Boris Johnson is 13 points behind Keir Starmer in the most capable presidential poll

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Oris Johnson is stunningly 13 points behind Sir Keir Starmer on who would be the best prime minister, an exclusive Standard newspaper poll showed.

It is the first time the Labor leader has emerged as the “most capable” prime minister in an Ipsos MORI poll since Gordon Brown clashed with David Cameron in January 2008.

Sir Kerr is now ranked best on this question, at 44 percent to 31 percent.

He and Mr. Johnson were choppy in September.

Just 24 hours before the Commons vote on the new Covid restrictions, which could see the prime minister’s authority suffer a major rebellion, the poll finds his satisfaction rating among the public collapses to its lowest since entering 10th place in July 2019.

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He also showed a string of other record lows for Johnson as prime minister, including being a capable leader, good in crises, and having sound judgment and understanding of the problems facing Britain.

While Sir Kerr’s satisfaction rating is unchanged from last month, he now leads Johnson on eight out of 11 key leadership questions.

The shocking Tories poll put Labor ahead by five points, at 39 per cent, up three points since November, the Conservatives at 34 per cent, down one point, and the Liberal Democrats at 11 per cent, up by two points as they seek to leave. A surprise win in a by-election in the Conservative Party stronghold of North Shropshire on Thursday.

It was published after a turbulent few weeks during which Johnson was rocked by the luxurious renovation row in Downing Street, Owen Patterson’s stormy storm, and the hype of “Christmas Party” No. 10.

A lot of fieldwork was done before a video surfaced last week of Number 10 employees appearing to be making fun of Covid rules when London was on Tier 3 in December 2020, so the survey results may not have sparked outrage from the entire public about the Downing Street ‘Christmas party’ “.

Mr Johnson’s record lows as prime minister include:

Only 26 percent see him as a capable leader, down from a recent peak of 40 percent in June this year, and only 18 percent say he has sound judgment, compared to 31 percent in September 2019, while only 26 percent think he has. Good judgment. Good in crises, up from 35 per cent in June, but still ahead of Sir Kerr at 23 per cent. And only 17 per cent said it “give me confidence” in Britain’s future, half the figure it was six months ago. Sir Kerr has just 22 per cent, only 19 per cent who consider him a good representative of Britain on the world stage, down significantly from 34 per cent in June. Only 18 per cent see him as more honest than most politicians, compared to 27 per cent in September 2019 and 2020. A third (34 per cent) think he understands the problems facing Britain, down from 43 per cent in June. 65 percent) of adults are dissatisfied with the way he is doing his job as president, up from 61 percent last month, with 28 percent satisfied, down six points, net points -37, compared to -27 in November. .

“Boris Johnson and the Conservatives are feeling cold,” said Gideon Skinner, head of policy research at Ipsos MORI.

“Of course it’s only mid-term and things could change, but people have told us they are interested in Downing St Xmas and the past few weeks have all added to the PM’s personal brand of success.”

He added: “While Conservative ratings were on a downward trend even before that, what stands out in this poll is the PM’s personal ratings dropping to their lowest level as prime minister, while on detailed attributes such as giving people confidence in Britain’s future his scores have been halved. .

Keir Starmer, meanwhile, marks a significant milestone as the first Labor leader to lead the ‘most capable prime minister’ since Gordon Brown in 2008, buoyed by the rise of key factors such as understanding Britain’s problems and being a capable leader. However, there is room for further improvement. And he still has his own problems – notably uniting his supporters behind him, where despite everything Boris Johnson still gets more support from his own base.”

The survey also showed that 65 percent said they were dissatisfied with the government, up three points from November, with 25 percent satisfied, down four points, and with a net score of -40, compared to -33 last month.

On many other metrics, Johnson’s score is low for him as prime minister, including:

Six in ten people (59 percent) say it’s patriotic, compared to 60 percent in June and 68 percent in September last year. But he is still ahead of Sir Kerr who is 45 per cent ahead, and 60 per cent say Johnson has great personality, 61 per cent saying so in June and 79 per cent in June 2019, although he is still far ahead of Sir Kerr by a large margin . On just 17 percent, 63 percent said they are far from communicating with ordinary people, with 62 percent saying so in June 2019.

And 45 percent also say Johnson is more style than substance, compared to 56 percent in September 2019, and 26 percent now for Sir Kerr.

The Labor leader is now progressing in being a leader who is able (33 per cent), has sound judgment (38 per cent), understands the problems facing Britain (46 per cent), and has no contact with ordinary people (only 33 per cent) gives confidence in Britain’s future (22 per cent), seen as being more honest than most politicians (36 per cent), style over substance (only 26 per cent), and being a good representative of Britain on the world stage (34 per cent cents).

However, 49 percent of adults said they were dissatisfied with Sir Kerr, and 28 percent satisfied, giving him a net score of -21, the same as in November.

Labor divisions remain clear, with 44 percent of party supporters satisfied with him and 40 percent dissatisfied, allowing him to creep into a positive net worth of +4, compared to zero last month.

He is still far from Mr Johnson in this result, with 67 per cent of Tory supporters satisfied, 28 per cent dissatisfied, net +39, despite dropping to +50 in November.

But there are signs that Sir Keir may be gaining in popularity among the public, with the rating of “most capable prime minister” rising six points to 44 percent, from the 38 percent level he was headed toward in opinion polls in September, March and June 2020.

His score on the able leader rose seven points in June to 33 percent, sound judgment rose 12 points to 38 percent, and in understanding Britain’s problems it rose nine points to 46 percent, although these results are still lower than those of September. last year.

*Ipsos MORI interviewed a representative sample of 1,005 British adults 18+ by phone from 3-10 December 2021. Data weighted to match population characteristics. Full details at www.ipsos-mori.com

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