The PM’s government is polling behind Rishi Sunak’s (Image: Getty)
A disastrous start to Labour’s time in government has meant that Brits now prefer Rishi Sunak’s government more than Sir Keir Starmer’s.
The poll – conducted by More In Common – of 2,080 adults showed that 31 per cent preferred Sunak’s government, while 29 per cent preferred the current one.
This comes as the Prime Minister’s first couple of months have been dominated by the freebies scandal and winter fuel cuts.
Speaking on The Division Bell podcast, The Express’ Sam Lister said: “The Labour Government still seems to be in turmoil… the Conservatives are now more popular than the Labour government, which is not even hit the 90 day mark yet.
“I do not remember anything like this in my lifetime. A government that’s popularity has plummeted so dramatically in such a quick space of time.”
Labour ‘in turmoil’ says Division Bell’s Sam Lister
She continues: “We normally vote in the first hundred days of government. The 100-day mark is a big psychological point, isn’t it? That’s when new governments want to really set the tone…And instead, it’s just mired in sleaze and hypocrisy and allegations of cruelty over the winter fuel cuts.”
Labour have been embroiled in a sleaze row after it was revealed that the PM and his MPs had received lavish gifts from Lord Alli, including concert tickets, clothes and football seats.
While the PM receives these freebies, he has snatched winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners.
Labour justifies the cruel policy by claiming it is necessary in order to tackle the so-called ‘black hole’ in the economy.
However, the winter fuel payment cut will result in 262,000 pensioners needing NHS treatment because they are living in cold, damp homes, a new study predicts.
The modelling by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition estimates the additional cost of treating them would be more than £169million a year.
All of these issues have contributed to a rocky start in government for Sir Keir Starmer.
Sam said: “It feels to me as though Labour has a blind spot..The problem for Keir Starmer is he put himself on the moral high ground.”
“Then actually [people] think, you are the same as all the rest. And I think that is very difficult for the public to swallow.”
She continues: “Also the fact that they said they’ve now decided that they won’t accept clothes is an acknowledgement that they shouldn’t have accepted clothes…This is admitting that actually, there’s something a bit sniffy about this.”
