Tories face worst polling start of election campaign ever

Exclusive polling shows the Conservatives face an uphill battle as polls put them 17 points behind Labour as the election campaign begins.
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[@Geffo555]

Still six weeks to go. The Tories can knock out another three scandals in that time.

[@Idk-ys7rt]

Three, if they have a good positive election campaign. Three is on the low end!

[@midwintersnight]

Only three? Nah. I have faith in the Tories to have a spectacular dumpsterfire of a campaign that will go down as the most hilariously pathetic attempt at getting people to like them in all of history. Don't let me down, Rishi!

[@digidol52]

@@midwintersnight He won't let you down, now is his shining moment to show how totally clueless he is about politics.

[@amylolxox]

Covid party?

[@nevadatan7323]

😂 💦 < that's me and my overflowing excitement

[@michaelbrian219]

What sane person would vote for the repressive Tory regime we have had for the last fourteen years?

[@ConsumerWatchdogUK]

What sane person would vote for Labour after they gave £130bn to the banks and murdered 500k in Iraq?

[@theotherside8258]

some people have made a lot of money out of the corruption

[@rachaelhogan7850]

I’m not myself my family and friends and there families are all voting labour

[@user-bh7ey8jj5h]

Stop gas lighting FFS !! Sunak has no plan !

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

Unless a plan is doing nothing.

[@debbiemerls]

Tories have three thoughts: punishing immigrants to look ‘tough’, cutting services to look ‘frugal’, lowering tax for the richest members of society-their actual only goal. The public has hopefully wised up after 15 years that everything wrong here right now is the fault of ridiculous Tory policies.

[@williamling3056]

27% still want to vote Tory?!

[@danielbeaumont3744]

a lot of people just vote for their 'team' regardless of the current landscape, it's really sad

[@davidwright7193]

According to More in Common. Techne have a poll out today, with the same in field dates, putting the Tories on 19% and Labour on 46%. The issue is that we have a systematic error in the Tory poll numbers and have had for a while. I don’t think we can even trust the poll of polls here because Techne and More in Common are sampling different populations. I suspect there is some hidden assumption in the model of More in Common that is making it very hard for the Tory vote to drop below 25-30%.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@danielbeaumont3744 Old people are generally conservative even when it is very clear that the Tories seem to despise poor old people even more than poor young people.

[@chriswhitehead9850]

Many are hidden as secret Tories as they will vote tory but are too embarrassed to reveal this to pollsters .

[@user-rh7gu2sn9p]

No! 70% will vote Tory. We are still wazzed off with freeloaders. Labour want us divided. Look how they never mentioned 2nd holiday homes or Airbnb for example. These homes could be released for ordinary British homeless.

[@walter4180]

It's genuinely impressive so many people are still voting Tory Literally insane A throwaway vote is more compelling than sticking to the current party Unbelievable

[@salvadormarley]

The only reason I can think of is that they're masochists.That's all I can come up with. Although Labour don't exactly inspire any sort of hope.

[@EuroWarsOrg]

Voting Labour is just as bad. Vote Reform

[@lewis72]

@@salvadormarley Labour will be worse and that's saying something.

[@theyatsyspam]

@@lewis72 They'll continue the status-quo. Democracy is just a cosmetic game the Country can play. You get the same policies no matter who wins.

[@TakuCityPop]

Finally someone who truly understands how this game works. If voting had an actual impact and affect, it'd be banned.

[@jameswalker7459]

If the UK vote the Tories out,we can send Rishi to Rwanda

[@ringtoneflex269]

Lol 😂

[@mrwideboy]

We should send sadiq Khan to Rwanda

[@oldershikari828]

This is a perfect comment!

[@ringtoneflex269]

@@mrwideboy and boris for a laugh

[@elaineclift2227]

Watch him get his Green card back and leave for the US. He won't be contributing from the back benches like other former leaders.

[@grahamturner1290]

A rich, full day for Sunak : idiotic gaffes and staged photo ops with Tory councillors pretending to be warehouse workers. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@martinblunden4689]

"Mr Grimsdale!!!"😂😂😂😂😂

[@grahamturner1290]

@@martinblunden4689 🤣

[@stealf1005]

Nice one.

[@Karlos.xx.travels]

that was so obviously a staged Q and A 😂

[@zakjuly6721]

Stolen from Boris campaigners

[@MarkInOxford]

Tories are toast.

