- September 12, 2023
- Posted by: AliensFaith
- Category: OBJECTIVE PRESS
British voters see themselves more aligned with Keir Starmer’s party now. But he must still convince them he can lead the country
Keir Starmer promised he would turn the Labour party around and give it back to the British people. Three years on from becoming leader, he can credibly claim to have done just that. Research released today by YouGov for WPI Strategy shows that Starmer’s Labour is closer to the public on the issues that matter most to them – and voters perceive the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak as being well to the political right of the British people.
Overall, voters characterised themselves as 4.6 out of 10 on a scale where 0 was leftwing and 10 was rightwing. They placed Keir Starmer as 3.9 on the same scale, Sunak on 7.3, and their parties not far behind with Labour on 3.3 and the Conservatives on 7.6.
Claire Ainsley is director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s centre-left renewal project and was Labour’s executive director of policy from 2020 to 2022
