STARmer COLLAPSES in the POLLS
Labour members have suggested Ed Miliband is likely to be the preferred choice within party grassroots to succeed Sir Keir Starmer.
The polling, commissioned by the economic consultancy BlondeMoney, gives the Energy Secretary and former Labour Leader the highest approval rating of the tipped candidates to replace the Prime Minister, should he be ousted.
When Labour members were last polled in September, Sir Keir Starmer received a score of 33 percent. This figure has now plummeted to minus three percent.
Mr Miliband, the MP for Doncaster North, has a positive approval rating of 55 percent, putting him ahead of the likes of Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
According to the polling seen by The Times, 51 percent of Labour members do not think the party will win the next General Election if Sir Keir remains in post.
Meanwhile, 58 percent said Labour’s performance in Government has been worse than they expected.
Mr Streeting, the MP for Ilford North, came in second, with a positive score of 44 percent, with the party’s Deputy Leader and Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell, in third on 31 percent.
The Home Secretary came in fourth on 18 percent, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves behind on 13 percent.
And when things can’t get any worse Miliband comes along to take over as PM. What a glorious defeat he suffered last time he stood to be elected as PM. Apart from the few who want him to replace Starmer, no one else has any time for his far-left loony policies and he will not have a mandate. Starmer needs to call a General Election ASAP.
Ed Miliband has been tipped to succeed Sir Keir.
Founder and Chief Executive of BlondeMoney Helen Thomas, who commissioned the survey, told The Times: “This polling shows that Keir Starmer’s plummeting personal ratings with all voters is similarly reflected in the views of Labour Party members.
This is likely to prompt further speculation about Starmer’s successor and thus the direction that the party in government chooses to take.”
When asked to name the two most important qualities for any party leader to have, 48 percent of Labour Members chose competence.
Meanwhile, 39 percent chose the ability to beat Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at the next general election.
Mr Miliband led Labour from 2010 to 2015, taking over the role from Gordon Brown.
Under his tenure, the party decisively lost the 2015 General Election to the Conservatives, who under David Cameron won a 12 seat majority after Mr Miliband’s party lost almost every seat in Scotland to the SNP.
After being relegated to time on the backbenches during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, he returned to the Labour frontbench in 2020 as Shadow Energy Secretary and Net Zero Secretary.
He has repeatedly denied he has plans for a second stint as party leader.
Mr Corbyn succeeded Mr Miliband as Labour leader.
Support for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has fallen to just 14 percent in a damning new opinion poll.
Sir Keir, who won a thumping landslide victory last summer on 34 percent of the vote, is now in a distant fourth place, according to Find Out Now’s latest survey.
Reform UK remains well out in front, with Nigel Farage hoovering up 31 percent of the vote.
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives trailed in second place on just 20 percent, leaving Zack Polanski’s Green Party in third on 18 percent.
