Regardless of how you view them otherwise, if you had to choose one British Prime Minister from the last forty years to have handled the Covid-19 outbreak, who would it have been?

Regardless of how you view them otherwise, if you had to choose one British Prime Minister from the last forty years to have handled the Covid‑19 outbreak, who would it have been? Published on 20 October 2021 → Survey conducted on 20 October 2021 on 5511 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Boris Johnson

Theresa May

David Cameron

Gordon Brown

10%

Tony Blair

14%

John Major

Margaret Thatcher

29%

Don’t know

27%

Boris Johnson

Theresa May

David Cameron

Gordon Brown

10%

Tony Blair

14%

John Major

Margaret Thatcher

29%

Don’t know

27%

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