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Post by Admin on Dec 14, 2023 5:38:53 GMT
British internet research firm YouGov announced on the 13th that Prime Minister Sunak's net approval rating (approval rating minus disapproval rating) was -49 points, the lowest since taking office. This is the same level as before Johnson resigned as prime minister.
YouGov conducted the survey from December 11th to 12th. According to the survey, 21% of respondents said they supported Sunak, while 70% said they did not support him. The net approval rating has fallen further from -39 points in the previous survey in late November.
Starmer, leader of the largest opposition party, the Labor Party, has a net approval rating of -22 points. This is higher than Mr. Sunak, but this is also down from -13 points last time.
The net approval rating for the ruling Conservative Party was -49 points, unchanged from last time. Labor has a significant lead over the Conservatives with -14 points.
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2023 13:52:59 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 16, 2024 5:44:35 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - According to a YouGov opinion poll published in the British newspaper The Telegraph, Prime Minister Sunak's ruling Conservative Party has a historic lead over the opposition Labor Party in the British general election, which is expected to be held by the end of this year. It is expected that they will be defeated.
According to the forecast, Labor is expected to win 385 seats compared to 169 for the Conservatives. The Conservative Party is expected to lose more seats than it did in the 1997 general election, when it lost a crushing defeat to the Labor Party led by former prime minister Blair.
The Telegraph said 11.5% of the vote would go to Starmer's Labor Party, making it the ruling party's biggest defeat since 1906.
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Post by Admin on Mar 2, 2024 13:47:12 GMT
In a speech outside the prime minister's office, Sunak said extremist ideology that incites hatred against Muslims and Jews is spreading. It's time to stand up against the forces causing this," he said, calling for unity.
"Islamic extremists and far-right groups are spreading the poison of extremism," he said, citing examples of Jewish children being unable to wear school uniforms due to fear of discrimination and Muslim women being shouted at on the street. denounced.
Sunak, who is of Indian descent, was sworn in as Britain's first non-white prime minister in October 2022. In his speech, he said, ``Success is not determined by the color of your skin, or the God you believe in, or where you were born,'' and appealed for the need to protect ``the values we share.''
In the special election for the House of Representatives held on February 29th, prior to the speech, a candidate from a third party known for his radical anti-Israel words and actions won. In his speech, Sunak criticized the candidate for praising the Shiite Islamic group Hezbollah.
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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2024 14:20:26 GMT
Sunak’s address comes after chaotic scenes in the British parliament in recent weeks, as well as the testy Rochdale by-election.
A House of Commons vote calling for a cease-fire in Gaza last month descended into chaos after Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ignored long-standing precedent, citing concern for MPs’ safety. Lawmakers have faced vocal protests about the war outside constituency offices, parliament and, in some cases, their homes. Some have faced death threats.
Sunak — who is battling to stay in office in the upcoming election amid dire polling for his governing Tories — warned that “long-standing parliamentary conventions have been up-ended because of safety concerns,” and warned there were now “forces here at home trying to tear us apart.”
“Islamist extremists and far-right groups are spreading a poison,” he said. “That poison is extremism. It aims to drain us of our confidence in ourselves as a people and in our shared future.”
‘Let us prove these extremists wrong’ Senior members of Sunak’s government have also hit out at Pro-Palestinian protesters in recent days, although Sunak himself has been accused of exaggerating the problem by some human rights groups after he warned of “mob rule” in the U.K.
The left-wing Momentum campaign group, which has been involved in some of the protests, charged Friday night that Sunak was “smearing peaceful protesters whose demand for an immediate cease-fire represents the mainstream of public opinion.” But the right-leaning Policy Exchange think tank called it a “striking intervention” which was “justified by events.”
Rounding out his speech at the Downing Street lectern — a rare move for a British prime minister often reserved for the triggering of elections — Sunak reeled off pre-announced measures his government is taking to reform the policing of protests, and issued a plea to those choosing to take to the streets.
“Don’t let the extremist hijack your marches,” he said. “You have a chance in the coming weeks to show that you can protest decently, peacefully and with empathy for your fellow citizens.
“Let us prove these extremists wrong and show them that even when we disagree, we will never be disunited from our common values of decency, and respect.”
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