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AIBU to think the Prime Minister cannot stay in post?

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Bertiebiscuit · 20/04/2026 15:09

So our Prime Minister is doing what he does best - blaming someone else for his own mistakes. But i really think he's done for this time - if he didn't know he's incompetent, if he did know he's lying to Parliament and the whole country. Either way i don't see how he can expect to keep his job. It's frightening how little he cared for Mandelson 's cosying up to a sex abuser, paedophile and human trafficker.

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Whatafustercluck · 20/04/2026 18:40

InterestedDad37 · 20/04/2026 17:58

Are you saying that the Labour Party don't want to help Britain? 🤔🤷

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It's (not very good) code for "Reform are going to save us!" 🤢

Forthesteps · 20/04/2026 18:37

HRTQueen · 20/04/2026 15:24

An early election

what for exactly ?

Presumably so Der Fuhrer Nige gets in.

LlynTegid · 20/04/2026 18:35

ProudAmberTurtle · 20/04/2026 18:05

Agreed but it has actually happened several times - ie the Duke of Wellington. It even happened last century with Sir Alec Douglas-Home in the 1960s, although he did then stand in a by-election as PM (and won it).

We very nearly had a non-MP as leader during WW2 - Lord Halifax was seen as more likely to get the job but it surprisingly went to Churchill instead.

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History now sees Lord Halifax as an accomplice of Neville Chamberlain and 'peace in our time'.

VariousPears · 20/04/2026 18:25

I'm tired of this whole pathetic Mandelson drama. Yeah let's set fire to ourselves because the other fires in the world today aren't battering us enough.

Who would be a better replacement for Starmer, right now? No matter how he has conducted himself, is it worth the upheaval to the common person and their pocket? I don't even vote for Labour, I'm just so tired of this crap.

TooLittleTooLate2 · 20/04/2026 18:20

Pedallleur · 20/04/2026 18:18

Thought you were talking about Boris but realised you left out Russian friends and failing vetting when Foreign Secretary and being sacked twice plus all the chaos around him. Starmer hasn't hid in the fridge (yet)

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What? This is a pathetic post.

Pedallleur · 20/04/2026 18:18

TooLittleTooLate2 · 20/04/2026 18:05

I really really don't like him. He has done a lot of harm to my family because of his idealogical policies. He has misled parliament and shown himself to be weak and self interested. He appointed someone as ambassador who was sacked twice before, where was his judgement? BUT I still don't think it is in the best interests of the country for him to go. We need stability, if the PM changes lots of the ministers change, and we're back to square one. I want them to get their heads down and get on with their bloody jobs, learn some economic sense and pull together. But more likely we'll lurch through this, then lurch through the may elections, there'll be a pointless reshuffle at some point and loads of in fighting. I can't stand it.

Thought you were talking about Boris but realised you left out Russian friends and failing vetting when Foreign Secretary and being sacked twice plus all the chaos around him. Starmer hasn't hid in the fridge (yet)

Pedallleur · 20/04/2026 18:14

TheNoonBell · 20/04/2026 15:57

To vote in a government that might actually want to help Britain.

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previous incumbents didn't seem to want that. Truss and her markets and of course Brexit, migrants etc.

TooLittleTooLate2 · 20/04/2026 18:09

ProudAmberTurtle · 20/04/2026 18:05

Agreed but it has actually happened several times - ie the Duke of Wellington. It even happened last century with Sir Alec Douglas-Home in the 1960s, although he did then stand in a by-election as PM (and won it).

We very nearly had a non-MP as leader during WW2 - Lord Halifax was seen as more likely to get the job but it surprisingly went to Churchill instead.

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Good historical knowledge!

Meadowfinch · 20/04/2026 18:09

scorpiogirly · 20/04/2026 15:13

He should have gone long ago. The main worry with that is though, who will replace him!

Exactly.

I think he'll stay until the the May elections and then fall on his sword.
Labour have two weeks to choose a successor.

ProudAmberTurtle · 20/04/2026 18:05

InconsequentialFerret · 20/04/2026 17:49

Theoretically, but realistically no, a non MP would never be PM.

If you think the calls for Starmer to go are loud.....!

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Agreed but it has actually happened several times - ie the Duke of Wellington. It even happened last century with Sir Alec Douglas-Home in the 1960s, although he did then stand in a by-election as PM (and won it).

We very nearly had a non-MP as leader during WW2 - Lord Halifax was seen as more likely to get the job but it surprisingly went to Churchill instead.

