London and Starmer’s first (disastrous) 80 days of government: one in two voters think he’s doing a bad job

He was hiring us. 80 days Phileas Fogg Goes Around the World: And at the Same Time Keir Starmer He managed to spin around the wealth he saw. He is even less popular than Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.The Labor Prime Minister’s approval rating is Down 26 points From July 4th Elections Until Now 53% of voters think he’s doing a bad job. As head of government.

I am “Disaster Studies”As he knew them yesterday Daily Mailwhich comes after days in which the news in Britain was dominated by the scandal of free gifts received by the Labour Party leadership. This has been evident over the past five years. Starmer has pocketed more than £100,000 (around €120,000) in giftsFrom clothes to eyewear, from Taylor Swift concert tickets to Arsenal matches, to hotels and travel. It is a generosity that his wife also benefited from. And that in some cases the leader failed to make a statement.

But that’s not all: because also the main government ministers, starting with the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rainer And by the Secretary of the Treasury Rachel ReevesThey’ve revamped their wardrobe and traveled the world thanks to Generosity of party donorsThe English newspapers reckoned that the Labour Party enjoyed it in total. Gifts worth up to 350,000 eurosWe have never seen such a government of usurpers before.

Generosity that requires reciprocityIn fact, the main donor, Lord Wahid AliI have been granted open access to Downing Street And even the possibility of having a say in government appointments.

Starmer first defended himself by saying that everything had been done according to the rules, then announced that he and his men would no longer accept free clothes: but if it was wrong now, why wasn’t it wrong before? Even in Labour ranks there is a growing sense of unease at the lack of ease on the part of those who have declared their desire to end the scandals and wrongdoing that have characterised the Conservatives.

As he wrote Financial TimesThe danger for the Labour Party is that it falls into ridicule: if you make yourself ridiculous, no one will give you credit any more. Because, as one anonymous minister confided to TimesDowning Street became “The Total Circus”But there is little to laugh about: by saying the situation in the country is bad, Labour has caused consumer confidence to collapse and trust to collapse. They risk stifling this recovery. Which saw Great Britain grow more than any other G7 country in the first six months of the year. After the election, growth has stalled: with credibility in tatters, how will the government be able to revive the situation?