THE SNP have said that "Scotland is already fed up” with Keir Starmer after a new poll showed plunging approval ratings for the Labour leader.
The latest poll from Opinium, conducted between September 25 and 27 for The Observer, found that the Prime Minister’s net approval ratings are now -30%, down almost 50 points since he took on the position.
In just 11 weeks after coming into power, Starmer is now viewed less favourably than both former prime minister Rishi Sunak and leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage.
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His latest rating is down 17 points from -13 two weeks ago and down by 49 points from +19% in his first approval rating as Prime Minister.
This means it is Starmer’s lowest ever approval rating.
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— Opinium (@OpiniumResearch) September 28, 2024
Keir Starmer’s net approval ratings are -30%, down 17 points from -13 at a fortnight ago and down by 49 points from +19% in his first approval rating as prime minister.
This is, again, Starmer’s lowest ever score by some distance. pic.twitter.com/7FtVz85fIT
The party has recently been embroiled in a scandal over freebies as it was revealed that Starmer has accepted more than £100,000 in gifts from Labour peer Lord Alli.
We also reported how MP Rosie Duffield quit the party over Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary policies”, citing the cut to the Winter Fuel Payment.
Commenting, SNP MP Kirsty Blackman (above) said: "Scotland is already fed up with Starmer’s Labour Party and it is easy to see why.
"Voting to keep the poverty-inducing two-child benefit cap, cutting winter support to millions of pensioners trying to heat their homes, putting thousands of jobs at risk in the north east, and now shrouded in a donations scandal – that is the achievements of the Labour Government after just 11 weeks in power.
"Scotland deserves better than another austerity driven Westminster Government - only the SNP can be trusted to put Scotland's interests first."
The Opinium poll surveyed 2050 adults from the UK.
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