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Tories hit rock bottom with support hitting record low of 20 per cent, new poll shows (www.standard.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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The Tories hit rock bottom today with support for their party across Britain falling to a record low of just 20 per cent, according to a new poll.

The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed backing for the Conservatives nosediving by seven points from 27 per cent in January.

The result is the worst for the Tories since 1978 when this regular poll tracker started and puts them a gaping 27 percentage points behind Labour.

Previous Conservative low points were 22 per cent under John Major in December 1994 and May 1995, 23 per cent in July 1997 when New Labour was settling into office under Tony Blair, and 23 per cent in December 2022 shortly after Rishi Sunak took over from Liz Truss’s brief and economically catastrophic administration.

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good but I feel it can go a bit lower if the Tories really put their backs into it.

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago

The bottom is zero and they're still not there somehow.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

20% is still stupidly high.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 16 points 8 months ago

1 in 5 people have seen the shit and corruption of the last 14 year. Then decided. Yep more of that please.

Now we know why promises of mental health spending never happen.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

It is a bit depressing.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 16 points 8 months ago

... The worst poll of their lives so far.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago

Anyone remember when Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister and the press made him call a general election after six months because he didn’t have a mandate?

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago

I saw that one of the polls predicted the tories would be left with only 25 seats.

That’s 25 seats too many!

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Lower than under the Lettuce.