2025 is not going to be a great year under Keir Starmer according to new poll
A recent poll has revealed that Britons are twice as likely to think 2025 will be worse for the nation than 2024, posing a significant challenge to Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to improve national sentiment.
Half of the population believes the next year will be worse, compared to only 23% who hold a more optimistic view, based on a survey of over 2,400 people by pollsters More in Common.
Almost one in five participants (18%) expect it to be “much worse,” while just over a quarter (27%) predict no change for 2025.
Labour supporters show more optimism, with 48% expecting improvements, while 30% predict a decline. On the other hand, Reform UK backers are notably pessimistic, with 65% foreseeing worse times, closely followed by 64% of Conservative voters.
More than two-thirds believe that Sir Keir’s government will struggle to meet key targets in 2025, particularly in reducing the number of Channel-crossing migrants and cutting NHS waiting lists.
Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common, describes the survey as reflecting a “pervasive sense of national gloom.” This mood stems from both ongoing disillusionment with the government and disappointment in Labour’s inability to deliver significant changes.
He explains: “There’s a dual impact. Things have been so bleak for so long that it’s hard for people to imagine improvement. Coupled with dissatisfaction with the current government, expectations for change have diminished.”
Mr. Tryl also notes: “People have a strong aversion to the concept of making ‘difficult decisions to fix the foundations,’ which adds to the dejection since there’s no compelling, optimistic future being presented.”
Despite anticipating that Sir Keir will stay in office, many see little difference compared to previous administrations. About 66% of the public perceives Labour as “more of the same,” while merely 34% view them as truly different.
We undertook our own poll and spoke to one hundred people in Grimsby, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Skegness, and Boston and found that 98% thought next year would be worse than this year. 96% of the people we spoke to said they were expecting Keir Starmer to resign while 82% said they wanted to see Reform UK win the next General Election.
