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Sir Keir Starmer could be ousted as PM within months, two senior Labour MPs tell Sky News
Sky News ^ | July 3 | Sky News

Posted on 07/03/2025 12:12:55 PM PDT by RandFan

Two senior Labour MPs have suggested the prime minister may have to go within months if the government continues to perform poorly.

Both warned that, if Labour performs badly in next May's elections across Wales, Scotland and London, it could mark the end of his time in Downing Street.

Coates added: "The level of unhappiness and despair in parts of the Labour Party is so striking that right now, on the first anniversary, I am hearing from ministers in government that Starmer might have to go in months."

Reform UK is surging in the polls in Wales, while Labour faces a threat from left-wing parties such as the Greens in London.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: jeremycorbyn; twotierkeir; unitedkingdom; zarahsultana
If Starmer goes they will have to be an election or a lot of pressure for one will build.
1 posted on 07/03/2025 12:12:55 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

PM Farage?!?


2 posted on 07/03/2025 12:13:54 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan
Given Britain's system of government the undeniable fact of the matter is that the Maoists will be in charge for another 4 years. So if Starmer goes there's no doubt that someone at least as bad will take his place...and probably someone even worse.
3 posted on 07/03/2025 12:16:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: 9YearLurker

The Maoists have something like a 150 seat majority right now. That means that the Labour Party *will* rule Britain until *at least* July 2029. It’s just a question of who they chose as their leader.


4 posted on 07/03/2025 12:19:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Okay, bring on another one!


5 posted on 07/03/2025 12:19:56 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan

6 posted on 07/03/2025 12:29:10 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: 9YearLurker

PM Khan?!?


7 posted on 07/03/2025 12:30:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

It’s not the PM per se, it’s Labour’s piss poor policies. Replacing the PM is like rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.


8 posted on 07/03/2025 12:36:32 PM PDT by technically right
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To: Gay State Conservative

Angela Rayner? Would Rachel Reeves back her?


9 posted on 07/03/2025 1:13:59 PM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: RandFan

England may want to consider installing a Royal Revolving Door in front of 10 Downing Street in London.
They are changing national leaders nearly as fast as the Italians were doing some 15 years ago.
All office furniture acquired on a month to month leasing agreement.


10 posted on 07/03/2025 1:19:32 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: RandFan

Switch out the face, change the voice, and just reboot the Starmerbot. Nobody will notice or care.

11 posted on 07/03/2025 1:32:54 PM PDT by x
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Why don’t the King banish the lot of them buggers and give it a new go completely? Straight away!


12 posted on 07/03/2025 1:38:24 PM PDT by Kudsman (I am Coal baby! Burning for you. )
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To: jjotto

She’s not bad looking...in a working class Leeds kind of way. But I’ll bet that a microbiologist would have nightmares after analyzing a swab taken from her private areas.


13 posted on 07/03/2025 1:56:38 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Kudsman

Because Labour during the Blair days got rid of that power, IIRC.


14 posted on 07/03/2025 3:01:52 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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To: RandFan
If Starmer goes they will have to be an election or a lot of pressure for one will build.

I seriously doubt the Labour supermajority would vote for this to occur especially given the current political climate against them. And the King is obviously unlikely to step in and declare it dissolved and call for new elections...the last time that was done was in 1975 in Australia - things would have to be so chaotic that the move would actually have popular support for the monarch to dare do that.

15 posted on 07/03/2025 3:29:01 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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He’s not an MP, so probably not.


16 posted on 07/03/2025 6:23:42 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

In Australia in 1975 the Labor government could not pass a supply bill. They were staying in office by manipulating the rules despite having effectively lost the confidence of the House of Representatives. It was not capable of governing the country.

In the UK in 2025, the Labour government has a massive majority and the confidence of the House of Commons. It can pass supply bills. It is capable of governing the country, despite being unpopular.


17 posted on 07/03/2025 6:34:59 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: RandFan
STUCK

FARMER

18 posted on 07/03/2025 7:21:31 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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