Where the Miliband comparison ends for Sir Keir

IF YOU look at the numbers for the Labour Party in isolation, you might not expect them to lead the Conservatives by 20 points. In many ways the figures are strikingly similar to those seen under Ed Miliband’s leadership before Labour convincingly lost the 2015 election.

- Keiran Pedley

Today, 51 per cent of the public are dissatisfied with the job Sir Keir Starmer is doing as Labour leader, with 29 satisfied. His net score of minus 22 is virtually identical to Miliband’s minus 19 going into that election. On the party itself, fewer Britons think the Labour Party today understands the problems facing Britain (46 per cent) than under Miliband in 2015 (52 per cent).

Meanwhile, despite nine in 10 telling us that Britain needs a new team of leaders, the public are divided on whether Labour is ready for government.