Britain’s embattled prime minister is still in office. No one knows how long that will last

politico ^ | May 12 | politico

[RandFan]

LONDON — King Charles III will sit on a gilded throne in the U.K. parliament on Wednesday and announce a year-long legislative plan for “my government.” There’s one problem: he doesn’t know who’ll be leading it by Christmas.

His Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced an extraordinary five days since a mauling in mid-term elections: A make-or-break reset speech fell flat, more than 90 of his 403 MPs called for him to resign, four junior ministers quit and at least one Cabinet minister, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, privately urged him to set a timetable for his departure.

Yet Starmer remains ensconced in No. 10, and is not yet facing a formal leadership challenge after the most immediate threat failed to materialize. Labour ministers, MPs and officials who spoke to POLITICO attributed Starmer’s survival to two factors: Firstly, Labour is so riven with rival factions that no one can muster enough allies to make a decisive move, and secondly, no one wants to look bad in front of the king.

“Wednesday is a firebreak,” said one Labour official, granted anonymity like others quoted in this piece to speak frankly. “People will see that it’s disrespectful to [Buckingham] Palace — there will be a sense of duty around the monarchy that will kick in for some people.”

A government official echoed the same point, noting: “You can’t make a fool of the king, can you?”

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[RandFan]

The state opening of Parliament is an important event showcasing how the monarchy and the sovereign law-making body co-exist on an informal basis with no explicit written constitution.

Starmer is facing a "25th Amendment" situation with his own members and perhaps soon his cabinet looking to dump him

[xp38]

“You can’t make a fool of the king, can you?”

That line is simply a T ball waiting to be belted. I mean he's done all the work himself no?

[Red Badger]

By lunchtime tomorrow..............

[FrankRizzo890]

I think he’ll last until his globalist bosses tell him to step down. I don’t think he cares about what anyone thinks except for them.

And when he DOES step down, I’m sure they’ve already selected his replacement, which will probably be worse.

[pacificus]

He just wants to be paid to leave, like Democrats did for Bernie Sanders, multiple times!

[RandFan]

Good analogy .

[RandFan]

The absurdity is they get their salary-for-life when leaving. A gold plated pension

Talk about a nice perk. It tends to help transitions

[wildcard_redneck]

The big problem the Labour Party has is if they push Starmer too he, as the Prime Minister, Starmer can call a general election without a vote of Parliament. If he does, that Labour will get tossed in the election and the communist MP’s will lose three years of sweet, sweet, stolen money.