Keir Starmer was hardly the man of the moment when he won the July general election, this shallow victory having much more to do with an almost nationwide hatred of the Tories than with a hunger for what Labour had to offer. But the speed with which this feeling for the previous Conservative administration passed over to Labour has been something to behold.
After his personal approval rating dropped an impressive 45 points to -26% in the space of just two months, Starmer’s Labour has also now started falling behind Nigel Farage’s Reform party. A poll this week suggested that 28% of voters have a “very” or “quite positive” view of Reform, compared to 27% who feel the same way about Labour.
This will, of course, have much to do with Starmer’s sleaze scandal, which showed the lie to his promise to govern differently than those who came before him. Additionally, it is likely due to his clear disinterest in strengthening Britain’s borders and his determination to undo Brexit—both issues that Reform has prominently highlighted.
Starmer can at least take solace in the fact he does not need to call a general election for more than another four years. Over in the U.S., Kamala Harris does not have this luxury.
With just over a fortnight to go, the Democratic nominee has started tanking in some battleground states and losing her edge in national polls, too.
A string of recent slip-ups has seen Harris drop to even ranking with Republican Donald Trump in NBC’s national poll and take a big hit in the indicative betting markets.
Again, this recent drop comes as no surprise, after Harris played (and lost) political games over the devastating Hurricane Milton, was stabbed in the back by president Joe Biden and was caught plagiarising parts of her book.
Her disastrous performance in Wednesday night’s television interview on Fox News did not strengthen her case—especially not after interviewer Bret Baier revealed to viewers that Harris’s handlers cut the interview short. “I’m talking like four people waving their hands saying ‘it’s got to stop’,” Baier said.
Commenting on her fall from grace, Ben Shapiro jibed that “the problem for Kamala Harris is simple.”
No matter how much glitter they throw on her, she’s still Kamala Harris.
