Comment by louthy
I don’t disagree with any of that, but the vitriol doesn’t match the disappointment imho. Especially as they’ve done pretty well in other areas.
I realise “it’s the economy, stupid”, but still it feels like outsized outrage.
I don’t disagree with any of that, but the vitriol doesn’t match the disappointment imho. Especially as they’ve done pretty well in other areas.
I realise “it’s the economy, stupid”, but still it feels like outsized outrage.
Well even at the GE, his party was less popular than the previous offer by Corbyn. Labour only really got in because of the collapse of the Tory vote.
2019 GE Votes
Labour: 10,269,051 22% R 32% T
Tory: 13,966,454 29% R 44% T
LibDem: 3,696,419 8% R 12% T
Labour: 9,708,716 20% R 34% T
Tory: 6,828,925 14% R 24% T
LibDem: 3,519,143 7% R 12% T
So that he got even more unpopular seemed a given, unless he managed to be competent and actually improve things for the people who elected his party.
The public do not see or agree that they have done well in any areas, hence their appallingly low popularity. And that was before this budget announcement.
It does not take a crystal ball to understand that the British media, which are vitriolic on a good day, will have an absolute free-for-all. It's nothing new.
Starmer was already the most unpopular PM on record before the budget, and Labour's voting intention is the lowest it's ever been. It's just a really, really unpopular government so of course it gets a lot of attacks.