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Rishi Sunak’s approval rating slips as big summer push fails to spark revival (www.theguardian.com)

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Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings have failed to improve over the summer political break – despite several weeks of Tory policy blitzes intended to win back voters.

The latest Opinium survey for the Observer shows the Conservative have failed to shift the dial in Sunak’s favour, with the prime minister dropping two points in the past two weeks to a net score of -25% (24% approve, 49% disapprove).

Overall, Labour holds a healthy 14-point lead, with 42% of the vote share (+1 compared with a fortnight ago) against 28% for the Conservatives (+2). The Liberal Democrats are on 9% (-2), Reform UK is on 8% (-1) as is the Green party (+1).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You could put Harold Shipman and Lucy Letby in charge of the NHS, and some would still put that cross in the blue box. There just as many idiots in the Labour camp also. This is the result of FPTP imo. People voting for what they don't want, while ignoring even thinking about what they do.

There is also the selfish camp who see the Tories giving more to them at the expense of others. One guy on video amazed me in the Uxbridge elections. He said he was voting Tory because he did not want to pay VAT on his kids school fees. Meanwhile we have 10% inflation and a devaluing pound. All services are failing while our tax rate is at its highest. I am guessing he did not do well with maths at school.