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Keir Starmer won't quit as PM even if Labour suffers disastrous losses in local elections, says minister
The Standard ^ | 3/30/2026 | Nicholas Cecil

Posted on 03/30/2026 2:28:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer will not resign even if Labour suffers very heavy losses at the May local elections, says a Cabinet minister.

Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds braced the party for dismal results in just over a month’s time, stressing many people may use the elections to voice a “protest” vote in the cost-of-living crisis deepening due to Donald Trump’s Iran war.

Even before America and Israel started its airstrikes on Iran in late February, Labour and Sir Keir were deeply unpopular in the UK, hitting record lows in polls including in London.

Asked on Sky News, if there was a level of Labour support below which that collectively or personally Sir Keir would think it’s time to go, Ms Reynolds said: “No.

“The Prime Minister has shown great leadership over the Middle East conflict.

“He has not let the UK be dragged into this war.

“That is something that the Conservative and the Reform leader would have had done and then they backtracked on that when they saw the impact back at home.

(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/30/2026 2:28:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gotta get the mare ‘knighted’ right?


2 posted on 03/30/2026 2:30:09 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: rktman

Well, Labour will take care of it.


3 posted on 03/30/2026 2:31:08 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: MinorityRepublican

Brave Sir Starmer...


4 posted on 03/30/2026 2:31:23 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: MinorityRepublican

Of course not. Power is all that matters to libtards.


5 posted on 03/30/2026 2:37:20 PM PDT by KevinB (Nepotism = affirmative action for white people. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

6 posted on 03/30/2026 2:40:02 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

He is paid to obstruct and suppress the English. He doesn’t get paid if he resigns.


7 posted on 03/30/2026 2:41:27 PM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He is working as hard as Mayorkas getting immigrants in which the citizens don’t like which is why he is unpopular. The media are going to blame his losses on the economy and Donald Trump.


8 posted on 03/30/2026 2:53:34 PM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Labor has a huge majority regardless. And if he resigns, a Muslima takes over and Britain is finished.


9 posted on 03/30/2026 3:00:54 PM PDT by montag813
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To: webheart
He is working as hard as Mayorkas getting immigrants in

Yep so even if Reform takes over in 2029, it's not going to matter. Nigel Farage is not going to be like Trump. Instead he'll be more like Boris Johnson.

10 posted on 03/30/2026 3:02:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t think he’ll have a choice.


11 posted on 03/30/2026 3:26:29 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Common Sense 101

😆


12 posted on 03/30/2026 3:30:50 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yes Farage is not Trump he is Pence.


13 posted on 03/30/2026 3:32:16 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Evil dictators never do.


14 posted on 03/30/2026 3:39:31 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: montag813

Yep. If Starmer resigns, the huge Labour majority in Parliament will choose his replacement. The voters will not.

So it will probably be someone as bad as Starmer. Or maybe even worse. The current British Home Secretary is a fundamentalist Muslim woman, Shabana Mahmood. Is Labour crazy enough to pick her?


15 posted on 03/30/2026 3:56:44 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Of course they are.


16 posted on 03/30/2026 4:21:20 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: MinorityRepublican

Parliament can replace him whether or not he resigns.


17 posted on 03/30/2026 6:13:33 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: MinorityRepublican

With all due respect and well wishes, I kindly suggest he jump in front of a speeding train. Or find out if, by flapping his arms swiftly, if he’s capable of flying off of the Tower of London. Or perhaps do his best matador impression while standing in the middle of the M25 motorway. Ole! Idiot.


18 posted on 03/30/2026 6:37:08 PM PDT by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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