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The Jon Gaunt Show

"Things Can Only Get Worse!" Why Is Keir Starmer So Unpopular?

The Jon Gaunt Show

Jon Gaunt

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 β€’ 1.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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"Things Can Only Get Worse!" Why Is Keir Starmer So Unpopular?

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"Things Can Only Get Worse!" Why Is Keir Starmer So Unpopular? He promised change. He promised competence. He promised honesty. What Britain got instead? U-turns, dithering, broken pledges β€” and now a storm over Mandelson that won't go away.

From ditching core policies, to rewriting red lines, to treating voters like they wouldn't notice the climbdowns, Starmer's leadership has been one long exercise in saying one thing and doing another. Each retreat has chipped away at trust. Each reversal has fed the sense that this is a man with no fixed beliefs β€” just focus groups.

And just when things couldn't look worse, along comes the Mandelson affair β€” raising serious questions about judgement, influence, and whether Labour really has left its old habits behind. The optics are dire. The explanations? Unconvincing. The public reaction? Brutal. Today's YouGov polling shows the damage is real β€” and spreading fast.

So tonight we ask: ❌ How did Starmer squander the benefit of the doubt so quickly? πŸ”„ Are the endless U-turns a sign of pragmatism β€” or panic? ⚠️ Has the Mandelson controversy confirmed voters' worst suspicions? πŸ—³οΈ And can Starmer or the Labour Party actually turn this around β€” or is this already baked in? This isn't media spin. This isn't Tory attack lines. This is voters switching off.

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0:00.0

Hi, things can only get worse.

0:07.1

Do you remember the song when Blair got elected?

0:09.7

Things can only get better.

0:13.7

My ass.

0:15.5

Things are pretty dreadful.

0:17.5

And by the minute, by the hour, it appears they're getting worse and worse for

0:24.4

Stama.

0:25.4

Can he survive?

0:26.3

Should he be able to survive?

0:28.2

And the big question tonight, just why is he, as if I don't know, why is he so

0:34.7

unpopular?

0:36.6

If you've got a view, it's the John Gorn show, this is the place to express it,

0:41.3

write it in the comment box, and I'll come straight to you in just a second. But that's what

0:48.1

we're talking about tonight. Starma, a yug of poll says he's nearly as unpopular as the lettuce, Liz Truss.

0:57.1

Just a point or so off it.

0:59.4

His popularity or ratings are going down quicker than the German bobsleigh team.

1:06.8

Good evening and welcome.

1:08.7

Things can only get worse.

1:10.9

Who was that by?

1:12.6

Wasn't it Professor Brian Cox?

1:15.0

Things can only get better.

1:17.4

I'm sure it was.

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