Posted on 10/29/2025 5:22:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Can anyone remember what phase of this Government we’re in now? “Phase 2” was announced just last month, as the Prime Minister shook up his Downing Street operation. The phrase was intended to reassure supporters that following a year of questionable competence in office, things could only get better. Has it worked?
Unfortunately for Keir Starmer, the facts speak for themselves. In May 2021 Starmer is known to have seriously considered resigning as Labour leader after Boris Johnson’s Conservatives gained the seat of Hartlepool from Labour in a by-election – an almost unprecedented achievement for a party of government.
What would Starmer have given for a repeat of that defeat in Caerphilly last week? In Hartlepool, Labour’s vote plunged by just 9 per cent; in Wales it fell by 35 per cent. Two percentage points lower and Labour would have been in single digit territory.
But there is no suggestion from Downing Street that Starmer was revisited by the doubts he experienced four years ago. Political leaders must, of course, develop a thick skin if they are to survive, let alone thrive, in their chosen profession.
But given all the evidence of just how negatively the Government in general, and Starmer in particular, are regarded by the public, the Prime Minister’s thick skin is now acting as blinkers.
A YouGov poll yesterday put Labour at a record low level of support at just 17 per cent, neck and neck with the Conservatives and just a point ahead of the Greens. And a tracking poll for The Telegraph has, for the first time, shown Nigel Farage overtaking Starmer as voters’ preferred choice of prime minister.
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Yank the Wank.
“Keir Steamer”, or, Labour drops a Deuce...
Do the Tories have someone who can actually convince punters to replace him?
There aren’t elections till 2029 and the Prime Minister is in charge of dissolving the House of Commons, which he won’t do because if he does, there goes his power. And he wants to keep his power.
The only way he can be deposed is through votes of no confidence, which he will likely win because the leftists like him having power.
So he’s going to hang on desperately as long as possible. He’s not going to dissolve the House and call for elections. And he likely won’t be removed.
What SHOULD happen is the King stepping in, which he can, as in days of old. The King can remove the Prime Minister and dissolve the House.
But he won’t, because standing there is Farage. And they’re united against Farage, who got Britain out of the EU.
So expect Starmer to be there awhile unless he decides to resign on his own terms.
Parliament gets to pick the prime minister. And Labour has a huge majority in Parliament. So if Starmer resigns or is forced out, his replacement will certainly be another member of Labour.
The next UK general election will probably not be until August of 2029. So until then the UK will just see a succession of Labour prime ministers.
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The King cannot do that, they took that power away from him.
Now it is a purely ceremonial role.
Does that mean the UK is toast?
Say hello to PM Sadiq Khan.
A large conservative majority that was completely squandered - leading to where things are in Britain today.
That’s not correct.
Though if the Monarch tried to wield said power, it would be beyond controversial unless things were in total collapse and public opinion was actually behind it.
The last time this was done was in Australia in 1975. The public seemingly gave their strong approval by voting in the opposing party in strong numbers in the election that was called after the prime minister’s sacking and dismissal of parliament.
Things would have to get much worse for the King to step in directly and would have to have public opinion behind the move in order for him to get away with it.
Your comment about Farage may be true, but perhaps odd as Farage and his party are far more loyal to the monarchy than Labour is.
Australia yes. They're a young nation.
Britain = centuries of traditions/precedents.
The last time the monarch dissolved Parliament on his own authority was in 1834 by King William IV.
It is always done on the monarch’s authority, though by current tradition, after having it being requested.
So basically, the King is now a figurehead.
Yeah, then what? What are they going to do with all those Muslims who have taken over their country?
You are way oversimplifying it.
Sadly.
I’ll get the champagne in when he finally resigns.
I read a post here (although I forget just precisely where) recently that said Parliament had done that, several years back, but that they'd returned that power to the King recently (?2021, I'm not certain.) I don't know personally, but it didn't seem the sort of claim a Freeper would just dream up. Not that I'm losing sleep waiting for Charles to act. I can dream of the Royal Cancer, which shall not be named, promoting William and Queen Kate pushing him to act...
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