The last thing this country needs is a new Prime Minster

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I can’t believe what I’m hearing - we don’t need a new Prime Minster. Labour backbenchers have shown who they are. Their actions are going to affect the markets and possibly cause more damage to this country. Why can’t they focus on us - the public. Deeply dismayed that they are so out of touch with the public and are being self serving not thinking of the country’s interest.

It's a shame that Starmer gave this speech to try and cling onto power. He should have admitted that Brexit was a disaster and called Farrage out for the grifter he is two years ago... That said it was only an OK speech by a mediocre orator.

That said, I hope in the next 3 years people feel the effects of Labour policy enough to not turn to Reform. I already know I'll vote tactically to keep Reform out and i'm scarily considering that even if that means voting for the Tories who I also loathe.

Totally agree, OP. I’m not a fan of Labour at the moment, but I think the reason we voted the Tories out was because we had a new PM every 5 minutes. We really need to let the PM who was voted in have a 5 year run, as intended.

Labour have shown they're not fit to govern.

On X at the moment it's Labour MP after Labour MP blurting out what this country needs to do, from rejoining the EU to trans rights.

These are a bunch of clowns.

We need a general election - and we need it now.

Who is fit to Govern in your opinion?

Don’t expect an answer other than “anyone but..” rubbish @SapphOhNo

Absolutely right

You realise that anyone eligible to be PM HAS been elected as an MP? 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's been widely acknowledged he has handled Trump very well and stopped us getting dragged into the pointless Iran war. But I suspect you already know this.

Once again, no, we don't. Have you read ANY of the comments on this thread?

Agreed. We need an adult behind the steering wheel, not the latest grifting opportunist.

Paddington Bear hard stare at Farage, Polanski and all who sail in them.

Labour, get your shit together fast.

At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist - starmer isnt under threat because of the reasons they are stating, hes under threat because hes not towing the line of what the Americans want in terms of iran. Its known that they got involved before to remove theresa may and this feels the same. There is no real valid reason why a new prime minister would make any real difference right now. We've had a succession of unelected prime ministers and what difference did they make?

Who the fuck would we have instead? I never understand politics… Raynor disappears… then decided now is the perfect time to pipe up - as if anyone cares about her opinion! Would die for her self belief!

I voted for Labour (more protest at how shit the Tory party had been) and I’m not a fan of Starmer but for the love of god - these incredibly arrogant MPs need to pipe down and come together! They are all vile and so scared of losing their job in a few years time they can’t just come together!

Believe me, I WISH I had the privilege to not be bothered by a Labour government.

But I don't.

And millions of others don't.

The bottom line?

Anyone who doesn't support a high tax, high immigration country. Anyone who doesn't call everyone who disagrees racist.

Kemi as PM with a mixture of Conservative, Reform and Restore MPs would be fantastic - even Nigel Farage would be better than Starmer though.

That's how bad he is.

Yep - those left wing Labour MPs are ousting Starmer simply because Trump and Israel told them to.

You've got it all worked out.

Kemi from the Conservatives who spent 14 years running the country into the ground? Nigel Farage, who barely turns up to do the actual job of being an MP, but is always there when there’s a camera? The man who promised Brexit would make Britain richer and stronger, takes backing from crypto billionaires, and spent years selling fantasies with no accountability?

And Reform? The party whose councillors have praised the r*pe of a Sikh woman, said Nigerians should be “melted down to fill potholes”, and suggested Pakistanis should be shot? Those are the people you’re holding up as some better alternative?

You might want to take a long, honest look at the values you’re defending.

No the alternative is even worse. The only reason the media like the idea is presumably of the mass excitement they could have by filming UK ICE forces dragging people out of their homes with Reform in charge. Protests. Detention centre TV.

What money they will make, compared to dull old Starmer and his tedious ideas.

I'm very much hoping he just turfs out the noisy whingers, especially Raynor. The absolute worst thing he's done was listen to her and her absolutely demented attack on businesses and economic growth. I can't comprehend how bad this country could sink if she and her cronies crawled into power. I am not by nature an activist, but I reckon that would get me out on the streets furiously waggling a placard and demanding an election. And I don't believe I'm the only one sick of entirely inadequate and undesirable prime ministers being foisted upon us without even the smallest nod to public opinion.

If he can also manage to demote Milliband and Reeves, maybe he has a chance to turn things around. He is useless, but an awful lot of his biggest missteps have been because he continually takes the advice of complete incompetents. Maybe he should follow his gut more as he does seem to be a lot better internationally where he doesn't seem so in thrall to others.

But he really appears to be a man who needs to be told what to do; yet again he's brought in some advisors he presumably believes can make everything better. But when his shiny new 'experts' are the man who is most famous for selling all our gold at rock bottom prices, calling someone concerned about the impact of mass migration on her community a bigot, and then being voted out at the first opportunity, plus the woman who is most famous (rightly or wrongly) for being linked to a paedophile advocacy group, it just shows he really never learns.

I do know that as I know that people are supposed to vote for whoever their best candidate as a local MP. I even know Burnham isn’t an MP! I know that Polanski isn’t one!

Pedantry aside, I had no canvassing in my area around the GE and thus voted for a party and I voted for a party - in this case, and not again for a VERY long time, Labour. The Labour MP we have is not especially good so far. Because I believed Starmer was centrist and the best of a bad bunch. Now, I LONG for Sunak.

My point is, that Starmer is the reason Labour was voted in. He put the graft in to persuade floating voters that Labour weren’t shit. Turns out he was wrong but pulling the Tory tactics of a revolving door of debates and votes and rounds of Britain’s Next PM IS not what I want or need. Let’s just get on with hoping they take this local election results as a resounding clanger and they listen to why people fucking loathe this government.

Media frenzy. The media seem to want a new PM more than the general electorate! Hes elected, the local elections are different, tgey are local issues

Looks like we are going to get one soon!

I’d maybe go for Streeting- he is a Blairite at least and seems to
be ok about breaking a few eggs to get things done. He is also a good communicator.
can’t imagine Burnham and Ang would
be brilliant

I suspect you are right. America and Israel are destabilising Europe for some reason. They have an agenda. Who knows what they are planning.
Can anyone shed any light on the mass pop up morgue tents the government are investing in?
Mass Fatality Capability Resilience Storage Framework, including tents, hard-shell units, and temporary buildings for up to 700 bodies.

I imagine they're trying to be slightly more prepared for an emergency than the Tory government were in 2020.

700 bodies isn't that much if you're imagine some kind of worldwide disaster.

Amen to that - especially this bit!
we need stability against Trump

Think people are that used to crazy politics where they change PM more times than their pants that they've forgotten what stability and "normal'ness" looks like.

What chaos? And why are you pleased Starmer is toast? Id like to hear what people think has been so awful because the way people talk you'd think Keir Starmer was drowning kitten daily?