TooLittleTooLate2 · 20/04/2026 18:05

I really really don't like him. He has done a lot of harm to my family because of his idealogical policies. He has misled parliament and shown himself to be weak and self interested. He appointed someone as ambassador who was sacked twice before, where was his judgement? BUT I still don't think it is in the best interests of the country for him to go. We need stability, if the PM changes lots of the ministers change, and we're back to square one. I want them to get their heads down and get on with their bloody jobs, learn some economic sense and pull together. But more likely we'll lurch through this, then lurch through the may elections, there'll be a pointless reshuffle at some point and loads of in fighting. I can't stand it.

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 18:01

NancyBellaDonna · 20/04/2026 17:56

gamerchick · Today 17:26
This is a bloke who stood up to the biggest bully we've had the misfortune to clap eyes on and said no. That takes stones. Just let him do his bloody job and stop constantly whining.
THIS^

FFS get a grip and look seriously at our future and what we are really facing and stop all this shrieking and nonsense about SKS. Let him do his job.

Stop being so ridiculous and open your eyes. Starmer needs to go.

InterestedDad37 · 20/04/2026 17:58

TheNoonBell · 20/04/2026 15:57

To vote in a government that might actually want to help Britain.

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Are you saying that the Labour Party don't want to help Britain? 🤔🤷

NancyBellaDonna · 20/04/2026 17:56

gamerchick · Today 17:26
This is a bloke who stood up to the biggest bully we've had the misfortune to clap eyes on and said no. That takes stones. Just let him do his bloody job and stop constantly whining.
THIS^

FFS get a grip and look seriously at our future and what we are really facing and stop all this shrieking and nonsense about SKS. Let him do his job.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 20/04/2026 17:54

Er no. I think he is a leader with integrity who despite the need to send someone to deal with the orange clown, would never have appointed him had he been fully aware of the facts.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-controversies-timeline-why-resign-b2260174.html

Boris Johnson’s biggest scandals: a timeline

The former PM was arguably the architect of his own downfall

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-controversies-timeline-why-resign-b2260174.html

InconsequentialFerret · 20/04/2026 17:49

ProudAmberTurtle · 20/04/2026 17:42

And you don't have to be an MP to be PM anyway

Theoretically, but realistically no, a non MP would never be PM.

If you think the calls for Starmer to go are loud.....!

SunnyAfternoonToday · 20/04/2026 17:48

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:42

I've already given my answer - read my previous post.

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No you haven't answered my question. You stated a 'wild card' and Andy Burnham. But enough already. Unless we are members of the Labour Party we have no say anyway.

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:42

SunnyAfternoonToday · 20/04/2026 17:40

My point was that as Andy Burnham isn't an MP he can't be PM even if you think he would be better. Which MP or member of the Cabinet do you think would do a better job than Starmer?

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I've already given my answer - read my previous post.

ProudAmberTurtle · 20/04/2026 17:42

And you don't have to be an MP to be PM anyway

SunnyAfternoonToday · 20/04/2026 17:40

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:36

I didn't say he was an MP. I was asked who I thought would be better.

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My point was that as Andy Burnham isn't an MP he can't be PM even if you think he would be better. Which MP or member of the Cabinet do you think would do a better job than Starmer?

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:36

SunnyAfternoonToday · 20/04/2026 17:34

Andy Burnham isn't even an MP let alone in the running to be PM.

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I didn't say he was an MP. I was asked who I thought would be better.

Genevieva · 20/04/2026 17:36

He will be gone by the end of May, if not this week, but he’d do well to recognise his own incompetence and go now. I’m hoping a backbencher replaces him and most of the cabinet.

SunnyAfternoonToday · 20/04/2026 17:34

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:29

That's a good question. I would probably favour a wild card appointment but since I'm not a member of the Labour party, I get no say. I don't think Andy Burnham would be any worse than Starmer in all honesty and I'm certainly no fan of his.

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Andy Burnham isn't even an MP let alone in the running to be PM.

InconsequentialFerret · 20/04/2026 17:34

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:29

That's a good question. I would probably favour a wild card appointment but since I'm not a member of the Labour party, I get no say. I don't think Andy Burnham would be any worse than Starmer in all honesty and I'm certainly no fan of his.

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Burnham isn't an MP, and was blocked from standing.

How would he be able to be Starmer's replacement, if Starmer is forced out in the near future?

Dragonscaledaisy · 20/04/2026 17:34

I didn’t vote for labour but I actually think the whole conflict in Iran and Starmer’s response to it will have won labour more favour.

The latest poll is pretty damning - how bad were they polling previously?

https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/uk-opinion-polls

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