Is Starmer’s Honeymoon Period Already Over?

Let's face it, the "at least they're not the Tories" was a pretty low bar and not much of a jumping off point

Labour weren't wanted. It's that the Tories weren't wanted even more.

The Tories spent 14 years blaming Labour for problems they made themselves, so we can allow Labour a few weeks to point out what they inherited from Sunak was worse than anyone thought.

He had a honeymoon period? When?

But if the wimter fuel is means tested, wouldnt that mean the people who need it still keep it?

No fan of Starmer by any stretch but it’s ludicrous that people are calling him a failure this early on. I fear these riots may hang over his head, but a lot of people still aren’t understanding how much they were fuelled by misinformation, and his swift response to public disorder is commendable.

A honeymoon period wasn't likely to be great for a party that won just a third of the vote - the smallest by a winning party in 200 years. Compared to previous elections it is as if the big losers won.

He was elected just over a month ago. Parliament is in recess. Unexpected shit happened but it's been dealt with as quickly as possible. I feel like a lot of people expect MIRACLES out of a new government. Jesus Christ give this guy some more time! It's unacceptable to pass judgment on a new govt so damn quickly and they can't undo the mess of the previous 10-14 years in one month!

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This felt like the old TLDR. Two editing errors slipped through

Labour didn't "win" the election as much as the Conservatives "lost" it by alienating the people who first voted for them in 2019 (with a mixture of broken promised and incompetence), while at the same time alienating large chunks of their base who punished them by voting for Reform. Starmer won with fewer votes than Corbyn lost with in 2019, and IIRC, the total Tories+Reform vote was more than what Labour got. What this means is that Starmer wasn't elected on a wave of "mass enthusiasm" for anything he said or did, but more of a grudging, "well let's give this guy a try, how can he be worse?" kind of mood. No surprise then that there's not much public appetite for cutting him some slack.

I think he's doing fine. Reeves has been handed a complete bag of shit too, so... I'm going to let them cook for a little while longer

Does public opinion really matter when they have a majority and 5 years till the next election? Time to not worry about what people think and get on with things

there was never a honeymoon period. The problem we have now are deep rooted and are the results of politicians actions over the last 20 to 30 years maybe even longer . giving out harsh sentences is always a bad sign.

It seems, the riots are now being talked about in the past tense, except in Northern Ireland. The rest of the UK don't care what happens in NI. Strikes me Starmer has controlled the damage.

I think people are jumping the gun a bit. I think once parliament comes back and people can see he’s doing things his popularity will increase.

Literally who are these people that expected Starmer to fix 15 years of tory decline in a matter of weeks??

Does it really matter he has 5 years before the next election

I give two tier Kier 6 months before the British people want him out

Labour voices the right intentions but locks itself in handcuffs (Tory fiscal rules being an example). Going for growth without tackling inequality, while buying the lie of trickle down. Expecting pensioners to help fill the "black hole" instead of taxing wealth or increasing the windfall tax on energy companies. Promising more housing by changing planning rules instead of tackling the major obstacle: land-banking... Key examples that show a pandering to corporate donors instead of working for the people.