Article 73H4V ‘A jellyfish’ and ‘a doormat’: why is Keir Starmer so deeply unpopular?

‘A jellyfish’ and ‘a doormat’: why is Keir Starmer so deeply unpopular?

by
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#73H4V)

From his public persona to a sense that he sold the country a pup, many factors seems to feed a sense of great dislike'

In yet another confusing and chaotic period for British politics there is one thing on which just about everyone can agree: Keir Starmer is unpopular. Very, very unpopular.

His net favourability rating, the difference between those who have a generally positive or negative view of the prime minister has been, depending on the pollster, anything from -50 to -57, a nadir only beaten by Liz Truss. Recent focus group descriptions of Starmer include a jellyfish" and a doormat".

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