Political Pulse

John Swinney is the best rated of the party leaders, with a clear lead over Anas Sarwar and Malcolm Offord on most key leadership traits - although public sentiment is more negative than positive towards all the Scottish party leaders.

Over two thirds of Britons do not have confidence that the UK Government is running the country with integrity (68%), nor that they are running it properly, competently or seriously (69%).

Almost half (47%) of Britons think Kemi Badenoch made the right decision to sack Robert Jenrick and remove the Conservative party whip.

When asked to choose between the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer and Reform UK led by Nigel Farage, 39% of Britons prefer Labour, while 35% prefer Reform UK.

Keir Stamer and Nigel Farage neck and neck – both lead Zack Polanski, Wes Streeting and Ed Miliband. Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch is now in a statistical tie with both Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage

50% of Britons say they want radical change – but while 23% trust Reform UK to deliver necessary change, 34% worry that they would deliver undesirable reforms.

Nigel Farage (33%) has a slight lead over Keir Starmer (30%) for the first time in a head-to-head series on who Britons would prefer as PM.

If given a choice between the Labour party led by Keir Starmer and Reform UK led by Nigel Farage, Britons are split on which party they would prefer to win the next General Election. 38% say the Labour party led by Keir Starmer, while 35% say Reform UK led by Nigel Farage.

Ipsos’ Scottish Political Pulse survey