NEW from @IpsosMORI: Thread on state of the country and perceptions of parties and their leaders

First right direction / wrong direction. After a reversal late April, 42% of Brits think the country is heading in the wrong direction, 33% say right direction

New from @IpsosMORI: favourability towards UK politicians.

- Rishi Sunak leads the way in terms of 'net favourability'

- Johnson dips a bit from last time but still in positive territory

- So too is Keir Starmer - but 40% either neutral (33%) or don't know (7%)

New from @IpsosMORI

- Starmer's net favourability rating of +8 is way up on Corbyn's -30 back just before the election in December

- Meanwhile, Johnson is up on himself at that time too,
+7 net favourable now vs -14 before the election

New from @IpsosMORI:

Almost half of Brits (46%) think Keir Starmer will change the Labour Party for the better

Just 9% say worse.

29% say no difference and 16% don't know.

New from @IpsosMORI:

Favourability towards political parties.

Striking how Labour Party negatives have fallen since the election.

Not great numbers for the Lib Dems

New from @IpsosMORI - and finally

Notable that when we overlay favourability towards politicians with the parties, Johnson is more popular than the Conservatives whereas Starmer and Labour's ratings similar.

Will be interesting to see if this holds over time

For a full writeup of results and tables see here

https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/boris-johnsons-favourability-ratings-have-slipped-still-remain-higher-pre-covid

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