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That is an interesting poll to be honest especially considering the time frame is directly in line with the period.

Starmer pipebombed Austerity at Davey... his face was a picture

Well done indeed. Davey is a true believer in it. Not just (for which you could make some case) taking fairly strong action on the current deficit, but scrapping all that investment when borrowing was very cheap. Jo Swinson came up with a decent manifesto in 2019, but ran into trouble when asked about austerity (which was by then unpopular). Davey's learnt nothing from that.

Youngian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 11, 2026 11:24 am Just an anecdote, a Labour councillor attended an allotment association meeting last night which she was dreading as they weren't known Labour voters. She found herself getting a cheer when she said Keir should stick out the bollocks media noise and get on with the job.
Kinda felt like that about Sunak, at least he wasn't embarrassing the country and if he brings more stability that would be no bad thing.

The Green score looks too low there, but the Lib Dem score isn't very good with anybody, so that's very plausible. I keep hearing how Labour are losing voters to the Lib Dems, but are they really losing any where it matters? Perhaps they have and the Lib Dems have lost those to the Greens and even Reform (having got a lot of Kipper votes in 2024 to get rid of Sunak).