Comment by nephihaha
1 day ago
Liz Truss was barely in long enough for people to conduct a poll!
Thatcher was controversial but had ardent supporters. Where are Starmer's supporters? There aren't many even within the Labour Party.
No idea whether someone like Pitt the Younger or Canning back over a century ago were less popular. Really the onus should be on people to disprove this. I have not encountered a single live Starmer supporter in the wild but anyway...
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/starmer-labour-c...
"New polling reveals Sir Keir is the least popular prime minister on record, with a net satisfaction rating of -66, lower than previous lows for Rishi Sunak and John Major."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/27/starmer-leas... "Starmer is least popular PM on record, poll finds Only 13 per cent of voters are satisfied with Prime Minister, the fewest of any leader since 1970s."
I suppose you will complain about the Telegraph, but it isn't a tabloid.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/wh...
"Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister on record, less than 18 months after being elected. In this sense, he is making history. Few, if any, mainstream political commentators anticipated this situation before the 2024 election. Of course, many on the radical left predicted it several years ago, but who listens to us?"
Popularity is a poor measure of performance in UK politics. The British public are regularly shown to be fickle and easily led in their judgements.
Results are a bit meh so far with Labour but at least they're not Trussesque dangerous. And positive achievements rarely get a mention in our press. Can't think why.
This is anecdotal I know, but I have not met anyone who supports Starmer. Not one. I knew Thatcherites and folk who thought Blair and Brown were okay.
He got in because people were sick of the last lot. Jeremy Corbyn got more votes overall as well.