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I am enjoying those who are blaming Starmer, the only thing that people currently like about the Labour party, for the fact they are behind in the polls. https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1281593123328720897
Starmer's fairly high favourability isn't translating into many more votes because:
a) Boris still has quite good numbers. Among those who voted Tory at the last election and have a favourable view of KS (a good chunk of people) around 95% still have a favourable view of the PM
a) Boris still has quite good numbers. Among those who voted Tory at the last election and have a favourable view of KS (a good chunk of people) around 95% still have a favourable view of the PM
b) The Labour party brand is still pretty badly damaged. Most notably, people still don't trust them on the economy, which is now seen as the most important issue facing the country.
You could argue that Starmer is to blame for these, but a) is mostly out of his control (as it relies on the PM screwing up) and the data has shown that b) is moving in Starmer's direction.
I am loving how upset this has made people.
