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Boris Johnson's approval rating plunges twenty points in four days amid Dominic Cummings scandal

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    Telegraph link, with a paywall This seems pretty bad, although IIRC he got elected with 40% of the vote in 2019 so there's still a way to go until we can seriously sing victory.

    Telegraph link, with a paywall

    Boris Johnson’s approval rating has plunged by 20 points in four days, amid the ongoing Dominic Cummings scandal, according to new polling.

    Public opinion on both the prime minister and his government has turned rapidly after Mr Cummings admitted to having driven to Durham despite the coronavirus lockdown.

    Overall government approval turned negative, to -2 per cent, according to data from polling group Savanta ComRes. That represents a drop of 16 points in just a single day.

    Mr Johnson’s approval also turned negative as the scandal continued. it dropped from +19 per cent to -1 per cent since Friday the same data showed.

    At the same time, approval ratings for Labour leader Keir Starmer and medical advisors Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance increased over the weekend, the same data showed.

    The latest polling figures reveal that the Prime Minister’s approval rating has dropped more than 35 points since the start of May, and is down by 48 points from its peak on 8 April.

    This seems pretty bad, although IIRC he got elected with 40% of the vote in 2019 so there's still a way to go until we can seriously sing victory.

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