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Also odd that Starmer is getting such a criticism for being the wrong leader despite having net favourability that is much higher than Corbyn, whose favourability stats were terrible - yet his supporters seemed to make excuses for that, while being really quick to blame Starmer.
I'm not sure why people keep painting this as a two-sided, Corbyn vs Starmer, thing. Many people who supported Corbyn now support Starmer. In fact, they got Starmer into power.
And the differences you point out (ignoring one's low numbers, attacking another with high numbers) can probably be understood a bit better when things other than simply approval ratings are taken into consideration. I.e., perhaps there were reasons people excused Corbyn's low numbers when he was leader (i.e., policies people supported). Starmer, on the other hand, seems to only have his polls at the moment.
I find all this interesting, particularly because Starmer still seems to be more popular (net favourability) than Johnson, yet Johnson wins better PM (would expect it to be the other way round).
Also odd that Starmer is getting such a criticism for being the wrong leader despite having net favourability that is much higher than Corbyn, whose favourability stats were terrible - yet his supporters seemed to make excuses for that, while being really quick to blame Starmer.
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