‘It’s a on condition that Keir Starmer will go’ as extra Labour MPs activate PM
Keir Starmer’s future continues to hang in the balance as another Labour MP joined the growing number of calls for him to leave while she was out campaigning for his probably replacement
His future remains uncertain
The pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ramping up once more – with another Labour MP turning their back on him. Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan has made some scathing comments about the PM while out on the campaign trail for for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election.
And while promoting the guy who seemingly wants to take over from Keir Starmer, she told The Standard that the demise of the PM is seemingly inevitable.
The MP for Tooting said: “Our Labour Government has achieved some good things: scrapping the two child benefit cap, nationalising our railways and providing free childcare hours. This however, has been overshadowed by poor communication and bad policy choices elsewhere.
“It is a given that there will be a change in leadership. We need a shift in direction and I think a leader like Andy Burnham or Angela Rayner would give us that.”
She also went as far as directly blaming the leadership for costing local councillors their jobs in last month’s local elections.
She raged: “During the local elections, the overwhelming view I heard from voters was that they were not voting Labour because of the policy and leadership mistakes made on big issues such as welfare cuts, our rhetoric on immigration and the Labour stance on international issues such as Gaza. Local councillors and Labour councils paid the heavy price.”
Keir Starmer, however, is seemingly not one of leaving jobs earlier than planned as he has constantly refused all overtures to quit or resign – and has repeatedly stated that he will be staying on to fight the next General Election at some point in either 2028 or 2029.
Despite that, it hasn’t stopped more than 100 MPs so far outwardly stating that they want the PM to stay via a joint letter last month.
They said: Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results. It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the electorate.
“That job needs to start today – with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs. We must focus on that. This is no time for a leadership contest.”
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