Corbyn as unpopular as Trump: Poll

UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity in the UK has dropped to US President Donald Trump's level, a poll has found.

The survey released by GFK on Monday found that 58 percent of Britons disapproved of the job Corbyn was doing as the opposition leader, while 60 percent had the same opinion about Trump as America’s 45th president. 

The pair’s approval rating was nothing to write home about either. While 18 percent of the participants approved of Trump’s performance, only 17 percent had a similar view about Corbyn.

To put those numbers in perspective, 46 percent of the voters thought UK Prime Minister Theresa May was doing a good job and 33 percent thought otherwise.

People were split about the British government’s performance as a whole, with 40 percent of the participants approving of its job add another 40 percent disapproving.

"Whilst Donald Trump's approval rating among British adults will be the least of the President's worries following his healthcare struggles last week, it will be of great concern to Labour supporters that Jeremy Corbyn's approval rating among Brits is no better,” wrote GFK Director Keiran Pedley.

"With Theresa May clearly more popular than the Government as a whole and the Conservatives significantly ahead in the polls, it looks like Labour is a long way from power," he added.

Despite overcoming a leadership challenge last year, Corbyn has been struggling to unite his party.

He faced a rebellion from within the party last year, after 52 percent of Britons voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum in July.

Back then, Prominent Labour MPs accused Corbyn not doing his best to keep the UK in the EU. He has also been criticized of not taking a strong enough stance against May and giving her a free pass on Brexit.

Corbyn faced more pressure this month, after reports suggested that his party’s membership has fallen below 500,000 after hitting a peak of 554,000 last July.

Len McCluskey, head of Unite union, who is one of Corbyn’s biggest allies, warned this week that he would withdraw his support if the current trend continues over the next 15 months.

Ever since being elected as Labour leader in 2015, Corbyn has been the target of constant attacks by BBC and other major media outlets in the UK.

Last year he also came under fire from Israeli officials, who accused him of not doing enough to stop what they referred to as anti-Semitic remarks by Labour figures.

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