SIR Keir Starmer has joined the one per cent club with just a tiny number of Scots saying he is doing a “very good” job.
A dire one in every 100 quizzed were completely satisfied with the PM’s first eight months running the country.
Sir Keir Starmer has joined the one per cent club as a tiny number of Scots say he is doing a “very good” job[/caption]
Lee Mack won an award for his role on The 1% Club[/caption]
And the woeful approval rating directly hurts Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s chances of becoming First Minister at the Holyrood election in 2026, experts say.
While the polling shows huge electoral problems for Sir Keir, the Scottish Government also scored badly with the public.
Just one in 50 reckoned SNP ministers are doing a “very good” job rather than “good”, “bad” or “very bad”.
On ITV’s The One Per Cent Club, hosted by comedian Lee Mack, contestants try to win £100,000 by answering a question only one per cent of the UK get right.
The YouGov data for the academic-led Scottish Election Study comes after Labour’s popularity was hit by moves such as axing the winter fuel payment for all OAPs.
Polling expert Mark Diffley said: “The highs of their emphatic victory at the General Election are an increasingly fading memory.
And the progress made since the last Holyrood election has now been almost entirely lost.”
But Mr Diffley, of market researchers Diffley Partnership, says there is some hope for the party due in part to the dismal public verdict on the SNP as well.
He went on: “There are two glimmers of hope for 2026. Firstly, that the recovery of the UK economy and popularity of the UK Government happens more quickly than anticipated.
“Second, that as the election draws close, voters will be more focused on the record of the SNP.
“The next Holyrood election will be a battle between two incumbent governments, the 19 years of the SNP in Edinburgh versus two years of Labour in London.
“Current polling suggests that between two unpopular governments, UK Labour is more unpopular, and this is having a negative impact on Scottish Labour’s prospects.”
Only one in ten Scots think economic conditions have improved in the last year compared to six in ten who reckon they are worse.
Researchers found 21 per cent believe the SNP is doing a “good” job, against ten per cent for UK Labour.
The survey puts the SNP on 33 per cent of the constituency vote with Labour lagging behind on 21.
