it was in late January (down one point to -34%). While 28% think Johnson would make the best prime minister, 26% opted for Starmer. For one thing, the protocol deal may stumble. In some ways, the content of the protocol deal was the relatively straightforward bit. February was another good month of polling for the Labour Party and Keir Starmer, who ended January holding a 21% lead over the Conservatives. neutral role in the civil service would come at a time when Labour holds a strong lead over the ruling Conservatives in opinion polls and as Starmer sets out his vision and policy priorities for Britain ahead of a . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Copyright 2014 - 2023. Middle East Eye. The head of the opposition has resolutely avoided offering any kind of vision for Britain, fearful it might be construed as vaguely socialist, and has even been averse to robustly challenging the ruling Tory party. Starmer holds an approval rating of -6, unchanged from two weeks ago. BMG are members of the British Polling Council and abide by their rules. Opinion Rishi Sunak. He added: Real grown-ups would actually get everyone back around the table, unite the party, pull the trade unions back on board, build up our war chest and then go on to win the general election.. The date range for opinion polls is from the 2019 United Kingdom general election, held on 12 December, to the present day. Boris Johnson makes a better prime minister than Keir Starmer would despite Partygate, the cost of living crisis and the confidence vote in Johnson held by his MPs, according to the latest Observer poll.. LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, has picked as his new chief of staff Sue Gray, a government official whose investigation helped catalyse the exit . But his U-turn looks all the more foolhardy given the current energy crisis and the Tory governments massive bailouts of suppliers. Previous iterations contained Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, and Keir Starmer and Anneliese Dodds. The Partygate investigator Sue Gray is a likely candidate to be Keir Starmer's chief of staff, as the Labour leader searches for a veteran civil . 2. Sunaks challenge will be to convince the country that its current problems lie more with global events than his own party, but that will be very, very hard given how strongly people feel about this. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, The opinion polls have turned in the Labour leaders favour vindicating his strategic patience, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. The polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. Millionaires clearly want different policy priorities, but it matters to public opinion who is influencing the people who are supposed to be working in our interests?. Close Blair ally and media entrepreneur Waheed Alli has been appointed by Starmer as the partys head of election fundraising. This, to me, points to a considerable reservoir of voter discontent with the available options on left and right.. If Starmers mid-year trough was the mathematical product of Johnsons vaccine-induced rise, his end-year breakthrough could be dismissed as the mere reflection of the prime ministers unpopularity but it feels more soundly based than that. So will his left-wing opponents, and mainstream MPs who . The following polls asked about voters' opinions on Boris Johnson, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 24 July 2019 to 6 September 2022. But it is circumstance - not a political programme - that has conspired to help Starmer. Dominic Raab's popularity falls to -57 amid bullying inquiry . Potential Tory rebels faced a pincer movement of private pressure at Westminster alongside assured ministerial actions on the national stage. Does Keir Starmer look like a Prime Minister in waiting? This takeover of party machinery has crucially extended to the partys finances and fundraising efforts. In GB as a whole, the Governments net approval rating for its handling of these three issues now sits at -35% (down four points from late January), -49% (-7), and -39% (-3) respectively. Sir Keir Starmer's decision to make Sue Gray his chief of staff proves he is a "man of the establishment" and will harm Labour's chances of winning the Red Wall, a former Conservative party chairman has claimed Sir Jake Berry said the appointment underlined that the Labour leader would run a . Only 29% of voters think Sir Keir looks like a prime minister in waiting, including 48% of people who voted Labour in 2019's general election. It would be foolish to ignore them. The National Anthem will be sung at the start of the Labour Party conference next weekend, for the first time in recent memory (h/t @BBCBenWright), Saying Im not ideological, Starmer told BBC Breakfast over the summer: Weve reversed those 2019 manifesto positions because we needed to show the country that were credible, were responsible on the economy.. LONDON Keir Starmer is reportedly considering hiring Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who investigated pandemic rule-busting parties in Boris Johnson's government, as his chief of staff. As February ends, the Prime Minister remains mired in an extended poll slump, while the Labour leader and his party continue to ride high. His internal opposition had largely given up and gone home, disgusted with the obvious distance he had put between himself and his predecessor, now not even a Labour MP. But the problem runs deeper. Instead, unlike Liz Truss, he prioritised the things where he could begin to shift the dial and build some political capital.
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