Tom Goodenough Tom Goodenough

Theresa May’s Brexit silence isn’t going down well

Theresa May has said she won’t be providing a ‘running commentary’ on Brexit. That refusal, the Prime Minister insisted, was to ensure the Government did not reveal its ‘hand prematurely’ to other European countries in its negotiations. But how is May’s Brexit reticence going down closer to home? Not well, it seems: only one in six people think the Prime Minister is doing a good job in the early stages of negotiations. While half of voters think May is doing badly. May’s reputation is particularly miserable among ‘Remain’ voters: just one in ten thinking she is doing a good job so far.

You might say that none of this is much of a surprise. The extent of the Prime Minister’s Brexit strategy so far seems to be in reminding people that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ and then knocking down her Ministers when they try and inch forwards the Government’s position.

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