One in 10 UK voters hold a favourable opinion of Liz Truss after about six weeks as prime minister, becoming the most unpopular leader “by some distance” tracked by YouGov.
The survey, which questioned 1,724 British adults on October 14-16, showed that the figure had fallen from 15 per cent a week ago.
In a separate YouGov poll, conducted over the past two days among 530 Conservative party members, 55 per cent say Truss should resign. A third would like to see former prime minister Boris Johnson take over while 23 per cent prefer Rishi Sunak.
The popularity of Truss, who became prime minister in early September, has been sliding following a tax-cutting package, most of which was unwound this week.
“Truss is now by some distance the most unpopular leader we have tracked,” Patrick English, an associate director in the political and social research team of YouGov, said in a tweet.
Four out of five British adults view Truss…
