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Only 27% of Britons think Boris Johnson is an honest person, poll reveals
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/poll-quarter-people-boris-honest-144830237.html
Just 27% of Britons think Boris Johnson is an honest person, according to a new poll.
The latest Ipsos MORI political pulse asked people about personality traits of Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer.
Asked whether the Prime Minister is an honest person, 27% of people said that description did apply while 49% said it didn’t.
The poll interviewed 1,291 British adults online from May 29 to June 3.
It also revealed that Boris Johnson’s poll ratings have continued to fall amid a backlash to his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Johnson was heavily criticised after supporting his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, after it emerged he drove 260 miles in order to stay in Durham during the lockdown. Cummings also made a separate 60-mile round trip to Barnard Castle, which police said “might have” breached the rules.
Johnson was also criticised – particularly by teaching unions – over his easing of the lockdown on Monday, which saw Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils return to schools. Unions had argued it was unsafe.
On Wednesday, Johnson also declared himself “very proud” of the government’s record during the COVID-19 outbreak. The UK has the second highest death toll in the world.
Meanwhile, the government has also struggled with some of its major coronavirus initiatives, including the NHS Test and Trace system which was hit by technical issues upon its launch last week. Staff – some on nearly £20 an hour – also said they had nothing to do during entire shifts.
Asked about various personality traits of the two party leaders, Johnson is more likely to be seen as having ‘a lot of personality’ compared to Starmer (64% v 30%) whereas Starmer is more likely than Johnson to be seen as someone that ‘pays attention to detail’ (41% vs 29%).
The poll also revealed that the Prime Minister is more polarising than his Labour counterpart — Britons are more likely to say Johnson is a ‘strong leader’ or ‘good in a crisis’ than Starmer but they are also more likely to say he is not.
More Britons say they ‘don’t know’ whether these attributes apply to Starmer (‘strong leader’ 46%, ‘good in a crisis’ 57%) than either they do or do not.
Ipsos MORI Research Director Keiran Pedley said: “The data shows that Johnson is a polarising figure whilst Starmer continues to be a relative unknown – although that is changing.
“Labour will be encouraged that Starmer’s ratings continue to be net positive as he becomes better known and that Labour is no longer looked upon less favourably by the public than the Conservatives.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/poll-quarter-people-boris-honest-144830237.html
Just 27% of Britons think Boris Johnson is an honest person, according to a new poll.
The latest Ipsos MORI political pulse asked people about personality traits of Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer.
Asked whether the Prime Minister is an honest person, 27% of people said that description did apply while 49% said it didn’t.
The poll interviewed 1,291 British adults online from May 29 to June 3.
It also revealed that Boris Johnson’s poll ratings have continued to fall amid a backlash to his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Johnson was heavily criticised after supporting his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, after it emerged he drove 260 miles in order to stay in Durham during the lockdown. Cummings also made a separate 60-mile round trip to Barnard Castle, which police said “might have” breached the rules.
Johnson was also criticised – particularly by teaching unions – over his easing of the lockdown on Monday, which saw Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils return to schools. Unions had argued it was unsafe.
On Wednesday, Johnson also declared himself “very proud” of the government’s record during the COVID-19 outbreak. The UK has the second highest death toll in the world.
Meanwhile, the government has also struggled with some of its major coronavirus initiatives, including the NHS Test and Trace system which was hit by technical issues upon its launch last week. Staff – some on nearly £20 an hour – also said they had nothing to do during entire shifts.
Asked about various personality traits of the two party leaders, Johnson is more likely to be seen as having ‘a lot of personality’ compared to Starmer (64% v 30%) whereas Starmer is more likely than Johnson to be seen as someone that ‘pays attention to detail’ (41% vs 29%).
The poll also revealed that the Prime Minister is more polarising than his Labour counterpart — Britons are more likely to say Johnson is a ‘strong leader’ or ‘good in a crisis’ than Starmer but they are also more likely to say he is not.
More Britons say they ‘don’t know’ whether these attributes apply to Starmer (‘strong leader’ 46%, ‘good in a crisis’ 57%) than either they do or do not.
Ipsos MORI Research Director Keiran Pedley said: “The data shows that Johnson is a polarising figure whilst Starmer continues to be a relative unknown – although that is changing.
