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Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet
BBC News ^ | April 22, 2026 | Iain Watson, Henry Zeffman, Jack Fenwick and Joe Pike

Posted on 04/22/2026 4:21:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Labour is trailing in the polls and the prime minister's personal ratings have plumbed the depths.

The party is facing losses in forthcoming elections: losing control of Wales, shedding councillors in England, and going into reverse in Scotland.

To put the tin lid on it, the prime minister has been on the back foot over his appointment of Lord Mandelson to the job of ambassador to the US, and the subsequent sacking of senior civil servant, Sir Olly Robbins, in a row over security vetting.

So the question being asked around Westminster is not 'should there be a Labour leadership contest?' – but 'why is such a contest not expected on 8 May', the day after the expected electoral drubbing?

One Labour MP, Jonathan Brash, has called for Sir Keir to resign, and to set a timetable for his departure. Some others have agreed with this privately.

Nonetheless it is significant that no-one is publicly echoing Brash's call and the prevailing mood seems to be against an imminent leadership challenge.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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1 posted on 04/22/2026 4:21:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Said one Labour MP:

“We are leftists!! We don’t dump our central programmer, err I mean leader. Can you imagine if we had to think for ourselves?!?!”


2 posted on 04/22/2026 4:25:27 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: MinorityRepublican

If Starmer goes it will just be another NWO minion to replace him. There are no conservatives in Britain. Just various flavors of socialists.


3 posted on 04/22/2026 4:26:25 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: All

Always the Labor Party is this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society


4 posted on 04/22/2026 4:29:03 PM PDT by Reily
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Labor Party made this idiot leader so they fire themselves ,LOL


5 posted on 04/22/2026 4:38:07 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, no impact from the Labor/Tory uniparty protection of the Islamic Rape gangs, it appears.


6 posted on 04/22/2026 4:40:38 PM PDT by PAR35
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