SUPPORT for the Conservative government has fallen since Boris Johnson ditched his “stay home” message that led to regional leaders ignoring his changes to the lockdown.

The Prime Minister, who changed the national advice to the “stay alert” message on May 10, wrote in the Mail on Sunday that more complicated messages were needed during the next phase of the response to the outbreak.

But a poll for the Observer showed today that the proportion of people who approve of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 outbreak fell by nine to 39 per cent in the last week.