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Johnson most unpopular new PM in history and election is an ‘unpopularity contest’ says top pollster

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the General Election ‘is an unpopularity contest’ as far as the two main parties are concerned.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-11-14 14:33
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Sir John Curtice, one of the country’s leading polling experts has dubbed next month’s General Election an “unpopularity contest.”

Sir John Curtice, a professor of politics at Strathclyde University, made the observation in a briefing for journalists, saying the Prime Minister could be an asset for the Tories but there are risks given that he is the “the most unpopular new prime minister in polling history”.

Sir John Curtice (PA)
Sir John Curtice (PA)

He said: “Boris you might want to regard as like a Ming vase. He’s potentially a really valuable asset – you just want to make sure he doesn’t fall on the floor.”

He said: “As far as the two main parties are concerned this is an unpopularity contest.”

He added: “In 2017, as you all remember, Theresa May was strong and stable and she was the person who was going to save the country from the Brexit mess.

“And so she started off in a very strong position with far more people approving than disapproving of her.

“Boris doesn’t start off with that. Boris starts off with as many disapproving as approving.

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“I think he is … the most unpopular new prime minister in polling history.

“That’s essentially, of course, basically because Boris is loved by Brexiteers and he is hated by Remainers, so he is Marmite.

Gove and Johnson, Vote Leave (PA)
Gove and Johnson, Vote Leave (PA)

“The thing you have to bear in mind now is that the Boris Johnson we have now is not the Boris Johnson who was mayor of London, who was able to reach across the political divide in the capital.

“The Boris Johnson we have now is very firmly regarded as the person who is responsible for Brexit and is now trying to deliver Brexit and Remain voters regard him accordingly.”

On the Labour leader, Sir John said: “Corbyn starts off in a slightly worse position than he did last time, though he starts off in a slightly better position among those who are saying they are going to vote Labour.”

He added: “By the end of the (2017) election, (Jeremy Corbyn) almost has as many people thinking he was doing a good job as doing a bad job, and people approving or disapproving.

“But it’s all gone. He’s starting back from where he was and, sure, that doesn’t make it any easier for the Labour Party to win votes.”

He continued: “Perhaps Jeremy Corbyn is not the world’s best party leader, except that he can campaign. And one of the interesting things about 2017 election was how by the end of it you could just see the smile on Corbyn’s face.

Jeremy Corbyn at a packed rally with popular local economist Faiza Shaheen in Chingford where she hopes to unseat Iain Duncan Smith (PA)
Jeremy Corbyn at a packed rally with local economist Faiza Shaheen in Chingford where she hopes to unseat Iain Duncan Smith (PA)

“He was going ‘God, this is so fun, can we do this all the time please? It’s great,’ because he loves engaging with voters.

“The problem, of course, he has this time is that, although Boris is less popular than Theresa May, a) voters know more about him whereas at the end of the day Theresa May was a bit of blank sheet on which voters we saying ‘Oh well, she seems to be kind of all right’, but, second, Boris is … potentially a much stronger performer.”

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