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Just over half the public thinks the government is making the wrong decisions in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a YouGov poll for Sky News.
The poll also revealed that 67% of people would support a short-circuit lockout in England.
The same percentage said they are scared by the impact of COVID-19 this winter.
When asked about the UK government’s response, 52% said they were making the wrong decisions, while 26% said they were making the right decisions.
And 61% said they don’t trust Boris Johnson to make the right decisions about the virus.
Of all the leaders, only Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon was no more distrustful than reliable in making the right decisions.
It comes as Greater Manchester officials continue to resist Westminster’s call to move to Level 3, which would see pubs and bars closed as part of stricter measures.
The Liverpool city region received £ 44 million in aid when it moved to the highest risk level, but Greater Manchester wants more support, including a scheme that pays 80% of the wages of affected workers.
Much of England, including London and York, moved to Level 2 on Saturday, which means that households cannot mix indoors in public or in private.
On Monday, Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford announced a two week “firewall period” It will last from 6:00 p.m. from October 23 to November 9.
It means that most businesses will close and people are told to stay home and work from home whenever possible. Last week people from areas of the UK with high rates of coronavirus were also banned from entering Wales.
There is now an obvious divide between England and the decentralized nations in the way they are handling the second peak.
Sky News asked if people would support a strict two-week “circuit breaker” in England and 67% of those polled said yes.
Johnson has come under increasing pressure to impose a brief national lockdown, as recommended last month by scientific advisers to the SAGE government, as well as Labor.
When asked if the government would take the move at Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove answered flatly: “No.”
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But pressed on whether it could be taken in the future, he said “general restrictions across the country” are not justified by the disease “at this time.”
SAGE member Professor Jeremy Farrar said “it is never too late” to impose a temporary national lockdown, but that the best time would have been last month.
Sky News and YouGov surveyed 1,781 adults between October 15-16. Watch and follow Postcode Lockdown: A Divided Nation on Sky News from 9pm Monday, as you examine which strategy is best for Britain
