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Title: [SCOT goes POP!] Keir Starmer's poor personal ratings could be the Tories' get out of jail free card
Post by: ALBA-Bot on Oct 28, 2022, 07:37 AM
Keir Starmer's poor personal ratings could be the Tories' get out of jail free card

The datasets from the GB-wide YouGov poll I mentioned earlier are now available, and there are two little nuggets of interest.  Firstly, the Scottish subsample is much more 'normal' looking than many we've seen of late, with Labour back down to the mid-20s, and with the SNP enjoying a commanding lead.  That may be a fluke caused by the small sample size, but it's an intriguing straw in the wind nonetheless.

Scottish subsample: SNP 46%, Labour 25%, Conservatives 19%, Liberal Democrats 5%, Greens 3%, Reform UK 1%

And secondly, Keir Starmer's GB-wide personal ratings in direct comparison to Rishi Sunak are astonishingly underwhelming in the context of Labour's mammoth lead over the Tories.

Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister?

Keir Starmer 34%
Rishi Sunak 30%

I said earlier that I thought we were now in a 1992-97 type scenario where we're just waiting for an inevitable Labour general election victory.  But those personal ratings might just give me pause for thought, because Tony Blair, and even John Smith for that matter, didn't generally find themselves in a virtual tie with John Major on personal popularity.

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