Thread/ With Boris Johnson now confirmed to be our next Prime Minister, here’s what we know about what the public think of him yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
1/ He is much less popular than May was at the time she took over. Johnson currently has a net favourability score of -27, compared to May’s +12 in August 2016 (although he does beat her current score of -37) yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
2/ Britons tended to see him as a good Mayor of London, but a bad Foreign Secretary
Mayor of London – 47% good / 29% bad
Foreign Secretary – 26% good / 48% bad yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
3/ Britons believe he will be a new type of Prime Minister (52%) – just 24% think he will be much like his predecessors. But not new in a good way – a plurality (44%) of those who think his style will be different think he will be poor/terrible at the job yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
4/ Views on which opinion of Boris tends to be most positive:
Likeable – 43%
Strong – 41%
Not racist – 40%
Views on which opinion tends to be most negative:
Out of touch – 63%
Untrustworthy – 58%
Putting on an act – 55% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
5/ If Boris Johnson went to Hogwarts, Brits think he would be in Slytherin (which values ambition, cunning, leadership and resourcefulness)
Slytherin – 42%
Ravenclaw – 9%
Hufflepuff – 5%
Gryffindor – 5% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
6/ The public see him as a better Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn (although both still lose to don’t know)
Boris Johnson – 34%
Jeremy Corbyn – 20%
Don’t know – 42% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
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🧵/ In Feb, Suella Braverman sparked debate with a column entitled "I will never be truly English", one which her boss Rishi Sunak branded "slightly ridiculous"
Now a new YouGov survey looks at how white and ethnic minority adults in England see English and British identity
Ethnic minority adults in England who were born in the UK are more likely than their white counterparts to say they feel a greater British than English identity
Ethnic minority adults in England, born in UK
Feel more English: 10%
Equally Eng/Brit: 29%
Feel more British: 43%
White adults in England, born in UK
Feel more English: 24%
Equally Eng/Brit: 50%
Feel more British: 19%
18% of Britons say they are likely to consider voting for a new left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn
However, this is less than would consider voting for the existing major parties and has caveats... 🧵
Just 32% of those who would consider voting for a Corbyn-led party say it is the party they are most likely to consider voting for, including only 9% saying it is the only party they would consider voting for (of the main national parties)
Top 5 reasons that 26% of 2024 Conservatives have defected to Reform UK in the year since the 2024 election
1. Trust them more on immigration: 56% 2. All other parties are worse: 41% 3. Better at standing up for people like me: 36% 4. Closer to my values: 25% 5. Better placed to win next election: 24%
Compared to those sticking with the party, Conservative defectors to Reform UK are more likely to be men (58% vs 44%), more likely to have voted Leave (80% vs 61%) and are older (83% are over 50 vs 75%)
While Conservative losses to Reform UK are more likely than loyalists to see immigration as a top issue facing the country (88% vs 64%), the two groups do not otherwise differ hugely on what are currently the most pressing problems in the UK