The UK media has always couched its coverage of Elon Musk with reminders that he is supposedly particularly unpopular in the UK. Not true when the full figures are borne out…
New polling from Freshwater Strategy, which interviewed 1,207 UK voters between 4-6 of this month, shows that the world’s richest man is more popular among Brits than their own Prime Minister. 25% of voters view Musk favourably versus 47% unfavourably, compared to Starmer’s 22% favourable and whopping 58% unfavourable. Pitting a -22 point approval rating against -38…
Reeves is also low at -30 points. All political figures polled for have a net negative rating. Hilariously, Musk is more popular than Starmer even among those Labour voters who now say they won’t vote for the party again. Starmer has the lowest rating of all at -44…
That even beats Donald Trump in unfavourability. There’s a reason people say Starmer’s start has been the worst of any Labour PM in history…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”
