From his public persona to a sense that he sold the country a pup, many factors seems to feed a sense of ‘great dislike’
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In yet another confusing and chaotic period for British politics there is one thing on which just about everyone can agree: Keir Starmer is unpopular. Very, very unpopular.
His net favourability rating, the difference between those who have a generally positive or negative view of the prime minister has been, depending on the pollster, anything from -50 to -57, a nadir only beaten by Liz Truss. Recent focus group descriptions of Starmer include a “jellyfish” and a “doormat”.
Perhaps most strikingly, the slightly plaintive chant of “Keir Starmer’s a wanker” to the inevitable tune of Seven Nation Army has been heard not just at football stadiums but January’s world darts championship.