“Labour will be encouraged that Starmer’s ratings continue to be net positive as he becomes better known and that Labour is no longer looked upon less favourably by the public than the Conservatives.”
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Ultra cautious leaders doing best during the pandemic.
But elections are normally about money in the pocket. Next UK election is a long time away. |
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We all know all aren't honest that's why they have those positions where do they get these polls?
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sunday express has best headline in decades,worringly its probably true
david frost and doris want changes to the withdrawl agreement ,because they didn't have time to understand it properly and not happy with some of the detail in it,  |
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Politicians lie shocker ,
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aye you'd struggle to find a truthful one
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Stick your poll up yer @rse.
That is all. King Boris wins the polls that count GIRUY  |
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Who is 100% honest. Doubt if anyone can name any including themselves.
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27% is staggering, whatever he may be, honesty is not one of his traits
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EVERYONE LOVES DORIS, THEN THEY MEET HIM
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The poll was conducted when Cummings event was fresh in people's minds.
It's only students who bother to vote in these polls anyway. Boris will charm these gullible monkeys in time for the general election, don't fret |
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Has anyone ever voted in one? I haven't
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Might as well be 27% of folk prepared to lie to pollsters
Or about 60% of tory voters tell pollsters that they think Johnson is honest. |
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I think we should at least demand politicians to lie in sly ways instead of the blatant "I know I'm lying, I know that you know I'm lying, and I couldn't care less that you know" show that's been going on from some of them.
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They answer few enough questions there should be limited requirement to lie
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Wow,they can't leave it alone,chucked as much mud as they could before Tory leadership,result - wins in a canter.
Repeat same tactics before general election,result - wins in a canter again even gaining seats in Labour's heartland, not forgetting 2 terms as mayor of London,Lefties must hate him,marvellous,good old Bojo. |
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Never mind only 9 more years girls.
I dread to think what we would have been like with jezzbollah,crayons,uphill,Wrong Daily,and Pidcock running the show. |
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I can bring up numerous postings where you said the opposite if you want me to Polly you pedantic windbag.
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Johnson's ability to win is not being questioned.
His honesty was the subject of the question We are commenting on that and people's answers to that question. It's odd that nobody wants to defend his honesty, when seemingly 60% of tories think he is honest. |
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A stupid poll could just as well have asked if you think he has a big d1ck. You would probably get an even smaller percentage.
How many of those complaining about Cummings and about easing the lockdown for schools were out on the BLM protests? How about a poll on that? |
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These pollsters ask the questions for a reason.
You can alter the subject on a forum But you answer the question during an interview |
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Sushi Bumcrack is lining up for his shot at the title. Must be plenty who know Dorris Day’s
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I'll ask again has anyone ever taken one of these polls?
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@Angoose. Do you think that Sturgeon is honest?
Keep in mind the initial outbreak cover-up and the lies that followed it before answering. The lies about how many old people were transferred to care homes from hospitals without being tested for the virus. I'll await your reply before posting more. |
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Shame 60% of the country wont vote a gang of Progressive t0ssers
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I'll ask again has anyone ever taken one of these polls?
It's not something I've ever thought about Denzil but no I haven't and I don'y know anyone who has. |
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bankrupting the country and a no deal Brexit is a novel way of pitching for the top job,cant see it catching on though
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Who is pitching for the top job?
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same here aka
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Johnson and Sturgeon told identical lies when lifting restrictions on exercise that didnt actually exist in law. Neither have been challenged on that.
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Almost all politicians are liars to one degree or another. And the more power they get, the more they feel the need to lie. But Johnson seems to do little else but lie. Sturgeon is, in her own way, also a big liar. It is just that she is a better communicator than Johnson, and rightly or not, she is seen as being more upfront. The thing is that this Government have got the country into such a mess with their lamentable handling of the pandemic, that they have to just double down and keep on lying. What else is there for them to do? They can't admit that they have failed to protect the country's vulnerable people and indirectly caused the avoidable deaths of thousands of people. Neither can they say that they have done as well as they could for the economy. The pandemic was always going to be a huge disaster for the country, but a competent government should have seen what was happening in Italy and Spain, and been able to mitigate the damage. Far too many have died, and the economy will suffer in countless ways. There is nothing that can be done about that now. We just have to ride it out, and try to rebuild. And hope that the voting public are not naive or stupid enough to fall for such a bunch of empty-headed, bumbling fools ever again.
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