Nigel Farage voted most popular politician in the UK as new poll delivers dire assessment of Keir Starmer's Britain

Pollsters also quizzed respondents on grooming gangs, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk - who have all made headlines since the turn of the New Year.

Elon Musk is the most disliked major figure for Britons, with 52 per cent of those surveyed holding a negative view of the tech tycoon - more than Starmer at 49 per cent.

Tommy Robinson has the lowest 'positivity rating' of any major figure at -33. Only 14 per cent of Britons have a positive view of him, with 47 per cent feeling negatively about the EDL co-founder.

In a sign Farage may have played his cards right when he clashed with Musk over Robinson, the new poll has revealed that Reform UK voters vastly prefer their leader to either of the pair - Musk enjoys a +13 rating, while Robinson sits at -5.

In a scathing indictment of the state of the UK, Britons surveyed said they were nervous, upset, afraid, distressed, scared and ashamed overall.

Only 12 per cent said they felt either extremely or quite a bit proud or enthusiastic about the current state of the country, the poll revealed.

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And with Britain facing down the reemergence of the rape gangs scandal, pollsters also found that an overwhelming majority of Britons disagreed with Starmer's claim that "those calling for a national inquiry are racist and jumping on the bandwagon to cause division".

Just 18 per cent of those surveyed agreed with the Prime Minister, while 64 per cent said that "those calling for a national inquiry are motivated by getting justice for the victims".

The data is similar even among Labour voters - just 24 per cent agree on "bandwagon-jumping", while 60 per cent say calls for a national probe are motivated by justice.

And Reform UK appears to be the people's choice to handle the rape gangs scandal, pollsters have said, in another boon for Nigel Farage's party.

Just over one in five - 23 per cent - choose Reform as the party they trust most to handle the issue of grooming gangs, followed by Labour on 22 per cent, and the Conservatives on 16.

That's not the only data likely to make for pleasant reading in Reform circles - recent voting intention polls have placed them second or joint-first among voting Britons.

A YouGov poll this week saw the party jump to 25 per cent support, just one percentage point below Labour.