Page 6 | To think Keir Starmer is toast as soon as the state visit is over

HolidayInCambodia25 · 2025-09-15T20:51:10+00:00

Just that really. If it wasn't for the visit he'd probably be gone already.

GabrielsOboe · 16/09/2025 06:39

If there is a God, yes.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/09/2025 06:35

TheLeadbetterLife · 16/09/2025 00:04

They're not the fucking Tories, get a grip. In any case, no-one else will fare any better, the right wing press and SM troll farms have been absolutely ruthless with Labour since day one. It won't change for anyone else. They won't be happy until Farage is in and the system is finally broken beyond repair. No-one has been able to keep the shitshow together since Brexit, and constantly changing leaders only to immediately tear them apart isn't going to solve the crisis. Fucking mental country. Maybe Putin will nuke it and bring us all sweet relief.

This.

Friendlygingercat · 16/09/2025 01:53

I do not know the Labour mechanism to remove a leader but I believe it will go something like this. Defeat/rebellion over a major piece of legislation and then a call for a vote of no confidence. That will be the beginning. I predict welfare, immigration or some of this ruinously expensive net zero nonsense.

OonaStubbs · 16/09/2025 00:24

Labour need to stop moaning about the right-wing press. There's always been a right wing press, they know about it, they can't act surprised. The Tories have to deal with the left wing press.

TheLeadbetterLife · 16/09/2025 00:04

They're not the fucking Tories, get a grip. In any case, no-one else will fare any better, the right wing press and SM troll farms have been absolutely ruthless with Labour since day one. It won't change for anyone else. They won't be happy until Farage is in and the system is finally broken beyond repair. No-one has been able to keep the shitshow together since Brexit, and constantly changing leaders only to immediately tear them apart isn't going to solve the crisis. Fucking mental country. Maybe Putin will nuke it and bring us all sweet relief.

IdaGlossop · 16/09/2025 00:00

Birdh0use · 15/09/2025 21:58

Will Diane A take over? If not, who?

David Lammy as he's the deputy PM. Then Labour would have to have a leadership election and the successful candidate would become PM.

OonaStubbs · 15/09/2025 23:59

I'm 48. There were 5 PMs from when I was old enough to know who the PM was until I was 40. (Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron). Since Cameron there has been 5 more PMs (May, Boris, Truss, Rishi, Starmer).

I just don't think the right people are getting into politics nowadays.

Ionlymakejokestodistractmyself · 15/09/2025 23:57

SummerEve · 15/09/2025 23:51

I would hope he stays put. The revolving PM door is no way to run a country and we can’t just keep chopping and changing if we don’t like it.

This. He needs to steady the ship for a bit. The last 12 months has been so volatile and a few political gaffes on top it feels like he's not had any time to do the day job, just been firefighting.

DoinFineIThink · 15/09/2025 23:54

Bagsintheboot · 15/09/2025 21:54

Don't be daft, the next election is four years off.

This. Are people still pretending they don't know how General Elections work?! 🙄😁

SummerEve · 15/09/2025 23:51

I would hope he stays put. The revolving PM door is no way to run a country and we can’t just keep chopping and changing if we don’t like it.

PiggyPigalle · 15/09/2025 23:48

Northquit · 15/09/2025 22:05

He looks like he's had a hair stylist and a fake tan.

Getting ready for looking for a new job perhaps?

Noticed tonight all the beige has gone and his hair is now steel grey. Combed and fixed to within an inch of its life, the American way.

OneFairMintFawn · 15/09/2025 23:46

IMissSparkling · 15/09/2025 22:07

Leave the man alone to do his job!

Obviously he can't do his job and needs to see ENT over those adenoids.

NapoleonsToe · 15/09/2025 23:38

My money is on either Wes Streeting, or Andy Burnham if a suitable by-election comes up. I don't think there's any chance of Starmer being leader by the time of the next election.

OonaStubbs · 15/09/2025 23:34

Starmer has been a massive disappointment so far. The problems with Mandelson and Ovenden should have been dealt with internally long before now. As it is, it seems like they've only been dealt with once the issues became public knowledge, which is bad.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 15/09/2025 23:23

This is all so stupid and so boring. He's been in post for a year. The Tories screwed the whole country over for 13 years. There's no general election due and nobody in Labour ready or able to take over. If the media would actually let him govern without baying for blood every few days, we might actually have chance to appreciate that we're not watching the Tories shit all over the country anymore.

And if people aren't careful, they'll be helping that twat Farage to more power - and anybody who thinks he's the answer is part of the problem.

80smonster · 15/09/2025 23:16

I reckon gone by Christmas, possibly a sacrificial lamb for the October budget announcement?

IvyTwines · 15/09/2025 23:08

There's such a lack of talent in politics these days there is no obvious successor at the moment - Andy Burnham would be popular, but he's not an MP.

CrushingOnRubies · 15/09/2025 22:45

letsallchant · 15/09/2025 22:43

As only the Conservatives have a 1922 Committee, we won't be hearing from them, no. Unless they decide that Badenoch has been in post far too long to continue as Tory leader.

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Only just learnt this. Is there a Labour equivalent?

Northquit · 15/09/2025 22:44

Bagsintheboot · 15/09/2025 22:07

Going by this logic, Trump is permanently in the jobs market.

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He's not been tanned but tangoed..

letsallchant · 15/09/2025 22:43

CrushingOnRubies · 15/09/2025 22:33

I think that Starmer will last till the summer but we start hearing murmurs of votes if no confidence and 1922 committees in the next few weeks. Think it might depend on what reaction he gets during the conference.

As only the Conservatives have a 1922 Committee, we won't be hearing from them, no. Unless they decide that Badenoch has been in post far too long to continue as Tory leader.

letsallchant · 15/09/2025 22:41

Pinkcherry26 · 15/09/2025 22:00

We are so used to the previous Conservative governments defenestrating Prime Ministers like it's going out of fashion that I think the country has got used to the idea a year is a long time. You might not like him but who do you think would command 20% of the MPs enough that they want to unsettle the government with four years to go - let alone actually want the job?

THIS. Everyone needs to calm down.

Pinkcherry26 · 15/09/2025 22:38

1922 Committee? FFS, that's the Conservatives!