As support for Keir Starmer slips away with public demands he goes from Labour MPs I would be interested in your thoughts.
It is bizarre that the favoured replacement for many Labour MPs would be Andy Burnham who is not an MP. Who would give up their seat for him? Could he win a by election in these difficult conditions for his party?
May 12, 2026
Hopefully Steeting as possibly the least incompetent.
Rayner and Milliband following the economics and policies of the deranged would be most amusing whilst we are destroyed.
May 12, 2026
I think Never Here Kier should stay on until the inevitable financial crash then we can have a General Election. Finishing up with rsx dodging Crayons or Mad Ed Milibrain is beyond comprehension.
May 12, 2026
Who, doesn’t matter. Although what seemingly looks like a litany of miss-speaking, therefore lies from what was said before the election and then the fabricated outpourings since – Chagos, USA etc. Trying to be to clever with twisted legaleses and deflection just seems to be lying in most languages – he just cant stop.. On that basis he should go, vanish.
In terms is it going to be better, Labour has no alternative, more correctly Labour even with 2TK is not the right fit if the UK was to be a Democracy, with every one equal, playing their part and contributing – that is not the Labour way.
2TK has been to divisive, destructive, working to an agenda that has nothing to do with the people and this nation. Its easy to suggest he hates with a passion that everything the UK is or could become.
As it stands today without a general election I would sooner we saw a Corbyn, a died in the wool Unionised sponsored MP from labour takes his place, old school real Labour – we would then be sure of the direction. A direction most of us wont like but they tend to be as they say on the tin. Better than the dishonest hate and manipulation we are getting now
May 12, 2026
I would rather Starmer stays as he is a gift to the political right.
However, if he had to be replaced my preference would be Yvette Cooper.
May 12, 2026
The Burnham support only comes from the fact he is slightly more interesting than Starmer. He has no credibility he was a complete failure as Health Secretary overseeing the disastrous South Staffs NHS crime. He could not even beat Corbyn to the Labour leadership role.
There is absolutely no safe Labour seat he can automatically expect to win and gain access to the HoC a pre condition of leading the Parliamentary Labour Party.
If a leadership election is forced on Starmer then Ed Miliband will most likely become PM.
God help us all.
May 12, 2026
John, good morning.
We are in a “rather the devil you know” situation. Is the country less badly off if he remains, than should the Labour Lefties take full control. Remaining as they are might mean that party splits, which could be good for everyone as the blinkers will finally be removed? A substantial group could go the the Greens, revealing that groups true colours? No doubt some would flirt with Reform, same scenario? More probably the Libdems could find their numbers increasing? That could make them the official Opposition, rather than us – very concerning – nothing is certain when a ship starts to sink.
I want Starmer out, because that means any stability in this government will disintegrate further. The price to the country may be higher than we think, so the real question is……
“Is it all worth it?”
I feel it is
May 12, 2026
What I want is a GE and a right wing Reform/Conservative partnership
May 12, 2026
I think the main problem that at the present time there is nobody outstanding to take over as Prime Minister. Most of the cabinet do not know how to run the country and keep the population happy.
May 12, 2026
After mocking the Conservatives about leadership change so much, it is ironic (but not suprising) that Labour have come to this pass so quickly. Personally, I’d rather Starmer stayed in place for as long as possible. He is effectivey neutered and hopefully cannot do (too) much more damage than he already has.
Much blame has been directed at Starmer (who is a hopeless communicator) but little condemnation of the policies (or lack of them) that have led to his downfall. Karl Turner was on TV yesterday and was really struggling to contain his fury. He made a wonderful point about Starmer ignoring the Brexit vote to gain “a few Lib Dems and people in Surrey” whilst totally ignoring the fact that it was much of the Red Wall that voted for it.
As to his replacement, well that should be damage limitation but probably won’t be. Streeting would be my preferred choice of the current runners ( Jeeves “Would you like a splitting headache or just a real pain in the backside Sir?”). Everyone seems to favour Burnham, forgetting he wasn’t exactly stellar in mainsteam politics, which is why he left it. I would enjoy seeing him give up his Mayoralty and then losing a “safe” seat – with the added pleasure of a perhpas new (Reform) Mayor replacing him. It’s a big gamble. If he wins, then we the ‘Angela & Ed’ show too. The Bond Market would go ballistic!
In the meanwhile, we drift along in our current mess, with our only consolaton being that those three years continue to tick by.