unpopular

There are two key facts at the heart of all of this: the government is unpopular and so is the Prime Minister.

The longer-term cause is that this government is very unpopular.

Despite winning a landslide majority in the July 2024 general election, Sir Keir has had a rocky time in Downing Street and opinion polls suggest he is unpopular.

Both are currently in the notorious Evin Prison, where political opponents of Iran's deeply unpopular regime are typically detained.

Opinion polls suggest Sir Keir is deeply unpopular, perhaps even the most unpopular British prime minister in the history of modern opinion polling.