[@matthewbaker2573]

if you've struggled with cost of living and inflation you are toast i suggest you start growing your own food

[@sammyd8860]

Toasties

[@jameswalker7459]

U must vote Torrie look what they have done for you and me,,Higher taxes,,,higher bills,,higher shopping prices, Destroyed the NHS,, sorted out the legal immigration problem,,Rishi is simply the best person to vote for....😂. Am only joking 😀 Tories must be kicked out and sent too Rwanda,,will labour get the votes???

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@jameswalker7459 higher taxes? when labour were in power, you had to pay tax on anything earned over £2,231 - you can now earn £12,500 before paying any tax how dim are you ?

[@Geffo555]

@@matthewbaker2573 I think your figure is wrong. £2,231? Are you sure about that?

[@matthewarmes619]

Why would anyone vote Tory? You would have to be insane after the state of the country. I can understand not wanting to vote starmer but that can’t be a reason to vote Tory

[@lha816]

27% is a huge number of people still wanting to vote for them

[@stephenhill545]

Lots of old people here.

[@newcrazykid]

10% for reform? god i hate this country lol

[@stevenhull5025]

Should be 100% for reform as the rest of the parties have had their chances and are all as bad as each other.

[@mary-fs3vn]

We’ve got to move to another country at this point😂 it’s ridiculous

[@newcrazykid]

@@stevenhull5025 yeah i really want a more right wing party in! thats definitely what this country needs oh thats sarcasm by the way? reform voters usually have about 6 iq so just had to make sure!

[@pip1723]

The difference between Labour and conservative party is profound the Labour party didn't inflict 14 years of austerity measures on the public that did this country untold damage .

[@newcrazykid]

@@pip1723 that was old labour. i have zero hope in starmers labour, they are simply red tories.

[@PrasiddiPrasidda]

We are still remembering truss £40 billion debt ..... conservative

[@billy4072]

The Tory’s have finished us off. It’s all academic now. Too late ..we’re in for the ride now .

[@neillynch_ecocidologist]

What??? You're voting tory... again? SMFH

[@finlybenyunes8385]

One Tory, two TORIES ffs

[@nickdawson2250]

Its almost like people dont like unelected oligarchs

[@saydvoncripps]

So he starts off by dressing up a tory Councillor in a high vis jacket and planting him to ask pertinent questions I a biscuit factory. Ffs. Is anyone going to even bloody try? And you wonder why they are hated. Actually, it's beyond hate now. It's contempt.

[@mary-fs3vn]

Tories asked for it- they could have been better but they didn’t

[@thegreatest3651]

tories will be back in, watch

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@thegreatest3651never

[@carelgoodheir692]

@@thegreatest3651 Not as a result of winning this election - but in some future election they may get back in. It's "may" because we we may get PR within the next decade and the Tories are likely to be less able to cope with that than the parties younger people tend to support.

[@midlandgeordie]

This incompetent government will go down in history as an embarrassment!!! The sooner the better!!!

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Isn't it time the Conservative Party finally packed their bags, saddled up and rode off into the sunset? 🤔

[@Me-vq7sy]

Sunset aren't you kind

[@geoffreynhill2833]

@@Me-vq7sy 👍

[@MarkInOxford]

Congratulations to Rishi for the worst first day of campaigning ever, rounded off by losing the racist vote, by admitting Rwanda flights won’t take off. If he was a race horse they’d be putting a green curtain around him and putting him out of his misery by now.

[@salvadormarley]

I remember the good old days when Tory leaders were merely millionaires instead of being multi multi multi millionaires.

[@eamonnpotts5063]

Secretly placing a tory councillor in the audience to ask Sunak a prepared question on his first day of campaigning sums up this corrupt government. One word …………. pathetic!

[@UTVilla]

Seriously this could be the end of the tories. Stand by for the barrage of empty promises

[@thomascarlin2844]

They have a plan but not for the country and the ordinary citizens ,its for the self serving career politician whose ultimate goal is self advancement and self enrichment

[@mriad6705]

Tories are finished

[@DaleHanson-nw9yc]

Labour strong in 2024

[@gwynedd-1]

I can't stand Starmer and will not vote labour with him at the helm.

[@michaelmyers3709]

Oh well, they’re gonna win anyway

[@Me-vq7sy]

The conservatives lied to us all. Making us believe they would make England great again. What a scam, evil people can't do such things.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@gwynedd-1Anyone but the Tories

[@gwynedd-1]

@@a.demifemiflapo5795 I will vote independent. Wish I lived in Islington North right now.

