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Politicians? We don't trust any of you

The UK is ‘shattered’ into different ideological factions, a report has found, with each holding distinct ideas about what’s wrong with the country and how to fix it.

Politicians face a serious challenge winning back the trust of Brits too, with almost nine in ten having little or no faith in them, according to the findings.

A major new poll at the centre of the report lays bare just how disillusioned we are with the current system, and the depth of pessimism over whether things will get better.

The new UK tribes: are you a rooted patriot or Waterstones dad?

ritain is a “shattered nation” and seven in ten voters believe it is on the “wrong track”, according to a new think tank report which offers a stark assessment of the country’s mood.

While geographic identities like “red wall” and “blue wall” were used to explain the post-Brexit political landscape, the research by More in Common suggests cultural values have become a bigger dividing line than geography. Since the pandemic, British people have increasingly split along their views on multiculturalism, free speech and whether Britain should reform key institutions or “burn the system down”.

While they remain trusting of their neighbours, 87 per cent have little or no trust in politicians. Some 36 per cent say the Covid pandemic was exaggerated to control people.

Keir Starmer’s Labour as chaotic as Tories, voters say

Conducted hours after Wednesday’s dramatic prime minister’s questions, the snap polling from More in Comon finds government infighting has undermined trust in the Labour Party and given Starmer his lowest ever approval rating of -43.

Worse still is that a mega-poll of more than 10,000 people shows if an election were held tomorrow, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party would win 290 seats. This would make them the largest party in a hung parliament and gives Reform more seats than YouGov’s first mega-poll since the election, published in June, which suggested Reform was on track to win 266 seats.