AIBU to think the Prime Minister cannot stay in post?

[Bertiebiscuit]

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.

Well, what else would be early elections called for?

I'm no fan of Starmer and didn't vote for him - but is the Mandelson thing affecting his ability to do the day-to-day duties of his job?
It shows very poor judgement. He should never have got rid of the existing, perfectly good Ambassador. He should never have appointed PM. He should have double/treble/quadruple checked the vetting on him. He should have checked details before misleading Parliament ...
Shall I go on?

He's not done a good job defending himself at the despatch box.

It was everyone else's fault but his, and then failed to answer any of the questions that contradict his narrative.

He'll obviously be gone soon - his own MPs are now leaking about him.

We had an election in 2024 and people voted for Labour and they won with a considerable number of votes and seats in parliament

This is how the voting system works in a democracy. The country is in a mess, not Labours doing and will take years to get on a better footing

We do not have elections every time people are not happy with the government or we would be having an election every year

He isn’t coming across very well, stumbling over his words

Starmer needs to fall on his sword.. he can no longer continue the charade & deny all knowledge. He is using his staff as shields.

As PM (legally qualified) he should be well versed in upholding higher morale standards and obeying due protocol vetting to all senior roles representing UK. The cover up reeks of internal chaos and double standards.

I think that it will be interesting to see Olly Robbins in front of the committee tomorrow. I suspect that we will see what proper, straightforward honesty and integrity looks like. As opposed to Starmer's brand of slopey shouldered, slippery, bullshit.

Quite. Starmers political judgment isn’t great, but he’s still a massive improvement on the last few PMs. I fail to understand why so many have it in for him.

He will stay in post if the Conservatives try a vote of confidence they will lose. He hasn’t misled the house so he can’t be forced to resign. Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed not because of any security concerns but because he’s a greedy, dishonest grifter.

Let's not forget as well - Trump didn't want Mandy as ambassador, Britain's top civil servant told him not to announce the appointment until after the vetting was done and it was in the public domain since September 2025 that he failed the vetting process.

As Diane Abbot said: Starmer's defence is "nobody told me" but our question is "why didn't he ask?"

It is very concerning that the vetting process/outcome was not shared to Prime Minister when it failed

This. I think Starmer is a decent man with a long term vision and he’s had to take on so much shit that the Conservatives left.

He has misled the house - his own spokesman admitted this this afternoon and said Starmer would admit this in the house as well. Starmer then didn't admit it.

It's one shambles after another!

There are processes for everything and the top person does not ask if every part is ok every day.

His own MPs are turning on him in the house now

Are you blaming the Mandelson thing on the Conservatives? LOL

It is more concerning that the Prime Minister appointed Peter Mandelson before the vetting was complete, even though he was specifically warned not to do so. Then pretended not to hear any of the subsequent reports that he'd failed the vetting. Why was Starmer in such a rush to install a man with such a dodgy reputation?

The likely outcome of a GE right now would be a hung Parliament. So more instability.

You're kidding right?? Why on earth would they call an early GE when the tories didn't and were waaaaaaaay messier...

Classic "what aboutery" there @bigfishlittlefishtupperwarebox .
Starmer and all Labour vowed they would do better than the Tories.
So far, they have not.
His resignation will show that they do have integrity and that they are different and better.

Exactly. You don’t go around asking everybody if they’ve done their job. You expect them to get on with it and tell you if there’s a problem.

Let's give the British public the choice.

The PM can call an early election.

it’s a bit of nuclear option to threaten the backbenchers with, but it’s still an option.

And we've heard a million times how Starmer's such a man of integrity.

It’s actually this that is the more concerning matter for his position as prime minister. Were they trying to stitch him up? Did they think he would make a bad decision? It makes you wonder what they think of him and other ministers.

They made their choice less than two years ago. There is no reason to have a GE at the moment. It is in no-one's interests, except possibly Nigel Farage's.