As 2025 draws to a close, Keir Starmer is ending the year as he began it — by losing the respect of the British public:
NEW | As 2025 draws to a close, Keir Starmer’s net approval rating plunges to -50
Approve: 16%
Disapprove: 66%
(Source: rolling average of polls) pic.twitter.com/nKl0apqZE1
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(@LeftieStats) December 26, 2025
2025: Losing hearts and minds
The graph above is a summary of all the pollsters, calculated by Stats for Lefties. As you can see, Starmer has mostly just squandered his approval, with only one bounce back. When it comes to the individual pollsters, there have been more up and downs, but the overall trend has been negative:
NEW | As Labour launches crackdowns on refugees and trans people, Starmer’s approval hits new low.
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct) pic.twitter.com/p8eoUah0BE
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Via @YouGov, 3 Nov (+/- vs 6 Oct) pic.twitter.com/KiOs2bNCQS
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Stats for Lefties also provided the following end-of-year charts:
How polls changed (+/- only)
REF +8.1
GRN +4.9
LD +0.8
CON -5.5
LAB -8.7
+/- vs December 2024 pic.twitter.com/ya3wpsj046
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Clearly, Labour and the Tories are this year’s losers, while Reform and the Greens are its winners. This may not mean much right now, but we could see significant changes to the country’s political makeup when the local elections roll around in May (even if several elections have been cancelled).
The following was one of the last polls that Labour will see this year:
Via @YouGov, 21-22 Dec (+/- vs 14-15 Dec) pic.twitter.com/Wyl8ydpq1t
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For all that this seems like a relatively “good” poll for Labour, it is actually a catastrophic poll in objective terms. The government is down **15pts** from 2024, and is projected to win just 93 seats (-318) with opponents on the left (+86 seats) and right (+217) both gaining.
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The only reason anyone might think the above poll is ‘good’ is because other recent polls looked like this:
SNP: 46 (+37)
PLAID: 7 (+3)
Reform majority of 20 seats pic.twitter.com/JNa05jtQMA
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2026: The road ahead
As we’ve covered extensively, the big problem Keir Starmer has is Keir Starmer. The man convinced the general public that he’s a liar, and there’s no coming back from that — not without meaningfully improving people’s lives.
The top answer by far: LIAR. pic.twitter.com/1zdMI5T0Ay
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It might be true to say things would be getting worse more quickly under the Tories or Reform, but that’s an unknown, whereas the decline people feel under Starmer is a certainty.
The key reason for this decline is widening inequality and failed privatisation means Britain isn’t a society anymore; it’s a piggy bank for the rich. Changing this fact won’t be quick, but Starmer clearly isn’t even trying.
Even if Starmer goes, it remains unclear that Labour can turn things around. That aside, it’s clear they definitely can’t with him in the place, so we recommend they flush this turd as soon as possible.
Featured image via Stats for Lefties
By Willem Moore
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