"In 2025, the Starmer jug sold most, at 116, including 32 to his colleagues in parliament and further 84 online. Boris Johnson came second selling 48, Winston Churchill 46 and Margaret Thatcher 46."
"Figures released to 5 Live for the last five years show that Boris Johnson is consistently the most popular pottery PM, chalking up 425 sales, followed by his political idol Sir Winston Churchill with 305 and Lady Thatcher on 279."
"What this reminds us is that he cheers people up, and he still has that ability to tease the establishment, to do what the establishment doesn't want, and to make jokes at moments when other people are being pious and solemn and dreary."
"The least popular PM over the past five years was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who only served as prime minister for 363 days from 1963-64, when he lost the election to Wilson's Labour, who won a four-seat majority."
In 2025, Sir Keir Starmer's Toby Jug outsold all other prime ministers, with 116 sales. Boris Johnson followed with 48, while Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher each sold 46. Over the past five years, Johnson remains the most popular, with 425 sales, followed by Churchill and Thatcher. Andrew Gimson noted Johnson's ability to cheer people up and challenge the establishment. The least popular was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, with only 25 sales. Gimson remarked on Douglas-Home's modesty regarding his lack of sales.
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