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Is Starmer worried about Sunak?

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The Rise and Fall of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister

Normally the trajectory for Prime Ministerial popularity is start reasonably high and then it's a jagged path down, but it is usually down. With Rishi Sunak, he started very low. We didn't win an election, basically lost even the 20th leadership election. So do we now see a trajectory where we become one of the first Prime Ministerial history to start low and then work his way up? Well, I think it's unlikely just because what political scientists call the costs of governing, I hear every time you do something, you annoy someone. That still applies a bit. But I suspect whatever happens in terms of the battle between him and Kia Starma that we probably

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