More than half of voters think Rishi Sunak doesn’t tell the truth, new research has found.
A new survey commissioned by the Lib Dems found even one in three Conservative voters don’t believe the Prime Minister is always honest. The poll found that over half (55%) of UK adults say they do not think Rishi Sunak tells the truth, compared to only 27% who think he does.
The new polling also found that almost half (47%) of older people over the age of 65 think that Rishi Sunak does not tell the truth. Younger people were the least likely age group to believe what Rishi Sunak says.
A staggering two-thirds (66%) of 18-24 year olds said Sunak does not tell the truth, followed by 62% of 45-54 year olds. Even one in three (34%) of Conservative 2019 voters think Rishi Sunak does not tell the truth.
According to the figures, one in two (50%) people who voted Leave in the 2016 EU Referendum think that Rishi Sunak cannot be trusted with this word. The Liberal Democrats have announced a plan to restore standards in public life and uphold the principles of transparency and accountability.
This includes anti-sleaze training for Ministers, a truly Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests and enshrining the Ministerial Code in law. Deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: “The British public are sick to the back teeth of these measly words and broken promises. We have set out a bold plan to clean up British politics and end years of Conservative chaos and sleaze.”
It comes as a bombshell mega poll put the Conservative Party in third place, behind the Lib Dems ahead of next Thursday’s General Election. Mr Sunak, Oliver Dowden and Kemi Badenoch face being ousted in an election wipeout, a mega-poll has found.
Twenty of the ministers who sit around the Cabinet table are set to be kicked out. The Tories would be reduced to just 60 MPs, behind the Lib Dems on 71, according to the projection by Find Out Now and Electoral Calculus. Labour are set to win 450 seats, which would give them an unprecedented majority of 250.
Reform UK could win 18 seats, including those of Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and Lee Anderson. Ministers on course to be ousted include the Prime Minister, who has a whopping 24,331 votes majority in Richmond and Northallerton in North Yorks. Other potential Cabinet casualties are Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps.