Boris Johnson tops list of bad British PMs in poll of UK public
- Almost half of those surveyed think the prime minister did a poor job in Downing Street, putting him below predecessors Theresa May and David Cameron
- A third, however, thought Johnson did well, behind 62 per cent for Winston Churchill, 43 per cent for Margaret Thatcher and 36 per cent for Tony Blair
Almost half of the public think Boris Johnson has done a bad job as prime minister, the worst rating of any post-war British leader, a new poll has found.
Asked to rate the performance of British prime ministers since 1945, some 49 per cent of people told pollster Ipsos that Johnson had done a bad job during his time in Downing Street.
The figure was worse than those for both his immediate predecessors. Some 41 per cent of people thought Theresa May had done a bad job, the second highest total, while David Cameron’s 38 per cent was the third highest total.
While Johnson may have had the highest number of people saying he had done a bad job, he also had the fourth-highest number telling Ipsos he had done well.
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Some 33 per cent of the 1,100 people surveyed by Ipsos said he had done a good job in office, behind Tony Blair on 36 per cent, and Margaret Thatcher on 43 per cent.
Johnson’s political hero Winston Churchill came top out of the post-war prime ministers, with 62 per cent saying he had done a good job.
