Less than two years into his premiership, Labour leader Keir Starmer is hanging to his office by a thread, going from scandal to crisis and back.
The earthquake caused by the release by the US DOJ of the ‘Jeffrey Epstein files’ very nearly cost Starmer his job, as former Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson and former Prince Andrew were both arrested and indicted for ‘Misconduct in public office’.
But incredibly, the worst was still to come for Starmer and his Labour party, who got smashed in last week’s Local election: Labour lost 1,492 council seats, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK gained 1,349 new seats.
Yesterday (9), Starmer was still trying to pull a Hail Mary move by bringing former PM Gordon Brown into his administration for a top spot.
But it’s unclear how effective this will be since the challenges to his premiership will start on Monday.
Starmer is facing a ‘stalking horse’ leadership challenge, in which‘a Labour MP will move against him by Monday unless ministers acted first’.
Astalking horseis“a maneuver used to mount a challenge on behalf of a third party. If the idea proves viable and popular, the third party can then declare its interest and advance the concept with little risk of failure”.
🚨Labour MP Catherine West said if a new leader isn’t put forward by *tomorrow*, then on Monday she will trigger a leadership election.
She knows she wont win, but clearly thinks she has the 81 names to start the process!!
YOUR MOVE STARMER! 👀pic.twitter.com/RjgUA6EJtb
Source: The Gateway Pundit
