A majority of British people believe that Britain’s best days are behind it, according to an exclusive new poll which finds that voters believe “nothing in Britain really works any more” under Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Government.
The poll, conducted by pollsters We Think, found that 52% of voters agree with the statement that “Britain’s best days are behind it”, with 58% also agreeing that “nothing in Britain really works any more”, with just 13% disagreeing.
The overwhelming public dissatisfaction with the state of the country, is mirrored in perceptions of the Conservative Government’s handling of public services over the past 13 years.
61% of voters say that, overall, public services have got worse under the Conservatives, with just 7% saying they have got better.
This includes 67% who say the NHS has got worse and 54% who say schools have got worse.
The finding also suggest that voters disbelieve Rishi Sunak’s claim to have brought down crime, with 49% saying it has actually increased, compared to just 8% who believe it has come down. Government claims to have brought down crime since 2010 are based on excluding fraud and online crimes from the data.
Public perceptions of the Government’s handling of the economy is also low, according to our poll. 53% say the UK is doing worse than other similar countries economically, compared to just 9% who believe claims that Britain is doing better than comparable nations.
The overall perception of the Government’s poor performance appears to have also worsened public opinion of the Prime Minister himself. According to our poll 48% of voters say their impression of Rishi Sunak has gone downhill since he first became PM, compared to just 10% who say their impression of him has improved.
Even some remaining Conservative voters appear to be losing faith in the PM with one-in-five (18%) saying their view of him has got worse since he entered Downing Street.
I genuinely am starting to think 2024 will be to the Tories what 1979 was for Labour in that it’s not just going to hurt the party but the assumptions that underlie it. Labour when they returned in 1997 were a very different party after their time in the wilderness.
The neoliberal consensus has had forty years to do its thing and the state of the country is testament to its failure. Who would have thought reviving ideas from classical liberalism that fell out of favour literally because they contributed to causing the Great Depression might cause economic instability in the long run?
There’s a really good podcast episode in the new statesman’s channel called the Trappings of Western hyper liberalism, which is a discussion with John Gray whos done a book on it. I followed it almost, it covers so much ground but the jist of it is basically the liberal west is eating itself in the same way that Russian liberalism is crumbling and being consumed by the same forces which created it. The Russian tradition is basically to challenge the difficult issues of humanity, and the western one is to allow for them and come to some way of moving forward. But both are really struggling. It was a good listen
That sounds really interesting, I’ll have a listen!
I have quit halfway through the last few videos from them. The arguments they have presented are just bat shit crazy with a ton of holes in them. I have seen a couple of sensible videos on the platform though so it isn't all bad. Can you link the video? It is not showing in a search.
sorry, here is the podcast episode. I thought you were replying to the original post not the new statesman one https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-trappings-of-western-hyper-liberalism-conversation/id630596898?i=1000626694587
Every time the Tories come back they learn new lessons. Labour is just the maintenance crew to tidy up their shit.