[@Jojobber]

The country will not be a better place for the average working person in a years time regardless of who wins the election.

[@Lionsraws66]

Do the Conservative party really think people have forgotten their behaviour during covid? And that's just a start! They should be called the former Russian Conservative party !

[@theyatsyspam]

Labour was actively calling for even stronger measures in parliment, during it all. They're both bands of psychos.

[@johnmartin7158]

@@theyatsyspamHe means they were hypocrites as in Bojo’s behaviour.

[@teres248]

It was the behaviour of Boris Johnson that tainted the Conservative Party. BJ is long gone, and the state of Britain is better. Try to analyse.

[@Lionsraws66]

@teres248 parties are supposed to work together. 🙄

[@Setsuraful]

His gambit of taking Reform by surprise has failed and nobody is being baited by him holding the Rwanda scheme hostage. Torys ending up with less seats than Lib Dems is going to be hilarious.

[@johncook802]

Or even forth place behind SNP. Or better still, a Canadian 1997 result, government to three seats. Fifth behind DUP, or given they are fully targeting four, Very achievable seats, behind the greens.

[@MrDaiseymay]

you ain't seen nothin yet, wait for the ending

[@jules9906]

Why are people still talking about Reform? They did absolutely nothing groundbreaking in the local elections when the Green’s did so much better? Why aren’t people talking about the Green Party 💚

[@thegreatest3651]

lol because they were all bots sent from india in comments, they get paid 1 rupee per comment, which is about a penny..

[@Petersworld77]

Reform won’t get 10% in the election. MSM need to stop talking about them like they are relevant. Greens need to push their agenda harder too.

[@jane9875]

Reform is a waste of a vote

[@googleisshittoss]

Thanks for that..Comedy Gold to mention 'The Greens'

[@carelgoodheir692]

It's interesting to speculate that Reform could take enogh votes to make this the Tories worst result since the party was founded in the 19th Century.

[@ep8029]

The Tories' pitch is, "We may be completely sh--, but Labour's even sh---er."

[@nicholassmith7730]

So... Count Binface?

[@VictoriaRoss-uw6kr]

So vote reform!

[@ConsumerWatchdogUK]

Its true though.

[@richiepickersgill855]

The Tories are totally done. It’s like turning up to run a marathon having never run around the block. No chance. They may as well all go for a very long holiday and start writing their memoirs/ changing their names / living in isolation on a hillside in Provence crying into their Charles and Diana tea cups.

[@Templeborough]

Westminster is as rotten as an old log. The real power lies elsewhere. This is just a Punch & Judy show for the kiddies.

[@tomfinney3416]

sssh you are not supposed to say this out loud ,folk must be fooled to think our system works for them ,

[@222rich]

what time is watch with mother on?

[@tcritt]

Lazy cynical tropes aren't actually a substitute for an actual, considered opinion. Much easier to come up with though.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

I gave them the benefit of doubt until I lived under them, but the Tories make even the "Vote Saxon" campaign look compelling in comparison.

[@loisclark3475]

It wont make any difference who gets in, they never tell the truth, only what you want to hear

[@shroudedlands9550]

ZERO SEATS

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

ZERO SEATS!!!

[@billgreen576]

I am aware that some people return to an abusive partner. They often end up dead as a result. The electorate does not have to do that.

[@deano_bites]

Rishi want's to bring the whole lot down with him simple he has had enough

[@gwynedd-1]

Nobody polled me. I say 'None of the above'. I will go independent. I am so disappointed with both Labour and Conservative.

[@johncook802]

Just make sure you write that on your ballot paper. Or vote binface, cookie monster, dolphin etc. Even monster raving loony. Just make sure your outrage at the abilities of those on offer is known.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

At least ur not choosing Tories 😂

[@martinblunden4689]

Although I'm always sceptical about polls,this time it seems that they may well indicate the truth of opinions in the UK....

[@deadhead657]

BOTH PARTIES ARE CONTROLLED BY THE SAME PEOPLE!!!

[@Geffo555]

Don't forget WEForm.

[@Chipchap-xu6pk]

Deadhead might be too scared to say the full truth, but I'm not. It's Bungle from Rainbow. He's behind it all. If I disappear, now you know why. Somebody had to speak up or all hope is lost.

[@alexx123ify]

Lazy take

[@seanscanlon9067]

@deadhead657 - such a tired and lazy cliché.

