(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Public support for the British prime minister has not dwindled after his first month in office, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 54 per cent of respondents approve of David Cameron’s performance.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Public support for the British prime minister has not dwindled after his first month in office, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 54 per cent of respondents approve of David Cameron’s performance.
In addition, 50 per cent of respondents approve of Nick Clegg’s performance as deputy prime minister, down two points in a month.
In June 2007, Gordon Brown officially became Labour leader and Prime Minister, replacing Tony Blair. Brown had worked as chancellor of the exchequer. Blair served as Britain’s prime minister since May 1997, winning majority mandates in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections to the House of Commons.
On May 6, British voters participated in a General Election. The Conservative Party finished in first place with 36.1 per cent of the vote and 305 seats, followed by the Labour Party with 29 per cent and 258 seats, and the Liberal Democrats with 23 per cent and 57 seats. No party secured enough seats to form a majority government.
On May 11, Brown resigned as prime minister and Labour leader. Tory leader Cameron was invited to form a government by Queen Elizabeth II. Cameron announced that a deal had been made between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form a coalition government. Liberal Democrat leader Clegg became deputy prime minister.
On Jun. 30, Cameron vowed to act on bogus language schools, saying, "The point about people coming here to learn English is that, if they come to learn English for less than six months, that is permitted, but clearly there are problems, as everybody knows: too many bogus colleges and too many people pretending to come and study, when really they are coming for work. (…) It is right that we have to deal with the problem of bogus colleges, where there has been so much abuse in recent years."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of David Cameron’s performance as Prime Minister?
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Jun. 2010
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May 2010
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Approve
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54%
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54%
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Disapprove
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32%
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25%
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Not sure
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15%
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22%
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Do you approve or disapprove of Nick Clegg’s performance as Deputy Prime Minister?
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Jun. 2010
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May 2010
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Approve
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50%
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52%
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Disapprove
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34%
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26%
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Not sure
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15%
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22%
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Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,008 British adults, conducted from Jun. 23 to Jun. 25, 2010. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.
