Rishi’s Ratings Sink

Rishi Sunak has registered his weakest favourability ratings since becoming Prime Minister according to new polling by Ipsos Mori.

It reports that whilst the Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, has a net favourability score of -7, Rishi Sunak’s has sunk to -19.

With Boris Johnson continuing to breathe down Rishi Sunak’s neck, Ipsos goes on to note: “More than half of 2019 Conservative voters are favourable to Johnson (55%) while 49% say the same for Sunak. Overall, among 2019 Conservative voters, Johnson scores +29 while Sunak scores +23.  However, Johnson’s lead owes more to falling ratings for Mr Sunak rather than improving ratings for the former PM.”

Looking at the parties as a whole, Labour has a net favourability rating of +2 with the Conservatives on -29.

When it coms to Brexit, 55% of respondents told Ipsos that leaving the EU had had a negative impact on the country, with just 21% saying it had been positive. It continues: “If we subtract the proportion saying Brexit has had a negative impact from the proportion saying positive the result is a net positivity score of -34. This continues to be the lowest we have recorded on Brexit, since we started asking this question in January 2020.”

60% of respondents meanwhile now believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.

Over at YouGov, it has this week published polling looking at how Scots view Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy.

Whilst 48% of those questioned said they had an unfavourable opinion of the outgoing First Minister (compared to 46% with a favourable view), 50% nevertheless said she had been a good leader for Scotland. 32% said she had been bad.

YouGov goes on to note: “Scots are split on her impact on the nation. Compared to when she took over in 2014, 37% say Scotland is now a worse place to live, compared to 29% who say it is better and 24% who see it as much the same.

“Sturgeon’s greatest achievement is seen as the response to the Covid pandemic, with 41% of Scots choosing this from our list. Introducing the baby box comes a distant second, at 9%. Only 6% of Scots, including 13% of those who currently back the SNP, say that furthering the cause of independence has been her biggest achievement.”

Overall, 60% of Scots said that the First Minister has spent too much time on the issue of independence over the last eight years.

YouGov’s latest data on voting intentions meanwhile is likely to make continued grim reading in Downing Street. When it comes to a general election, just 22% of those questioned said they would vote Conservative compared to 50% saying they would back Labour.  

Deltapoll’s latest poll isn’t a million miles of what YouGov says with 28% saying they would vote Conservative compared to 50% opting for Labour. Asked how they would vote if there were another referendum on membership of the EU, with those who did not know how they would vote and would not say excluded, 57% said they would opt to re-join the EU compared to 43% who said they would prefer to stay out.  

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