UK: Jeremy Corbyn has lowest leadership satisfaction rating for any opposition leader since 1977
- Jeremy Corbyn has lowest leadership satisfaction rating for any opposition leader since 1977
- Few see Corbyn doing a good job at handling Brexit
- Labour party supporters strongly in favour of delaying Brexit / holding second referendum
Ipsos MORI’s new Political Monitor poll reveals Jeremy Corbyn now has the lowest net satisfaction ratings of any opposition leader since the survey began in 1977. Three quarters of Britons (76%) say they are dissatisfied with the way he is doing his job as leader of the opposition (up 7 points from July) – 16% (down 3 points) say they are satisfied) leaving him a net satisfaction score of -60 (down 10 points). Labour party supporters are slightly more satisfied than dissatisfied in the Labour Party leader. Half (51%) say they’re satisfied with him (up 2 points) while 41% say they’re dissatisfied (down 2 points) leaving him a net satisfaction score of +10 amongst Labour supporters.
When it comes to Brexit specifically three quarters (77%) say that he is doing a bad job at handling Britain’s exit from the EU (down 4 points from May) with 14% saying he’s doing a job (up 2 points). Corbyn also struggles with Labour supporters on how he’s handling Brexit. A third (34%) say that he’s doing a good job however half (48%) say he’s doing a bad job.
https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/jeremy-corbyn-has-lowest-leadership-satisfaction-rating-any-opposition-leader-1977
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