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It’s a disgrace that 28% would still vote Tory after everything they’ve done.
There's a lot of stupid and/or selfish people out there.
There's a lot of people who just vote for the same party as a habit. They don't like Labour so they just pick the other main one, rather than thinking about their choice.
Same as the "my grandad was a miner so I have to vote Labour" crew.
Or put another way, there are a lot of stupid people out there.
Same as the “my grandad was a miner so I have to vote Labour” crew.
Although the Red Wall was breached last time round, at least until they realised that they were sold a bunch of Brexit and Culture War promises that never materialised and, ultimately, the Tories weren't going to help them.
There's a lot of people who just vote for the same party as a habit.
On a slight tangent: I am super pissed off that Labour has quietly dropped support for PR. Maybe not instantly but I would have hoped over time PR would have sorted out this cultural problem with our parliamentary parties. They're basically football teams at the moment.
Why would a party that benefits from FPTP ever want to change it?
You could put Harold Shipman and Lucy Letby in charge of the NHS, and some would still put that cross in the blue box. There just as many idiots in the Labour camp also. This is the result of FPTP imo. People voting for what they don't want, while ignoring even thinking about what they do.
There is also the selfish camp who see the Tories giving more to them at the expense of others. One guy on video amazed me in the Uxbridge elections. He said he was voting Tory because he did not want to pay VAT on his kids school fees. Meanwhile we have 10% inflation and a devaluing pound. All services are failing while our tax rate is at its highest. I am guessing he did not do well with maths at school.
It is amazing that there still are 24% dumb enough to support him.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings have failed to improve over the summer political break – despite several weeks of Tory policy blitzes intended to win back voters.
The latest Opinium survey for the Observer shows the Conservative have failed to shift the dial in Sunak’s favour, with the prime minister dropping two points in the past two weeks to a net score of -25% (24% approve, 49% disapprove).
Similarly, views about who would make the best prime minister have also remained stable – Starmer now leads with 27% choosing the Labour leader, versus 23% who prefer Sunak.
In early July Sunak’s approval rating stood at -26, before the Tories decided to spend the summer focusing week by week on specific policy areas they believed would expose Labour’s weaknesses – such as crime, immigration, health and schools – and win them back support.
Adam Drummond, head of political and social research at Opinium, said: “Rishi Sunak’s ratings remain poor and have barely changed since July.”
Opinium found evidence that highlighting the issue did indeed raise its importance in the public’s mind, but had the effect of strengthening Labour’s lead on immigration.
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