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To think Keir Starmer might resign tomorrow (Monday)

269 replies

Viviennemary · 10/05/2026 22:04

I think he might. But who knows. He must know he can't possibly stay until the next General Election. It's very disrespectful to the electorate to not listen.

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punkhairbrush · 10/05/2026 23:10

@Isthisaconditionshe is so fucking stupid! We need to kick start the economy and that ain’t it

Isthisacondition · 10/05/2026 23:10

@Greysofa it's not just all the those issues/ women and children are not on his radar of interest at all Rosie dufflied etc ,women /cervix ...grooming gangs / mandelson all related it's all filed under women

ConcernedForWales · 10/05/2026 23:10

OneTealShaker · 10/05/2026 22:59

What, with that comment? You are embarrassing yourself. Stop it.

Look, if you choose to swallow whole the rubbish that the likes of the Mail/Express/Hodges/Wooton come out with, that's up to you. I have nothing to be embarrassed about.

paddleboardingmum · 10/05/2026 23:11

Most of the country's problems are caused by a combination of what the Conservatives did (like not fixing schools or investing in the NHS for example) Brexit (it was know that would make the country poorer, people were lied to) and world events. Not just by the PM/Labour as the Daily Mail would have us think. People who own the newspapers have vested interests.

OneTealShaker · 10/05/2026 23:12

ConcernedForWales · 10/05/2026 23:10

Look, if you choose to swallow whole the rubbish that the likes of the Mail/Express/Hodges/Wooton come out with, that's up to you. I have nothing to be embarrassed about.

Sure, whatever you say. Keep sneering, the election results will keep showing you what the public thinks. Enjoy.

DuncinToffee · 10/05/2026 23:13

EasternStandard · 10/05/2026 23:08

You must have someone else in your head space, but even you can’t say it’s going well. Or was the voting this week good for Labour and Starmer?

Don't worry, you are not in my head space.

Local elections went as expected

ConcernedForWales · 10/05/2026 23:13

OneTealShaker · 10/05/2026 23:12

Sure, whatever you say. Keep sneering, the election results will keep showing you what the public thinks. Enjoy.

Why so angry? You got the result you wanted in England.

olivepicanto · 10/05/2026 23:15

Why should he resign? I can't see what he's done wrong

EasternStandard · 10/05/2026 23:15

DuncinToffee · 10/05/2026 23:13

Don't worry, you are not in my head space.

Local elections went as expected

Tg for that, it sounded like it with the other post.

‘As expected’ when Labour got into power? Did you really think it’d be this bad for them in the first couple of years?

OneTealShaker · 10/05/2026 23:16

ConcernedForWales · 10/05/2026 23:13

Why so angry? You got the result you wanted in England.

I think people who call other people stupid are the angry ones. You didn’t learn anything after Brexit and still not learning anything. You may want to do something about that.

Lammysaurus · 10/05/2026 23:17

It's very disrespectful to the electorate to not listen.

Yes, it is.

The last time the electorate were asked to choose an MP, and by extension a government and PM, more people chose Labour with Starmer as Leader than any other option. No one chose Labour with Rayner, Streeting, West, Miliband, or whoever else as Leader.

Starmer should stay unless and until it becomes clear that (1) he cannot do the job and (2) someone else can do it equally well or better. Labour MPs who wish to challenge him are free to try, but it's not up to you or the Telegraph or anyone else with a spare hand to pound on the keyboard.

ConcernedForWales · 10/05/2026 23:20

OneTealShaker · 10/05/2026 23:16

I think people who call other people stupid are the angry ones. You didn’t learn anything after Brexit and still not learning anything. You may want to do something about that.

I haven't called anyone stupid. I am not angry either. My country returned the result I was hoping for, so I am very content.

paddleboardingmum · 10/05/2026 23:21

I think people who call other people stupid are the angry ones. You didn’t learn anything after Brexit and still not learning anything. You may want to do something about that.

People who haven't stopped to reflect if Brexit was a good idea now they can see the after effects probably are a bit silly on the whole and it's a mystery they want to put the man who pushed for it into power. We all have to suffer the consequences of this lack of critical thinking so other people can't be expected to be happy about it.

mathanxiety · 10/05/2026 23:22

Viviennemary · 10/05/2026 22:42

Well it is a topical subject. Nothing else on the news at all. There you heard from me again.

