Rishi Sunak at day 100: the least popular prime minister in recent history
Sunak is less popular than all of his recent predecessors were at this point, including Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Gordon Brown.
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Ben Walker
Ben Walker is a senior data journalist at the New Statesman and writes extensively about elections and UK public opinion. He is the co-founder of poll aggregator Britain Elects.
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