Liz Truss and her chancellor’s economic plans appear to be the main drivers of the steep decline, with the new prime minister recording a net satisfaction score of -70 among Scots — just a point ahead of Boris Johnson’s dismal approval rating in his final weeks in Downing Street.
The proportion of voters who said Truss was doing a good job was just 8 per cent — significantly lower than Johnson’s worst ever performance in Scotland, which dipped to 17 per cent in the last poll in May.
Satisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Labour leader, has increased to +13, making him more popular in Scotland than Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, despite her improving her score by two points to +11 since the last research by
The Times.
Backing for the Conservatives in Scotland at a general election tumbled to 12 per cent, down seven points since May and the party’s poorest Westminster rating in any poll since February 2015.
Meanwhile, the proportion of Scots who said they would vote Labour increased by nine points to 31 per cent while SNP support remained robust, falling by one point to 45 per cent.
According to analysis by Sir John Curtice, Britain’s foremost polling expert and Strathclyde University professor, the Tories stand to lose all six of their MPs in Scotland in a repeat of the 1997 general election wipe out that saw Tony Blair sweep to a landslide victory.
Ouch.