[@deadhead657]

@@seanscanlon9067 and why do things become cliché I wonder.

[@PercyOranda-wv9qm]

He will never win 😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪🤪👎👎👎👎👎

[@markproctor3100]

I thought Francis Rossi represented Status Quo these days 😏🤣🤣🤣

[@nevadatan7323]

WE'RE RIDING HIGH BOYOS 😎 STEP UP

[@Mike-vr7mb]

Rishi boy Shunak out!! Time to go Tories!!

[@petermorgan6309]

The best poll is 1/8 Labour 12/1 Tory. The bookies rarely get it wrong, particularly with the gap in those odds.

[@deanrwatson]

Surely...Things can only get better...for Richie. 🤔🤪😂🤣

[@audspod1]

Do we have to endure 6 weeks of parties promising great things and not delivering? We have heard it all before. So bored!!

[@thsxi]

Guys listen, mandatory volunteering, w- wait why are you not voting for us, guys?

[@nikkihamilton4374]

Would Reform back Labour?

[@popcornfilms1]

Get them OUT.

[@limpethead]

Don't vote for either the Tories or diabolical Labour. You will regret it.

[@thegreatest3651]

Vote for who then? lol - labour slightly lesser of the two evils

[@limpethead]

@thegreatest3651 Reform! Like everyone else is doing. And Labour are far worse. As you will find out. Get ready to hear the word " Redundancy " quite a lot.

[@Azazel-xb6sd]

​@limpethead have you read their manifesto and their mad economic plan? Or are you just voting for them because of immigration and "wokeism"?

[@AiphosGaming]

@@limpethead10% of the thickos are voting reform, it’s a rebranded ukip, nothing more.

[@catsnorkel]

@@thegreatest3651 the "lesser of two evils" only means both evils will be worse next time around. Never vote tactically, it is incredibly short sighted. the biggest evil of all is what happens after multiple years of voting for the "lesser evil"

[@svenkamog2232]

Who are they gonna throw under the bus 🚍 this time?

[@philradbourne]

Sunak's Benny Hill campaign style is something to behold. He has to be replaced.

[@btcvgod]

Yeah his destruction of the PIP payments killed him.

[@Jackssw]

Has anyone ever done a poll? Never seen one.

[@r_feds1690]

Rishi : How to quit your job without quitting your job

[@monged4life442]

Ignoring that people are still voting Tory... 25% of people asked though Rishi can win... What?

[@thezakie123]

There isn’t a serious leader amongst any party. Our people have lost faith.

[@billy4072]

Exactly..I actually don’t care now. Obviously all real Brits are going to be taxed to poverty. There is NO future .

[@wanderingfool6312]

Who’s your people?

[@nickedwards212]

Well I know who I'm voting for and it ain't CONserVATive.

[@craigwilliams5968]

That’s it in a nutshell! Whom do you vote for when there’s no one who’s genuine to vote for ?

[@rambo.69]

Reform reform reform

[@jeffsmith3392]

How many of us will sit this one out though???

[@markpallister9882]

STARMERGEDDON 😂😂😂

[@pierssharpe7123]

The Tories think we should "stick with the plan"... They have a plan now?

[@VictoriaRoss-uw6kr]

Get out! You ruined people's healths

[@michaelpattison1192]

We need a man or women who doesn’t need money and are willing to speak the truth and not be yes person for money there all criminals

[@lethargicmosquito]

what you need is to go back to school

[@222rich]

what like sunak?

[@piggypiggypig1746]

A British Trump.

[@johnfellows689]

If sunak wants his party to think about winning an election he must place suella braveman at head of perty. No change? No win!

[@bmmaaate]

Best news ever.

[@a.d.clarke4990]

False dichotomy, NEITHER of them represent “change”.

[@norestforthewicked2193]

Vote reform

[@hannahsmith-dg9jt]

A debate huh? To wonder what the outcome will be??? Like anyone needs to think or decide lol

[@TheBlokeNextDoorMusic]

Never Met A Nice Tory - FULL SONG - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gne5hqJvqdynirM

[@JohnShaw-zm2pc]

Vote out to help out. 😅😅😅😅😅

[@supremecheese5447]

I've never been a Labour fan but I can't justify voting conservative this time around I have them my vote last time but I won't be this time I hope Labour can do some good but I think the country is beyond hope at this poimt

[@bernardedwards8461]

Most of the other polls say that Tories are on 19 - 20% and Reform on 14%.

