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Keir Starmer's first 100 days in office: The verdict is in, and it isn't good (news.sky.com)

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Sir Keir Starmer is marking his first 100 days in office. When his press spokesperson was asked ahead of the big day if the prime minister thought it had been a successful start, he simply said: "It's up to the public to decide that."

The verdict is in, and it isn't good: Sir Keir's approval poll ratings last week fell to -33 - a drop of 44 points since his post-election high, while one poll put Labour just one point ahead of the Tories.

A poll out this weekend by YouGov finds nearly half of those who voted Labour in the last general election feel let down so far, while six in 10 disapprove of the government's record so far, against one in six who approve of the Starmer government.

Sir Keir will no doubt say it's not about the first 100 days, it's about the "next decade of national renewal". And perhaps he has a point. How can you foretell the fortunes of a political leader from 100 days?

The great late Alistair Cooke in one of his Letter from America dispatches said making a big deal out of the first 100 days was a "foolish custom".

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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The media's obsession with the "first 100 days" is so stupid.

It's a ridiculous Americanism that only really applied to one President, yet is now apparently a landmark that all governments everywhere are measured by.

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 14 points 2 days ago

There's an idea in management that when you join a new role as a manager you shouldn't do anything except listen and learn for 100 days as you won't understand what you're doing.

This doesn't apply to a country of course, though it may to some individual ministers in odd departments, but I do think it's an interesting idea to keep in mind. Sometimes immediate action is the exact wrong thing to do.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

We should move to continuous panning of the PM instead of this waterfall approach.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's because Starmer made getting stuff done in the first hundred days a major part of his campaign.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

When the election takes place right before the summer recess, that's not going to happen.