THE UK Labour government has seen a sharp drop in approval ratings in the past few weeks, according to YouGov polling.

The same story also covered by Skwawkbox: https://skwawkbox.org/2024/08/24/labours-net-public-approval-collapses-like-starmers-in-just-3-weeks/

  • flamingos-cant@feddit.ukM
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    3 months ago

    It's weird that neither article mentions the riots. I get why the articles want to attribute the drop to things Labour has actually done or said, but I feel a lot of that drop in support is people seeing that chaos of late July and blaming the nebulous government.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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      3 months ago

      I'm not sure the current government get much blame for the riots.

      If things like Any Questions/Answers (also my local) is a guide then a lot of pensioners are angry about the change to the winter fuel allowance.

      • flamingos-cant@feddit.ukM
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        3 months ago

        You're probably right, actually:

        Across the board, the British public are more positive about how the riots were handled now than they were at the time. Compared to a fortnight ago, the proportion of Britons feeling the police handled them well has increased from 52% to 63%, while the number believing the legal system has done a good job dealing with the situation has shot up from just a quarter of Britons (27%) to a clear majority of 57%.

        Keir Starmer has also seen something of a turnaround. Now, the public are roughly evenly split on how the prime minister handled the riots, with 43% thinking he handled them well and 40% viewing his response as poor. At the time of the riots, the public had taken a significantly more negative view, with only 31% saying Starmer was reacting well compared to 49% who thought he was doing a bad job.

        This improved view of the prime minister’s handling is apparent among all groups, but has been most notable among Conservatives, a third of whom (35%) now feel he did a good job, up from one in six (16%) a fortnight ago.

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
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      3 months ago

      There was a post that indicated. Labour has gained support, due to its actions on the riots,

      Hard to see anyone placing the blame on Labour. At best there are a number who feel that Labour has not improved the properganda by remaining anti immigration. But that is a long way from responsible.