Bruce Hayward

@brucehayward.bsky.social

Retired social survey person. Living in Ealing with Sarah.

Starmer's departure leaves Nigel Farage as by far the most unpopular leader (or senior politician). 56% "very unfavourable" is major problem for Reform - Reform can only win if their opponents divide & people with strong negative views of Farage will be more motivated by anti-Reform tactical voting

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w ago

Latest major party leader net favourability ratings, July 2026 Andy Burnham: +3 Ed Davey: -8 Kemi Badenoch: -11 Zack Polanski: -26 Nigel Farage: -46 yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

The political media, commentators, podcasters, etc., are obsessed with excitedly dissecting Burnham's every breath, word, action. Too many people with columns and airtime to fill. Meanwhile the country will be largely oblivious to most of it and, if I were Burnham, I'd just ignore all the noise.

Well done, Spain! 🇪🇸 Unfortunately I won’t be watching the orange felon present the World Cup to Spain. I have to go in the garden to pick up some dog poo.