Turn off the news, back away from the telly, and maybe turn your attention to a good book.

Unreleasedbillable · 10/05/2026 23:23

MNLurker1345 · 10/05/2026 22:50

Because we are not labour supporters. That is the most obvious reason.

OK.

So what do you hope it achieves?

If you think he’s an electoral disaster wouldn’t you rather keep him in post?

Kapalika · 10/05/2026 23:32

There is no one ‘better’. Id use best of a bad bunch loosely.
Anyone for Streeting…?

MrsFinkelstein · 10/05/2026 23:38

I bloody well hope not. The country needs stability, and he is actually competent and doing a good job (despite the constant media driven hysteria). 70% of manifesto pledges delivered and Britain's reputation being repaired internationally.

He was elected to serve a 5yr term - you cannot fix 14yrs of chaos and incompetence in 22m.

Frankly, I'd much rather the media find out what Farage's 5M bribe paid for.

previouslyknownas · 10/05/2026 23:40

BIWI · 10/05/2026 22:14

Of course he won't. He's a stubborn, arrogant flip flops of a man.

Or - alternatively to doing the job that he was voted in for?

And doing a shit job

he’s way to arrogant and authoritarian to leave of his own accord

He won’t leave - he can’t unfortunately read the room that no one likes him as PM

he has no integrity at all

chops and changes his mind according to what he thinks is popular

and giving the top job to Peter Mandeson should have got rid of him but he seems to have survived that - just. But only by sacking members of his staff

and personally just seeing his face on tv make me see a red mist
he always looks surprised - like a baby
thats had a sneaky shit and is hoping his mum won’t smell it

paddleboardingmum · 10/05/2026 23:43

Who would you prefer @previouslyknownas ?

Cheeseandcrumpetsyumyum · 10/05/2026 23:43

punkhairbrush · 10/05/2026 22:25

i would rather some of the back benchers who obviously aren’t reading the room, would piss off out of Labour!

😂😂😂

previouslyknownas · 10/05/2026 23:44

Greysofa · 10/05/2026 22:59

Because he’s a paedophile sympathiser. If we look past the historic Saville stuff, what about Nick Brown? Why hasn’t that been dealt with openly? Then then Madelson scandal! And that’s just the people he knows. What about his inaction on the grooming gangs? His appointment this weekend of another paedophile apologist? That’s before we consider the shit show of a country we currently live in. He needs to go and be held accountable

Couldn’t agree more

I have often wondered if he is doing others secretive bidding because despite being “ a human rights lawyer “ he has done so many really stupid things ( as mentioned above )

tramtracks · 10/05/2026 23:47

MrsFinkelstein · 10/05/2026 23:38

I bloody well hope not. The country needs stability, and he is actually competent and doing a good job (despite the constant media driven hysteria). 70% of manifesto pledges delivered and Britain's reputation being repaired internationally.

He was elected to serve a 5yr term - you cannot fix 14yrs of chaos and incompetence in 22m.

Frankly, I'd much rather the media find out what Farage's 5M bribe paid for.

‘Britains reputation being repaired internationally”… really ?

previouslyknownas · 10/05/2026 23:47

paddleboardingmum · 10/05/2026 23:43

Who would you prefer @previouslyknownas ?

Well that’s the problem isn’t it

they are all pretty shit and none of them seem to have any outstanding qualities

there was a time when politicians were supposed to be better than the general public that they served but I think I’m showing my age 😂

paddleboardingmum · 10/05/2026 23:52

I have often wondered if he is doing others secretive bidding

Genuinely interested in what this means, in case you can say more?

Lots of people seem to hate Starmer but I wonder who they'd prefer? Or is it just wanting a change of government sooner than the next election for Farage, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries and the others cheered on by GB news.

WhatAnExcellentDayForAnExorcism · 10/05/2026 23:53

Do people really want the revolving door of prime ministers to continue? Are we that addicted to political drama?

The UK’s problems are rooted firmly in 14 years of neglect, fucking Brexit and global issues. People wanted Starmer to come in, wave a magic wand and fix all the problems over night. It isn’t that simple.

That isn’t to say that I think Starmer is doing a good job but I’d defy anyone to do the job how the electorate want it doing right now, it’s not possible, everything is fucked.