A new poll has revealed that Brits believe Keir Starmer will be kicked out of Downing Street within a year as 68% say he is running the country “badly.”
The Mail on Sunday commissioned a Deltapoll survey which has found 69% of people are saying the UK is heading in the wrong direction.
The poll found that 20% believe Nigel Farage will become the UK’s next Prime Minister at the next general election.
Co-founder and director of Deltapoll Joe Twyman said, “Just six months since arriving in Downing Street, Keir Starmer’s poll rating may well be causing concern.
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“With potentially more than four years until the election, there will be some who believe that the Prime Minister has plenty of time to turn things around.
“But the direction of travel in the polls has been downwards and without an improvement in economic circumstances, significantly improving the numbers may well turn out to be difficult.
“While not exactly a Winter of Discontent, this is clearly a Winter of Dissatisfaction and as 2025 begins, the polls will not bring new year cheer to the Labour Party.”
Between 30 December and 3 January 2025, the poll of 1,144 Brits say Labour is still leading on voting intention.
Around 30% polled plan to support Labour at the next general election, 23% for the Tories and 22% for Reform UK.
Some 14% are concerned over higher taxes for their families and 33% are worried about the state of the economy.
A Labour MP told the Mail, “If this poll doesn’t ring alarm bells in No 10, then we really are doomed. Sadly, it confirms what I and other Labour colleagues are now finding on the doorstep.
“There never was much support for Keir. But after a catalogue of blunders – from scrapping winter fuel payments to hiking taxes – what little support there was for the Prime Minister has collapsed.
Another Labour source said, “The public has got used to huge instability at the top of government. They expect Prime Ministers to change every five minutes.
“Keir was elected to bring an end to that chaos. That is exactly what he will do. If that means digging in through some tough times and showing we can deliver change in the long term, that’s what he will do.”
