Boris Johnson’s government has the worst approval rating in the WORLD for handling of coronavirus

Boris Johnson’s government has the worst approval rating in the WORLD for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic – below even Donald Trump despite the US having the highest death toll

  • Britons rate PM even lower than Americans rate Donald Trump, YouGov found
  •  That is despite the US death toll dwarfing even the UK’s at more than 110,000
  • Just 41 per cent of Britons say the government is handling the crisis well 
  • Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

Boris Johnson‘s Government has the lowest approval rating in the world over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, damning new polling revealed today.

Britons rate the PM’s oversight of a pandemic in which more than 40,000 people – grandparents, husbands, wives, sons and daughters – have died even lower than Americans rate Donald Trump, YouGov found.

That is despite the US death toll dwarfing even the UK’s at more than 110,000. 

Just 41 per cent of Britons say the government is handling the crisis well, with 56 per cent saying it is handling it badly to give a net score of -15, down from -6 the previous week.

This is joint lowest with Mexico and below Mr Trump’s administration on -12.

Among the highest scores are Taiwan (+87), Australia (+76) and Denmark (+73).

Matt Hancock told the Downing Street press conference tonight that because coronavirus is 'in retreat' the Government could proceed with its plans to ease the lockdown

Matt Hancock told the Downing Street press conference tonight that because coronavirus is ‘in retreat’ the Government could proceed with its plans to ease the lockdown

YouGov’s Matthew Smith said: ‘This means that domestically the British government are seen by the population to be handling the crisis less well than Americans think of their own government. 

‘The Trump administration’s response to the crisis currently generates a net score of -12, down from -7 the week before, with 41 per cent of Americans saying the government is performing well compared to 53 per cent who say it is performing poorly.

Britain today announced 55 more Covid-19 deaths in the lowest daily toll since before lockdown was imposed, as London recorded no new hospital fatalities for the first time since March and both Scotland and Northern Ireland posted no victims for the second day in a row.

Department of Health statistics show the official number of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus victims now stands at 40,597 across all settings — but separate grim reports show the true count is actually thousands higher.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Downing Street press conference tonight that because coronavirus is ‘in retreat’ the Government could proceed with its plans to ease the lockdown, which include the proposed opening of non-essential shops from June 15.

He said the figures on deaths, recorded positive tests and an almost 50 per cent fall in the number of new care home outbreaks were ‘good news’.

‘When you look across the board, it is clear that coronavirus is in retreat across the country.

‘But we must be vigilant and we must be cautious, and we are taking a safety-first approach.

‘It means that we can proceed with our plan of making some changes, for instance looking towards the proposals that have been made next week on the retail sector, and that people can have confidence to take their children to school in the three years that we’ve opened so far.’

The daily Covid-19 death toll — the lowest since March 22 (35) — is half the 111 fatalities registered last Monday and is below 100 for the second day running. Figures released on Sundays and Mondays are always lower because of a delay in recording deaths at the weekend.

And the statistics do not always match the figures given by each of the home nations, who work to their own time cut-offs. NHS England today recorded 59 deaths in hospitals alone — including none in London for the first time since the crisis spiralled out of control in mid-March.

The global approval statistics show an improvement in the score of Emmanuel Macron’s government in France.

His administration’s  net score has risen from -22 last week to -9 this week, the highest it has been since March. 

Finland also saw a healthy improvement, from +54 to +64.

Communist Vietnam is currently at the top of the poll with +95.