[@thethinker8805]

Doesn't matter who you vote for the effect is like changing deck chairs on the Titanic

[@carelgoodheir692]

It does matter who you vote for. Think it through, don't just seize up mentally.

[@nikkihamilton4374]

Would Reform back conservatives?

[@sanchez16]

Stick with the plan and the country will grind to a standstill

[@adampowell5376]

This is a bounce in the Tories favour.

[@clintcumberland1664]

The whole voting system needs to change. All laws are designed to benefit the top hats 🎩. Doesn’t matter who you vote for they are all one club. It’s just a pantomime show to keep all the sheep 🐑 happy 🤷‍♂️

[@onlinemusiclessonsadamphil4677]

AUSTERITY

[@jordanstacey9106]

Vote third party! The same old two horse race is getting boring

[@Jackssw]

Voting to keep Labour out Is the way forward. They are clueless!

[@Me-vq7sy]

The blues are clueless and heartlessly ruined the uk.

[@haha4581]

Tory will join with Liberal Democrats to form a new government, that's the funniest outcome ever....

[@pat23668952]

The Conservative Party's policies may have resulted in the United Kingdom facing its largest-ever national debt, which could take many years to repay. Think of that before voting them in again.

[@dilwich]

Nothing will change no matter who gets in . . . .

[@carelgoodheir692]

Things change all the time. And who runs the government plays a part in the ways that things change.

[@user-cz1nh1hv9v]

No one want a servant to become their master

[@meadend9053]

This all goes to show how tone deaf he is. He really hasn’t read the room. Either that or he’s had enough, he wants to bail. Being Blair’s puppet isn’t working for him anymore

[@harveybrown37]

Call the men in white coats for the 27% Tory voters

[@RemoanersRtossers]

The rest are drooling Morons! 😂

[@Me-vq7sy]

Sunak wants sympathy, but we know his consulted a psychologist for manipulation tactics, but we're not falling for it. Sunak needs to go.

[@carlowingfield7743]

What a shower .

[@johnbatch9276]

Been a labour voter been a labour voter a long time but the starmer rayner combination is not appealing need to give this a lot of thought before deciding

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

The Tories have ceased to be interested in good governance since 2010. The sole concern of its leaders have been to keep the party from tearing itself apart and relying on the supine media to give the impression that they're actually governing.

[@neilmcclary]

its like sunack has given up already wait till he gets techy at the debates

[@mayapope-sutherland6146]

His downfall was his vlogging you tube channel 🤣

[@Tukulti-Ninurta]

51% think Keir Starmer represents change, 49% down. The last time he asked that question, it was the other way round. 41% thought he represented change, 59% didn’t. Hilarious! A spoonerism, but with numbers! The other way round to 51-49 is 49-51, not 59-41!

[@lindawebb1906]

Vote Reform UK 🇬🇧

[@sepppileggi9206]

I reached retirement a month ago. My tax code for 24/25 is 26L. £260 i can earn on a paper round b4 paying tax. U may say thats a good pension. The point is pensioners will be taxed on pensions because the tax free allowance is frozen until 2028. Anyone pulling a pension and voting tory is brain dead.

[@user-hj4ug2yq5x]

There was a poll out yesterday that said the labour lead had dropped to only 12%. Why are you not covering this your so basis

[@JelMain]

Add in the None of the Aboves, the abstentions, please.

[@Toastfacekillah87]

Maybe if Rishi focused on 'cost of living' instead of the Rwanda strategy and "Stop the boats" maybe things might have been different? The Tories miscalculated and thought immigration would be THE issue. People care more about cost of living. Regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age... people are worried about cost of living. Attacking 'woke' won't solve anything. Culture wars won't get votes anymore.

[@matthewbaker2573]

this country has been spending millions holding those people here - caused by labour saying it's against their human rights that money could have been spent on public services defies your logic, doesn't it

[@jaybee4288]

He doesn’t want to focus on the cost of living though. Tories want you to be poor so that it means more that they are rich.

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@jaybee4288 you were, like everyone in this country, provided 11 years of free education. if you are struggling, it's your own fault not anyone else's !

[@Robert-vw3od]

The general public will see right through that even if they are people who bought a house 30 years ago

[@stevenhull5025]

On the Brexit referendum it WAS all about immigration - we are now out of Europe and UK businesses have suffered as a result.