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The torment of the world of governance. Survey that cabinet table: all members is grappling with exceptionally challenging portfolios devoid of the tools to do what they understand is needed.

Their inheritance was more disastrous than feared: they were left with traps, misleading obstacles and enormous voids. The EU departure is emerging as even more economically crippling than predicted, currently costing the exchequer £80bn annually.

The Difficulties Accumulating

They face unfortunate circumstances: the Trump presidency landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a corrections official freeing a rejected refugee individual convicted of sexual crimes? Channel migrants feel relentless.

A poorly timed deputy leadership election currently was bound to give Keir Starmer a difficult time. The 11% vote share at the Welsh assembly special election might not even be their lowest point.

They prepare for brickbats, but they have feelings. As often, Wes Streeting dares say the obvious truth: that there is "deep disillusionment in this country at the moment" and "a growing sense of despair about whether anyone is capable of turning this country round".

Public Opinion Puzzles

However, despite this, the present hostile state of voter perception is perplexing and alarming. Keir Starmer is the most disliked prime minister in history. Actually?

He embodies a respectable, earnest individual of good intentions, devoid of unwarranted superiority or self-importance. Compare that with Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, or the breezy presumption of the ex-Prime Minister, none having substantial to explain their overconfidence.

Governing Difficulties

But, say the people, Starmer is worse. As prime minister, he lacks charisma, they say: more significantly, he is missing policy adaptability, innovative approaches or instinct for where the wind blows.

Labour blundered regarding reductions to pensioners and disabled people, unbalanced by generosity elsewhere. Uncertain which voters to appeal to, the government has allowed positive initiatives unheralded, covering labor rights to sustainable development, urban development and employment assurances for young people.

Electoral Approach

An excessive number of close advisers still think conservative-leaning voters needs wooing, when nearly double the number of citizens have shifted progressive since the election was won. Survey specialist John Curtice advises the party to cease pursuing Reform voters: they've gone.

The Prime Minister is struggling; there's no denying it when research shows no leader could recover from these unplumbed depths.

Yet, during unknown circumstances of such extreme volatility, past experience might not apply. The leader extracted Labour from a post-Jeremy Corbyn slough of despond that history said couldn't be fixed in one term.

Future Possibilities

Could another leader do better, or are we experiencing a near-ungovernable, never-content citizenry? Every administration may be dismissed equally quickly following election, however great its landslide victory, only if it appears with immediate solutions providing significant resources for underfunded government departments and cash-strapped families.

Predictably, anxiety among MPs will make talk of leadership change widespread if May's elections go as poorly as forecast – or, some suggest, before that.

Potential Solutions

This represents the government's dilemma: Labour's only hope emerges from difficulty. Prepare for being overwhelmed anyway, so employ their parliamentary advantage for four more years to pursue their inherent progressive principles: implement substantial tax changes, increasing government income.

Prepare for opposition future elections, so do everything now. Forget opinion polls and voter research; let voters see sincerity in their purpose. The sole method to restore some respect is to implement openly what they think most just and equitable.

• This credibility has become vital to protect the country from disaster
• The obvious message from the recent election showed the strong "stop Reform" sentiment
• A substantial majority of remarkable voter participation rallying to block populist advances
• Such strategy demands mass tactical voting for the most viable opposition candidate

Rachel Reeves rightly calls Reform "the single greatest threat" to our way of life. As the opposition effectively combine with Reform, an electoral pact of particular nature threatens.

The government's responsibility is to take all necessary measures to block this outcome. Prepare for coalition, remain palatable for allied groups when political labels matters less than the fundamental boundary against an electoral threat unknown in our lifetime.

That's a purpose to overcome hopelessness.