Reuters reported that polling agency YouGov conducted a poll for the UK's " Times " last week, showing that the support rate of Labour Party is 52%, far higher than the 22% of Conservative Party . Labour led the Conservative Party by 30 percentage points significantly.
Another polling agency, Opinium, showed that Labour's approval rating was 47%, leading the Conservative Party's 26%. This is the biggest Labour lead that Opinium has recorded. The poll by
Opinium also showed that 53% of respondents believed that Tras should resign, and 61% believed that national elections should be held this year. The next election in the UK was originally expected to be held in 2024.
When asked which party leader would be the best prime minister, 43% of the respondents believed that it was Labour leader Stamer, and the Conservative leader Tras, who also served as prime minister, had a support rate of only 13%. Tras's approval rating minus the unsupport rating resulted in a favorability of "negative 47", which also set a record for the worst favorability of the prime minister in the polling agency, which is lower than the poll's favorability of former Prime Minister Johnson during the "party gate" scandal.
British Prime Minister Tras
Tras succeeded Johnson as the new British Prime Minister on September 6. He has only been in office for a month and is eager to become the second British Mrs. Thatcher . Why did the approval rating fall out of the historical record? How long can she stay in the position of the British Prime Minister?
Tras was born with a disadvantage in his coming to power: he just succeeded
Why is Tras not popular among the British? First of all, he did not go to power because he did not go to power, but just became the leader of the British Conservative Party and then became the British Prime Minister.
UK implements parliamentary system . After the parliamentary elections, the head of the majority party becomes the prime minister and is responsible for forming the cabinet. After former British Prime Minister Johnson led the Conservative Party to win the last election, his approval rating dropped sharply due to repeated violations of epidemic prevention regulations, especially after the "party gate" scandal broke out, and internal strife occurred within the Conservative Party, and Johnson had to resign as British Prime Minister. After
6 candidates began to compete for the Conservative Party leader. Tras was not optimistic at the beginning. Before finally entering the party member voting session, her approval rating for voting in parliament was also lower than that of former Chancellor Sunak. But in the end, the Conservative Party members made them laugh to the end.
It can be said that Tras was a bit "unwarrant" as British Prime Minister, and the British did not buy it.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Historically, the British public has never liked such a successor leader very much. In 2007, when the then Chancellor of the Chancellor Gordon Brown replaced the resigned Blair as prime minister, the poll showed that his approval rating was very low. In the end, Brown was defeated by David Cameron in the 2010 election and was only prime minister for 2 years and 318 days. He is the third-last Prime Minister in modern British history.
ambitious and go back on your word
The UK that Tras took over from Johnson is a mess: the new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging, the economy is weak, energy prices are rising, and inflation is serious.
In this case, Tras himself was ambitious and tried to imitate Mrs. Thatcher and introduced some policies despite opposition, but things went against their wishes.
htmlOn September 23, the Tras government insisted on releasing the largest tax cut plan in 50 years despite public opposition. As a result, the UK experienced a series of setbacks such as investor sales of assets and sharp declines in stocks, bonds and foreign exchanges within 11 days. The pound plunged to an all-time low and pensions were on the verge of collapse, forcing the Bank of England to take urgent action to prevent the bond market from collapsing.
Starting from September 29, Tras had to appear in front of the media camera again and again to defend his economic policies, but it was useless. In the end, Tras had to surrender and announced a decision to amend the tax cut policy.Although this can temporarily calm market dissatisfaction, the way of dealing with the crisis reveals her weakness of being ambitious but not being able to lead, and lacking political responsibility. In addition to severely slashing leadership prestige, it also became a lame government early.
Of course, in the face of pressure, Tras is also adjusting. Recently, when she met with French President Macron in Prague , she began to call the other party a friend. You should know that during the campaign, Tras was asked by the British media host, "Is Macron a friend or an enemy?" Tras said: "There is no conclusion yet. If I become Prime Minister, I will judge him by his actions rather than words." Afterwards, this remark caused a sensation between Britain and France.
This also made the British speculate that the Prime Minister, who is eager to get out of trouble, will adjust his thinking on more policies and try to win back public opinion. Tras herself also expressed her unintentional resignation. She attended the Conservative Party's annual meeting on the 5th and said: "I am determined to let Britain continue to move forward, let us overcome difficulties and gain a foothold."
The term of office of the British Prime Minister is huge: the longest 20 years, the shortest one year
721, the majority leader of the House of Commonwealth Party, the Secretary of the Finance Minister, and the leader Sir Robert Walpole was appointed as the head of the cabinet by King George I of England, which started as the British Prime Minister. As of today, a total of 56 people in the UK have served as prime minister. Although the British Prime Minister has no term limit, in most cases, the Prime Minister’s term is not long.
At present, the longest-serving Prime Minister in the UK is Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, who served for 20 years. Most of the prime ministers who served for more than 10 years also served as prime ministers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The first British Prime Minister Robert Walpole
After World War II , only two prime ministers have served in this position for more than ten years. One is Mrs. Thatcher nicknamed Iron Lady , who is the leader of the Conservative Party. After winning the 1979 general election, he took office and led the Conservative Party to win three general elections in 1979, 1983 and 1987, and served for 11 and a half years. Mrs. Thatcher is famous for her tough measures and has made profound and broad changes to the economic, social and cultural landscape of Britain. In addition, she launched the Falklands War and defeated Argentina at the doorstep of her home in Argentina.
Former British Prime Minister Thatcher
Another is Blair, the leader of the Labor Party. In the 1997 general election, he was successfully elected Prime Minister. Blair was only 43 years old at the time, which can be said to be in his prime. During his reign, he experienced the death of Princess Diana, and the United Kingdom followed the United States to launch the Iraq War and other events. Blair served as prime minister until 2007.
Compared with the long-lived Prime Minister, what are the short-lived Prime Ministers in the UK, and what is the reason for stepping down?
First look at the recent ones. The Prime Minister before Tras was Johnson, and the Prime Minister before Johnson was Theresa May. She reigned for 3 years and 11 days and stepped down because she could not handle the Brexit issue, ranking sixth from the bottom.
Former British Prime Minister Theresa May
ranked fifth from the bottom with Chamberlain . During his tenure, he presided over the peace negotiations with Hitler and stepped down after the outbreak of World War II. The fourth-last term was Trass's predecessor Johnson, who worked for two years and 348 days. The third to last is Gordon Brown, who was mentioned earlier, one month less than Johnson. The second to last is Anthony Eden, who stepped down due to the Suez Canal crisis .
The last one is Alec Douglas Holme , he is the last prime minister who came from House of Lords and the only prime minister who gave up his aristocratic title and then entered House of Commons by byelection. In addition, he was also the last person appointed by the British monarch to serve as prime minister. This is because after his former McMeillon resigned as prime minister, the Conservative Party at that time had not yet developed a complete electoral system for party leaders.
Former British Prime Minister Johnson
Next, if Tras cannot restore the credibility of the Conservative Party in the short term, the Conservative Party may launch a vote of distrust against her. Once the vote is passed, Tras may become the shortest-lived prime minister in British history. By then, all the previous countdown records will be changed.
Author丨Chen Renhuan, editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News
