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Pressure on Starmer mounts as more than 70 Labour MPs call for him to quit
The Guardian ^ | May 11, 2026 | Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot

Posted on 05/11/2026 1:31:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Keir Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be slipping away on Monday as more than 70 Labour MPs publicly urged him to set out a timetable for his departure, despite his pledging to fight any challenge.

The prime minister warned the country would “never forgive” Labour for plunging into the chaos of a leadership election – and that he intended to prove his doubters inside and outside the party wrong.

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


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: keirstarmer; labour; twotierkeir; unitedkingdom

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1 posted on 05/11/2026 1:31:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

But he’s too important. He said so.


2 posted on 05/11/2026 1:32:47 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hey now! 3 dozen + psych assclowns have decided PDJT can’t mentally hold office....... 😵🕺


3 posted on 05/11/2026 1:35:44 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If he resigns it will put the UK into chaos. 🤡


4 posted on 05/11/2026 1:45:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’ll go if the UK’s Deep State wants him gone.

Or when the UK’s citizenry kicks its Deep State to the curb.


5 posted on 05/11/2026 1:55:03 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: MinorityRepublican

,,, can an ego get bigger than Starmer’s?


6 posted on 05/11/2026 2:00:08 PM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Starmer should go hide in bunker somewhere, refuse to give up power, and deny reality.

Oh, and yell for General Steiner.

It’s a European tradition.


7 posted on 05/11/2026 2:23:08 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: MinorityRepublican

Starmer: “Too soon! Too soon! I haven’t even been Prime Minister 2 years. Come on man! This is embarrassing!”.


8 posted on 05/11/2026 2:27:20 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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🚨BREAKING: Rumours circulating in left-wing circles claim Keir Starmer has issued a warning to Labour MPs:

“I wont stand down, I just won’t and if this drama continues, I’ll call a snap election”

Would he really stoop that low? pic.twitter.com/ne2m142X9M— The British Patriot (@TheBritLad) May 11, 2026


9 posted on 05/11/2026 2:33:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Libs are going to be eating bullets pretty soon like a bunch of
lib crazies.


10 posted on 05/11/2026 2:36:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Please God, make it so. A snap election would see Labour wiped out nationally.


11 posted on 05/11/2026 2:38:47 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He won’t resign. Until he resigns. I expect it this week.


12 posted on 05/11/2026 2:59:53 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The magic number is 81 Labor members.
Number needed to trigger a leadership crisis.


13 posted on 05/11/2026 3:03:40 PM PDT by Kozak (Слава Україні Герояам Слава. RuZZia is a terrorist stat)
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It's over for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Several top leaders within his own cabinet are now urging him to resign. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Deputy PM David Lammy and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have told him it's over. pic.twitter.com/5fynkYHJ2k— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) May 11, 2026


14 posted on 05/11/2026 3:04:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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What advantage would it give Starmer to call a snap election in this case? Would he win because opposition to him hasn’t solidified yet?
Did Churchill have to quit for Clement Attlee to replace him after the war or was he voted out specifically?


15 posted on 05/11/2026 3:35:32 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (o)
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To: Libloather

The Davos crowd need an unfeeling deaf detached from reality type to remain in place to push back against the USA until President Trump is gone. The same reason they installed that WEF CCP tool Mark Carney, to sellout the sovereignty of his nation, destroy both freedom of speech and those who are the most dangerous to them, the middle class.

That is his only job, keep pushing back, diminish his nation with the managed MSM behind him and bolster the EU and stay on course for agenda 2030.

Obama, Xi and Pope Leo will all be throwing gang signs of approval.


16 posted on 05/11/2026 4:15:15 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why isn’t PMSnow trashing this Starmer clown every day on their “news” the way the Limeys trash President Trump on their news.


17 posted on 05/11/2026 5:12:39 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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Cabinet split as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood among ministers calling for Starmer to set out timetable for resignation
18 posted on 05/11/2026 5:29:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: captmar-vell

Good summary of the situation. Bottom line is that unless Starmer can be shown the door quietly, it would be easier for his party to survive a little longer with him than with a snap election where they would get another shellacking. Their hopes now rest in the U.S. mid-terms greatly diminishing PDJT.


19 posted on 05/11/2026 5:43:15 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: desertsolitaire

Churchill was voted out specifically less than two months after VE Day. He was shocked, to say the least!


20 posted on 05/11/2026 5:45:33 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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