Posted on 01/17/2025 4:36:43 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
KYIV — Barely six months after his landslide victory in July, Keir Starmer has been hammered in the polls, beaten up by the financial markets and faced demands from the world’s richest man to be jailed.
Swapping the political battles of Westminster for an actual warzone this week, the British prime minister found inspiration in the resolve of the Ukrainian people, and his stoical host, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Starmer scotched speculation about an early election, stating clearly that the next one won’t come before mid-2029. And he declared that he intends to win it and then serve out a full second term.
“We are now, what, four and a half years before the next election,” Starmer said, sitting at a table for dinner in a traditional Ukrainian restaurant in Kyiv. “I remind myself that four and a half years ago, Boris Johnson was prime minister with very high ratings and most commentators were saying he’s going to be prime minister for the next 10 years. So I am a great believer in taking each step as it comes, facing each challenge as it comes, keeping my eye on the long term and not getting distracted by the noises off.”
Those noises have been deafening at times during Labour’s first six months.
A chaotic start saw Starmer’s government overwhelmed by internal divisions, a scandal over his decision to accept thousands of pounds of free gifts, and a tax-raising budget that dismayed the business world and hit pensioners with higher costs.
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“Defiant Starmer declares he wants 10 years as UK PM”
Considering that the EU is on the verge of OUTLAWING OPPOSITION (like Ukraine does now), it makes perfect sense for Stalmer to think that he’s KING FOR LIFE.
Our federalism ain’t perfect but the UK parliamentary system is truly flawed. One-party control with no possibility of voter rebellion for 5 years is insane. We at least get congressional elections every 2 years.
They have to embrace the suck for five years (now four and a half years).
That's sort of what he has to say. Politicians don't say that they want to be a one-termer or that they would be contented with that. That's career suicide.
10 years?
10 years is too short.
He should get LIFE in penitentiary for malfeasance, willful failure to discharge his fiduciary responsibilities, directly causing grooming, kidnapping, rape, torture, maiming and murder of tens of thousands of pubescent and prepubescent children.
This means that he’s gone. Politicians say these kinds of things while going out the door.
The Parliamentary system does a better job at holding members to account if they’ve done something wrong.
HOwever, if you have the numbers, you are a king.
Cromwell only made it 5 years.
If he gets ten years at No. Ten he gets dragged out of office at the end and beheaded , Allahu whatever…
guess he wants to make sure all young women and boys get gang raped by muslims before he leaves office?
“Landslide Victory?” Labor got 33.5% of a much lower vote total than usual.
Kinda a weird “Landslide”.
Wouldn’t last that long.
“Defiant Starmer declares he wants 10 years as UK PM”
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He’s a treasonous moron and shouldnspend the next 10 years in the gulag!
Why doesn’t he just pull an Oliver Cromwell, declare Charles III a criminal, behead him, and make himself Regent.
Oh, it won’t take THAT long to completely destroy the UK.
PMs simply do not get that guarantee. Never have, never will.
Sorry mate
“his stoical host, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”
Zelensky stoical? He won’t shut up with his whining and bitching at us. Shooting his mouth off and insulting Vance and Trump.
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