DONALD TRUMP is more popular in Scotland than Sir Keir Starmer as Labour’s ratings take a nose dive while Reform’s rises north of the border, according to new polling today.

The Scottish Political Pulse Survey published by Ipsos shows the Prime Minister now enjoys a minus 47 net approval rating — one point behind the US president — while his Scottish Labour counterpart Anas Sarwar has fallen to minus 26, the lowest either have polled since the measure was introduced in October 2022.

While Labour’s fortunes have waned, Reform leader Nigel Farage’s have improved, with his net approval growing by six points since February to stand at minus 31.

SNP First Minister John Swinney, however, leads the pack with a net rating of minus 10, despite 54 per cent of respondents believing his government was doing a “bad job” on the NHS.

Those findings were mirrored in pro–union think tank Scotland in Union’s Survation study, which, while finding most of its 2,000 respondents believed the SNP Scottish government performed “poorly,” also indicated that it would retain power at the next Holyrood elections.

Survation found 37 per cent and 31 per cent intended to vote SNP in the constituency and list votes respectively next May, compared with 20 and 18 per cent for Labour, 18 and 16 per cent for Reform.

Scotland in Union’s Alastair Cameron said the poll confirmed “widespread dissatisfaction with the failing SNP government,” adding that “Scotland urgently needs a competent Holyrood government which focuses on day-to-day issues.”

SNP depute leader Keith Brown welcomed the survey, which “gives the SNP its highest constituency vote share in almost three years.”

But Scottish TUC general secretary Roz Foyer responded: “This polling shows a clear and worrying trend that, as justifiable dissatisfaction grows with the state of our public services, the spectre of Reform is growing ever larger.

“Reform are not allies nor defenders of our public services. 

“Farage and his ilk would have no hesitation in bringing in private-sector consultancies and business bigwigs to run services that are inherently designed for the collective, not the profiteers.

“Unions, charities and civic societies are fighting back. 

“On October 25, we’re uniting for the Scotland Demands Better march and rally in Edinburgh to send the unequivocal message to ministers that working people have had enough of their public services facing degradation.”